Tag: Immigrants

  • GAO: Leadership Needed To Help Immigrants Integrate

    By Jill Replogle A recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found efforts to integrate immigrants into this country lacked coordination and direction from the federal government. The GAO interviewed leaders promoting citizenship awareness and civic integration across the country. They found a unanimous call for a national immigrant integration strategy, or, at least, federal coordination of integration efforts.…

  • California’s English Language Learner Programs Criticized

    By Ruxandra Guidi There are an estimated 1.6 million English learners in California. But only 1 in 10 reached proficiency levels in English last year. Children from multilingual homes are tested for English proficiency as they begin school, and if they score low, they are placed into English language classes. The problem is, there are…

  • Some Immigrant Kids Could Be Left Uninsured Under Health Reform

    By Kenny Goldberg A new report estimates health reform will exclude about 20 percent of all uninsured children in California. The analysis from UCLA says eligibility restrictions will prevent many children from getting affordable care. Shana Alex Lavarreda wrote the report for the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. She estimated that about 30,000 children…

  • Around the Community Table

    Photo Credit: Adam, age 12, Iraq | Courtesy of The AjA Project Craft, organic coffee and specialty produce were once reserved for farmers markets and niche grocers in affluent neighborhoods. In City Heights, however, Agora Bean + Leaf sells specialty tea and coffee in chic packaging from the same row of stalls where refugees sell…