State and local recovery efforts should first understand the reality that many immigrant families include members with different immigration and citizenship statuses. Emergency supports should then prioritize inclusivity. Three principles can ensure recovery information reaches immigrant communities.
Based on the experiences of immigrant communities, service providers, and government agencies in
Houston and Las Vegas, we highlight four strategies that can inform local leaders who aim to support immigrants in crisis response efforts.
The pandemic’s economic effects are not shouldered equally. Ensuring that recovery leads to more equitable economic and health outcomes without deepening entrenched racial and ethnic inequalities requires understanding trends and how they differ by race and ethnicity.
Key policies in the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act are projected to reduce poverty across all racial and ethnic groups but would have the greatest antipoverty effects for Black and Hispanic people, especially those who lost a job because of COVID-19.
How can we translate “essential” work into policy and practice to ensure all workers are treated with dignity and respect? The National Domestic Workers Alliance’s Ai-jen Poo and the Urban Institute’s Elisabeth Jacobs joined Urban president Sarah Rosen Wartell to discuss.
Exploring the role of the federal Child and Adult Care Feeding Program, this brief shares what we know about whether and how young children were fed during program closures and the barriers programs faced in ensuring vulnerable children and families could access meals.
