The following report contains the first-year research and findings of the NCLR Puerto Rican Young Men and Poverty Project. The Puerto Rican Young Men Project is a two-year community-based effort to understand and begin to ...

In an effort to draw attention to the strengths, needs, and status of young Puerto Rican men, the NCLR Poverty Project conducted a two-year community-based study on young Puerto Rican men and family poverty. This second ...

The findings of this report represent the beginning, rather than the end, of the process of establishing a Latino anti-poverty agenda.  They provide an opportunity to reexamine current anti-poverty strategies for the ...

This guide provides information required to enable organizations to understand the magnitude of teenage pregnancy in the Latino community, as well as the severity of its consequences. It will also guide readers through the ...

The rapid population growth of Hispanics and African Americans has drawn attention to their current socioeconomic status and their future impact on the econmy. Both groups have grown at faster rates than the white population ...

An assessment of the social and economic status of the U.S. Hispanic population suggests that, as the 20th century comes to a close, Latinos are at a critical juncture. There now exist at least 25 to 30 years of solid data, ...

Hispanics—the nation's poorest group—face a number of severe problems trying to meet their needs, including deficient, overcrowded, and costly housing. Yet, Hispanics are underrepresented in federal housing programs designed ...

This report represents an effort to synthesize existing data and information on the status of Latina women, as well as to highlight the areas of concerns that researchers, policy makers, and advocates should address. In ...