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Caring for Immigrants: Health Care Safety Nets in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Houston
Contents
Background About the Four Cities
Immigrants Access to Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Immigrants Access to Health Services
Safety Net Providers Organizational and Financial Responses
Factors Shaping the Policy Responses
Conclusion
Application Process for TANF, Food Stamps, Medicaid, and SCHIP
This report explores one key dimension of access to public benefits the application and eligibility determination process. Of particular interest is how local-level administrative procedures and operations may generally affect eligible families access to benefits. Special consideration is given to exploring these issues as they relate to immigra
Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care
As the number of immigrant children and children of immigrants in the U.S. has grown, child welfare agencies are serving an increasingly diverse spectrum of families, including many with at least one parent or some children who were born outside the U.S. To improve their work with these families, a number of child welfare agencies have in recent
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Barriers to Immigrants' Access to Health and Human Services Programs
This brief identifies several factors that contribute to lower application and take-up rates among eligible immigrants, including: (1) the complexity of the application process and eligibility rules; (2) related administrative burdens; (3) language, literacy, and cultural barriers; (4) transportation and other logistical challenges; and (5) climat
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Promising Practices for Increasing Immigrants' Access to Health and Human Services
This brief identifies several promising practices that can help overcome access barriers. A consistent theme is the crucial role played by community-based organizations (CBOs) in effectively addressing barriers related to complicated application processes, and issues of language, literacy, fear, and mistrust. All four states visited had establish
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The Affordable Care Act: Coverage Implications and Issues for Immigrant Families
This brief provides an overview of how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will affect the eligibility of different immigrants, depending on lawful status and length of residence in the U.S. It highlights the demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics and uninsured rates for key immigrant subgroups and describes how the ACA could affect
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A Comprehensive Review of Immigrant Access to Health and Human Services
This comprehensive literature review summarizes and describes the federal and state immigrant eligibility rules under the TANF, Medicaid/CHIP and SNAP programs. The existing landscape of immigrant eligibility is complex, shifting, and variable across and sometimes within states. The paper also summarizes immigration enforcement activities and othe
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Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs
The purpose of this exploratory study was to learn what factors and approaches utilized by Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) programs contribute to refugee economic self-sufficiency. The issue of whether these approaches were applicable to mainstream welfare-to-work programs was also addressed. Methods used to obtain information included a lite
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Caring for Immigrants: Health Care Safety Nets in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Houston
This report analyzes qualitative data to examine factors influencing changes in the health care systems for immigrants in these four cities, including immigrant eligibility changes under federal welfare reform, immigration enforcement issues, and language and cultural differences. [35 PDF pages]
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How Are Immigrants Faring?
This report primarily provides analyses based on a telephone survey of 3,447 immigrant families (i.e., families with at least one foreign-born adult) in New York City and Los Angeles County, including detailed data on 7,843 people in those families. It describes the living conditions and immigration status of about 4.8 million people in Los Angel
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Application Process for TANF, Food Stamps, Medicaid, and SCHIP
This study provides descriptions and information about overall application procedures under four major assistance programs in a variety of venues (e.g., welfare offices, hospitals, health clinics) at six sites (Arlington, VA; Dallas, TX; Raleigh, NC; New York, NY; Seattle, WA; and Sedalia, MO). The study also looks at how programs are addressing p
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Barriers to Immigrants' Access to Health and Human Services Programs
ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF
Barriers to Immigrants Access to Health and Human Services Programs
May 2012
By: Krista M. Pereira, Robert Crosnoe, Karina Fortuny, Juan Manuel Pedroza, Kjersti Ulvestad, Christina Weiland, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Ajay Chaudry, who contributed to this brief while at the Urban Institute
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Promising Practices for Increasing Immigrants' Access to Health and Human Services
ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF
Promising Practices for Increasing Immigrants Access to Health and Human Services
May 2012
By: Robert Crosnoe, Juan Manuel Pedroza, Kelly Purtell, Karina Fortuny, Krista M. Perreira, Kjersti Ulvestad, Christina Weiland, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa, and Ajay Chaudry, who contributed to this brief while
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Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs
Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs
Prepared for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Prepared by: Peggy Halpern, Ph.D. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assist
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Summary of Immigrant Eligibility Restrictions Under Current Law
Summary of Immigrant Eligibility Restrictions Under Current Law
As of 2/25/2009
This document summarizes the immigrant eligibility restrictions under the following laws:
Frequently Asked Questions About Child-Only Cases
Frequently Asked Questions About Child-Only Cases
Services For Migrant Children in the Health, Social Services, and Education Systems
Services For Migrant Children in the Health, Social Services, and Education Systems.
Nancy M. Pindus, Fran E. O'Reilly, Margaret Schulte, and Lenore Webb
The Urban Institute
March, 1993
This study was prepared for the Department of Health and Human Services under Contract No. HHS-100-92-0005, Delivery Order No.1. The Delivery Order O
Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates. Links to MOUs and Policies Available Online
Illinois Memorandum of Understanding: http://www.f2f.ca.gov/res/pdf/IllinoisMOUMexicanConsulate.pdf Illinois Policy Guide on Notification of the Mexican Consulate: http://www.f2f.ca.gov/res/pdf/IllinoisPolicyGuideMOUMexicanConsulate.pd