The U.S. child poverty rate could be cut by as much as 50 percent in the next 10 years through the adaptation and packaging of existing policies and programs, according to a recent report from The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS). The report highlights changes to programs and policies related to employment, […]

Public benefit programs, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), can improve child health outcomes by reducing food insecurity and keeping children out of poverty. Still, many immigrant families—particularly those with mixed status—have difficulty accessing these programs. Partnerships between community-based organizations (CBOs) and government agencies can help bridge access […]

A growing share of children of immigrants live in what historically have not been destination areas for immigrants, according to research from Urban Institute. While the number of children with a foreign-born parent grew from 16 million (22%) in 2006 to more than 18 million (25%) in 2017, this growth was more pronounced in nontraditional immigrant destinations of the […]

Researchers at the Center have been examining multiple features of early care and education (ECE), identifying two broad dimensions that shape ECE access for Hispanic families in low-income households: Family and household behaviors and characteristics, including parental needs and preferences, and search and decision-making; and Characteristics of ECE providers, such as flexibility and availability of […]

The decline in the Hispanic fertility rate is helping to drive a major shift in the country’s fertility patterns, shows a newly released compilation of fertility data by Center researcher Marta Alvira-Hammond, covered today in the New York Times. Between 2006 and 2017, the Hispanic fertility rate fell by 31 percent, compared with just 5 […]

Despite historic declines in marriage rates, the marriage rate among low-income Hispanic men and women born outside of the United States remains relatively high compared with other low-income groups. It is important for researchers and programs who work with Hispanic families to consider the important diversity within Hispanic families, across characteristics such as nativity, to […]

Roughly 27 percent of Hispanic newlyweds are married to someone of a different race/ethnicity, according to a Pew Research Center report. This is higher than the percentage of black (18 percent) and white (11 percent) adults who are intermarried. Hispanic and white couples are the most common type of racial intermarriages, making up 42 percent […]

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides states with funding for food, health care and other service referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant and postpartum women, and for children up to age 5. The program also provides nutrition and prenatal counseling that is associated with positive birth and infant […]

Homeownership helps build families’ wealth and can promote financial stability. However, recent research from the Urban Institute finds that limited English proficiency (LEP)—limited or no ability to speak English—is a barrier to homeownership in the United States. Even after accounting for other factors that influence homeownership (e.g., race/ethnicity, income, having children), this study found that […]