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Campbell-Montalvo, Rebecca; Sidorova, Oxana; Valdovinos, Miriam; Cong, Xiaomei; Lucas, Ruth – AERA Open, 2022
It is known that Florida school employees known as Migrant Advocates facilitate or broker MSF health care access for migrant and seasonal farmworker (MSF) families, but it is not known how states without a Migrant Education Program might also broker MSF health care access. To address this, present study examines the role of school employees in…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Elementary Schools, Access to Health Care, Ethnic Groups
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Lagunes, Paul F.; Levin, Brian M.; Ditlmann, Ruth K. – Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, 2012
The City of New Haven, CT, sought to promote the assimilation of its immigrants by becoming the first American city to provide a government-backed ID, the Elm City Resident Card, to all residents. This article tests the policy's effectiveness in commerce. We find that Hispanics/Latinos are asked to present an ID more than Whites/Anglos, showing…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Citizenship, Acculturation, Public Policy
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White, Sheida; Krenzke, Tom; Sherman, Dan – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
In 2009, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) published a technical report titled "Indirect County and State Estimates of the Percentage of Adults at the Lowest Literacy Level for 1992 and 2003," (ED503830). NCES also published a corresponding online tool (http://nces.ed.gov/naal/estimates/index.aspx) that allows users to…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Incidence, Illiteracy, Statistical Analysis
Latino Commission of Tri-State, New York, NY. – 1988
This study uses 1980 Census information and post-Census trends to develop an information base for the Latino community in the tri-state region of Southern New York, Northern New Jersey, and Western Connecticut. This reference base provides a demographic and socioeconomic profile of the Latino community in the following categories: (1) the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Ethnic Distribution, Family Characteristics, Family Income
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Negroni-Rodriguez, Lirio K.; Dicks, Barbara A.; Morales, Julio – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2006
This paper presents a model for advising Latino/a students in graduate social work programs. The model is based on ecological-systemic and empowerment theory and ascribes to the social work values and cultural competence standards proposed by the National Association of Social Workers. It has been developed within an institution that has sought…
Descriptors: Mentors, Minority Groups, Social Work, Hispanic American Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
The first in a series of five regional fact-gathering committee hearings, this hearing report includes testimony from private and public social agencies in New York, New Jersey, Maine, Massachussetts, and Connecticut. Information and statistics are presented on a wide variety of social problems, including (1) family violence; (2) family planning…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescents, Adults, Blacks