Immigrant families faced unique barriers to reaching safety net programs during the pandemic, including eligibility restrictions and fear of immigration consequences. But community organizations played a key role in connecting families to the safety net.
Data on languages spoken at home could help drive decisions at the school and district levels and provide key context for state and federal policymakers to serve linguistically diverse school communities.
Being missed in the census count means children of immigrants and their communities may not receive their fair share of public resources and government representation, locking in existing inequities and discrepancies in political power.
Organizations involved in the
Partnering for Vaccine Equity project developed unique approaches to promoting vaccine uptake in immigrant and refugee communities.
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