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Final Report of the Evaluation of the San Mateo County Children's Health Initiative (Research Report)
Author(s): Embry M. Howell, Dana Hughes, Louise Palmer, Genevieve M. Kenney, Ariel KleinPosted to Web: May 30, 2008

In early 2003 San Mateo County, California launched the Children's Health Initiative (CHI), to ensure that all children have access to comprehensive health insurance coverage. Healthy Kids covers uninsured children below 400 percent of poverty and primarily serves poor, undocumented Latino children. A survey of parents of Healthy Kids enrollees found that in the first year of enrollment, children experienced improvements in access to and use of medical and dental care; a reduction in missed school days due to health problems; reduced unmet need; increased parent confidence in getting care and satisfaction with quality; and reduced financial worries. Moreover, use of preventive and dental services continued to improve during the children's second and third years of continuous enrollment.

Publication Date: May 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Community-Based Nonprofits Serving Ethnic Populations in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area (Policy Briefs/Charting Civil Society)
Author(s): Carol J. De Vita, Alicia LeePosted to Web: May 22, 2008

This brief profiles community-based nonprofits in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that are helping newcomers adjust to their new social and political environment, while affirming their cultural identities. The brief focuses on nonprofit groups that serve Asian, Middle Eastern and African populations and examines the characteristics of these organizations in terms of their number, size, location, and scope of activities. The findings provide a unique picture of the community-based resources that are helping immigrants incorporate into American life.

Publication Date: May 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Civil Society Structures Serving Latinos in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area (Policy Briefs/Charting Civil Society)
Author(s): Guillermo Cantor, Carol J. De VitaPosted to Web: May 22, 2008

Over the past decade the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area has become increasingly diverse, driven in large part by the growth of the Latino population. By 2006, almost 610,000 Latinos lived in the region. Today's immigrants, like those before them, contribute to the development of civil society organizations and rely on them for services and activities. Yet little is known about these organizations and the ways they help newcomers build and engage in civil society. This brief provides an overview of nonprofits and religious congregations in the Washington, D.C. region that focus on providing services and support to the Latino population.

Publication Date: May 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Financial Help among Family and Friends in Vulnerable Neighborhoods: Part 1: Who Gives? (Article/Opportunity and Ownership Facts)
Author(s): Lynette A. Rawlings, Kerstin GentschPosted to Web: May 20, 2008

Financial assistance from family and friends is an important resource for lower-income families dealing with difficult economic circumstances. This fact examines what percent of respondents in low-income neighborhoods gave financial help, either to family and friends or to other people they live with, in the last 12 months. The percentage of respondents who gave financial help is high 39 percent, with substantial variation within immigrant and U.S.-born respondent groups by race and ethnicity in the proportion that gave and where the assistance was sent

Publication Date: May 20, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Financial Help among Family and Friends in Vulnerable Neighborhoods: Part 2: Who Receives? (Article/Opportunity and Ownership Facts)
Author(s): Lynette A. Rawlings, Kerstin GentschPosted to Web: May 20, 2008

In the second fact we examine what percent of respondents in low-income neighborhoods received financial help in the last 12 months from families and friends or from other people they live with. Overall, 25 percent of respondents received financial help from families and friends. This figure differs substantially by nativity. Moreover, the patterns of receiving help from family and friends are fairly similar across race and ethnic groups for U.S.-born respondents, whereas the percent of immigrant respondents who received help from family and friends differed sizably among region of origin.

Publication Date: May 20, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

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