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Making Citizenship Affordable for All
(2016-06-27)This brief first describes USCIS’s fee review process to explain how the fee is established, and explores the effect of the fee on naturalization rates. The brief will provide related recommendations for the administration ... -
Medicaid Expansion in Florida: A Latino Perspective
(2014-05-22)This policy brief highlights current failure to expand Medicaid in Florida under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has had a disparate, adverse impact on the health of the Latino community. -
Pension Coverage: A Missing Step in the Wealth-Building Ladder for Latinos
(2004-03-29)This issue brief presents data and summarizes research on pension coverage and the current public policy debate, and highlights promising strategies or measures that could narrow the pension coverage and wealth gaps between ... -
Preparing Young Latino Children for School Success: Best Practices in Assessments
(2012-08-23)This policy brief highlights the importance of developing effective assessments for young ELLs, highlights a best practice in the field, and concludes with policy recommendations which highlight how to bring effective ... -
Preparing Young Latino Children for School Success: Best Practices in Family Engagement
(2012-08-23)This policy brief discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with family engagement strategies, highlights a best practice in the field, and concludes with policy recommendations for bringing these programs to scale. -
Preparing Young Latino Children for School Success: Best Practices in Professional Development
(2012-08-23)This policy brief examines the importance of professional development as it applies to high-quality instruction for young Latino and ELL students and how it can be provided within the context of current workforce constraints. -
Readiness to Implement the Affordable Care Act in the Latino Community
(2014-08-18)Readiness to Implement the Affordable Care Act in the Latino Community Among Health Centers and Community-Based Organizations Community health centers (CHCs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) are well-suited to ... -
Reducing Poverty for Latino Seniors
(2009-02-05)The importance of Social Security to Latinos cannot be ignored: in 2004, 43% of older Hispanics who received Social Security relied on it as their sole source of income. This issue brief provides background on the Social ... -
Safe Roads, Safe Communities: Immigrants and State Driver’s License Requirements
(2002-05-29)This issue brief explores current federal and state driver's license (DL) requirements, current restrictive proposals, NCLR's DL principles, arguments in favor of increased accessibility, and steps that can be taken to ... -
Struggling to Stay Home: Latino Renters in the COVID-19 Pandemic
(UnidosUS, 2020-09-30)In this issue brief, UnidosUS examines the lasting effects of systemic housing discrimination on communities of color, including disparities in rent burdens and housing affordability. This brief also illustrates a vivid ... -
TANF Implementation in Puerto Rico: A Summary of Data on Leavers
(2004-05-29)This issue brief summarizes the most recent data regarding TANF implentation in Puerto Rico, reviews data on the economic status of former TANF recipients, and examines new demographic data on former TANF participants. ... -
The Impact of Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on the Latino Community
(2010-08-12)The recent signing of Arizona SB 1070 and subsequent reactions to the law have brought significant attention to the dangers of state-level immigration enforcement and the urgent need for comprehensive federal immigration ... -
The Latino Vote in the 90s
(2000-10-29)In 1996, Hispanics were the only group of American voters whose turnout at the polls increased. In 1998, Hispanic voters provided the margin of victory in races across the country, especially in California and New York. ... -
The No Child Left Behind Act
(2002-07-29)This issue brief examines how the No Child Left Behind Act may impact Latino students, families, and communities. It paints a broad picture of what state and local educators must consider as they attempt to implement this ... -
Welfare Reform, TANF Caseload Changes, and Latinos: A Preliminary Assessment
(2000-09-01)This issue brief highlights the changes in TANF caseloads for Hispanic women and children nationwide, offers a preliminary assessment of implementation thus far, and reviews the caseload status in Puerto Rico and the three ... -
What are ‘Linguistically Responsive Practices’ and Why Are They an Essential Ingredient of “High-Quality” Early Childhood Education?
(UnidosUS, 2020-05-04)More than four million children enrolled in preschool programs in the United States are dual language learners (DLLs) and more than 75% of Latino/a children over the age of five enter U.S. schools speaking Spanish. It is ...
