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Comprando Rico y Sano (Buying Healthy and Flavorful Foods)
(UnidosUS, 2020-02-21)UnidosUS’s program—led by community health workers (promotores de salud)—seeks to reduce hunger and instill healthy shopping and eating habits among Latinos through nutrition education and enrollment assistance in the ... -
Nevada State Fact Sheet
(UnidosUS, 2020-02-12)Over the past decade, Latinos have sealed their place as the country’s largest minority group. With the expanded national presence of this vibrant and youthful population, Hispanics increasingly contribute to the economic, ... -
Latinos and the Gig Economy
(UnidosUS, 2020-02-07)Findings from a national public opinion poll found 41% of Latino adults have done gig work of some kind, and of those, three-quarters have done so in the last month. -
Access to High Quality Early Childhood Education
(UnidosUS, 2020-02-07)By 2060, Latino children will comprise one-third (32%) of the three-to-four-year-old population. Latino children are a large and rapidly growing group in need of appropriate, high quality ECE. It is crucial that state and ... -
Latino Jobs Report: U.S. Employers Add 225,000 Jobs in January
(UnidosUS, 2020-02-07)The U.S. Department of Labor reported that employers added 225,000 jobs in January. The Latino unemployment rate increased to 4.3%. The construction services sector led job growth. -
Amicus Curiae Brief: AAJC, AALDEF, NWLC & 38 Civil Rights Groups
(UnidosUS, 2020-01-27)UnidosUS joined 41 leading civil rights, public health, and other groups in support of San Francisco and San Francisco County, the State of California, and the State of Washington in their suit against U.S. Citizenship and ... -
Latina Teachers and the “BA Challenge:” Impacts and Conditions of Increasing Degree Requirements in Early Childhood Education
(UnidosUS, 2020-01-22)This report is organized into two sections. In Part 1, UnidosUS reports findings from interviews with Affiliate program administrators and ten teacher focus groups. We identify and discuss responses to the BA Challenge ... -
Why Latinos will Lose under the OCC and FDIC’S Proposal to Modernize the Community Reinvestment Act
(UnidosUS, 2020-01-13)This written statement briefly summarizes the history of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and explains how this landmark legislation has been instrumental in expanding access to affordable credit for Latinos and ... -
Latino Jobs Report: U.S. Employers Add 145,000 Jobs in December
(UnidosUS, 2020-01-11)The U.S. Department of Labor reported that employers added 145,000 jobs in December. The Latino unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2%. The retail services sector led job growth. -
Improving Child Care in the United States for Families and Women of Color
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-23)Child care is fundamental to the economic security of women and families, but is out of reach for many. Child care is one of the highest costs in a family’s monthly budget, and is often a larger expense than the cost of ... -
Public Comment Submission: UnidosUS Responds to Proposed Changes to the USCIS Fee Schedule
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-19)UnidosUS submitted a comment letter opposing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s proposal to, among other things, increase naturalization and immigration benefit application fees. This proposed rule frustrates ... -
Opinion Poll: Plurality of Latinos Say GOP Tax Law Increased Their Taxes
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-19)Findings from a national public opinion poll found Latino adults felt little benefit from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, believing it mostly benefited the wealthy and corporations. -
Understanding the Size and Magnitude of the Current Anti-Immigrant Landscape on the Educational Outlooks of Latino Children
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-18)This statement for the record was submitted as part of the December 4, 2019 hearing by the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor entitled, “Growing Up in Fear: How the Trump Administration's Immigration Policies are ... -
Advancing Latino and English Learner Student Success in Arizona
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-17)UnidosUS believes that every child should graduate high school ready for college and career. In order to reach this goal it is essential that there be an elimination of achievement gaps and educational disparities by ... -
Latinos in Pennsylvania: Building a Secure Economic Future
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-16)Despite ongoing inequities where Latinos lag behind other Pennsylvania residents, gains across several economic indicators point to better economic security for Latinos. This fact sheet explores those indicators and ... -
Weakening the Community Reinvestment Act Will Make It Harder for Latino Families to Get Ahead
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-09)This month, the Trump administration is expected to issue a new rule that would significantly weaken the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)—a 1977 historic civil rights law enacted to curb discriminatory practices in lending ... -
Latino Jobs Report: U.S. Employers Add 266,000 Jobs in November
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-06)The U.S. Department of Labor reported that employers added 45,000 jobs in November. The Latino unemployment rate increased to 4.2%. The health care sector led job growth. -
Unaffordable Housing: A Barrier to Latino Asset-Building
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-06)By 2030, Latinos are projected to make up 21% of the population and 37% of new households. As a result, the Latino community will play an increasingly important role in advancing our nation’s economic prosperity. This ... -
Educational Equity: Latino and English Learner Success in Arizona
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-02)Arizona has an opportunity to ensure the state’s future economic success by advancing policies and practices that support the educational achievement of Latino students who represent a large share of the K-12 population ... -
Beyond Wages: Effects of the Latina Wage Gap
(UnidosUS, 2019-11-20)A persistent gender-based wage gap continues to harm women, their families, and the economy—and is particularly damaging for Latinas.
