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Sources of Support for Young Latina Mothers
SOURCES OF SUPPORT FOR YOUNG LATINA MOTHERS
Joan R. Kahn and Rosalind E. Berkowitz
The Urban Institute
August 16, 1995
Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, Contract No. HHS-100-92-0005, Delivery Order No. 14. The authors gratefully acknowledge the h
An AI/AN Suicide Prevention Hotline: Literature Review and Discussion with Experts
This exploratory study provides background information pertaining to an American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Suicide Prevention Hotline. The topics explored include: the extent of use of such a hotline by AI/ANs, barriers to use, hotline implementation models, cultural competencies needed by hotline staff, extent of AI/AN community support, and
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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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An AI/AN Suicide Prevention Hotline: Literature Review and Discussion with Experts
An American Indian/Alaska Native Suicide Prevention Hotline: Literature Review and Discussion with Experts
Prepared by: Peggy Halpern Ph.D, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
November, 2009
This report is available on the Internet at: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/09/AIAN
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Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Acknowledgments
We would like to extend a special thank you to the HHS staff for their commitment to this project and for making this work possible; in particular, we acknowledge the federal project officers, Annette Waters and Kimberly Clum. We are also grateful to Kendall Swenson for his work with the data and to Erica Meade for her contributions.
Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. About the Series
A large number of US men of prime working age are neither gainfully employed nor pursuing education or other training, suggesting a potentially significant disconnection from mainstream economic and social life. The Urban Institute, funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Servi
Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. References
Bonczar, Thomas. 2003. “Prevalence of Imprisonment in the US Population, 1974-2001.” NCJ 197976. Washington, DC: US De-partment of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Carson, E. Ann, and William J. Sabol. 2012. “Prisoners in 2011.” NCJ 239808. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Prog
Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Notes
In 2010, the year for the data estimates, the federal poverty threshold was $11,344 for a single adult and $17,552 for a family of three with one child. Twice the poverty level was $22,688 for a single adult and $35,104 for a family of three ( http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/ ).
Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Conclusion
Statistics on prisoners do not allow us to determine how disproportionately low-income men are imprisoned, but data on imprisonment by race and ethnicity provide a stark picture of the extent of disparities. Since African American and Hispanic men are more likely to be low income, this perspective gives some sense of the impact of being low income
Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. High Imprisonment Rates Take a Toll on Communities
Figure 6. Incarceration Costs by Zip Code, Houston, 2008
Source: Justice Mapping Center.
Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Prisoners of Color Are More Likely to Be Disenfranchised
“Felon disenfranchisement,” as defined by The Sentenc-ing Project, are laws that restrict inpiduals with felony convictions from voting. 7 States set their own laws, so the extent that inpiduals with felony-level crimes are disenfranchised by this definition varies by state.
Imprisonment and Disenfranchisement of Disconnected Low-Income Men. The Male Prison Population Has Grown
A 2010 Pew Charitable Trusts report provides additional dimensions to the Bureau of Justice Statistics incarceration data. It focuses on incarceration’s negative long-term effects on former prisoners’ economic mobility and its consequences on families and children. The Pew report highlights the dramatic rise in incarceration rates from 1980 to
The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Acknowledgments
We would like to extend a special thank you to the HHS staff for their commitment to this project and for making this work possible; in particular, we acknowledge the federal project officers, Annette Waters and Kimberly Clum. We are also grateful to Kendall Swenson for his work with the data and to Erica Meade for her contributions.
The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. About the Series
A large number of US men of prime working age are neither gainfully employed nor pursuing education or other training, suggesting a potentially significant disconnection from mainstream economic and social life. The Urban Institute, funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Servi
The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. References
Holahan, John, and Vicki Chen. 2011. “Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007–2010.” Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. 2013. “The Medicaid Program at a Glance.” Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. http://www.kff.org/medicaid/uplo
The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Notes
In 2010, the year for the data estimates, the federal poverty threshold was $11,344 for a single adult and $17,552 for a family of three with one child. Twice the poverty level was $22,688 for a single adult and $35,104 for a family of three ( http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/ ).
Data on health insurance coverage are for 200
The Health of Disconnected Low-Income Men. Conclusion
Compared with higher-income men age 18–44, low-income men are more likely to lack health insurance coverage, have lower access to routine health care, and have worse health 6 outcomes as measured by self-reported health and obesity. The health insurance coverage and health status of low-income men depend on where they live.