A Solvable Challenge: Improving Asylee Access to Health and Other Benefits
While asylees are eligible for many of the same public benefits and services as resettled refugees, including health care and employment assistance, there is no system to inform them of their...
View ArticleTranslating Into Success: Key Features of U.S. State & Local Language...
On this webinar, MPI researchers examine common features and notable areas of innovation they found in a scan of state and local language access laws and policies in more than 40 states, along with...
View ArticleOpportunities Exist to Better Reach Dual Language Learner and Immigrant...
Home visiting programs can offer critical integration-related supports, yet many Dual Language Learner (DLL) and immigrant families are known to be underserved. With reauthorization of the Maternal,...
View ArticleLeveraging the Skills of Immigrant Health-Care Professionals in Illinois and...
Immigrants play important roles across the U.S. health-care workforce, but not all of those with in-demand health and medical degrees are able to put their skills to work. Addressing this skill...
View ArticleImmigrant Children’s Medicaid and CHIP Access and Participation: A Data Profile
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program help many children in low-income families access health care. But under federal rules, hundreds of thousands of children are ineligible due to...
View ArticleChanging the Playbook: Immigrants and the COVID-19 Response in Two U.S....
U.S. cities and towns have responded to COVID-19 in ways that are as diverse as the communities they aim to support. This report looks at how two very different locations—Worthington, MN, and the...
View ArticleThe Missing Link: Connecting Eligible Asylees and Asylum Seekers with...
Asylees in the United States are eligible for many of the same benefits and services as refugees, but many may not be aware of this fact. For asylum seekers awaiting a decision in their case, available...
View ArticleThe Public-Charge Final Rule Is Far from the Last Word
The Biden administration public-charge final rule undoes deep restrictions imposed during the Trump era, codifying much of the policy in place from 1999 to 2019. Yet confusion and fear over triggering...
View ArticleA Profile of Low-Income Immigrants in the United States
Immigrants in the United States experience strong economic mobility overall. But for some, limited educational attainment and English proficiency, and the challenges of restarting life in a new...
View ArticleSNAP Access and Participation in U.S.-Born and Immigrant Households: A Data...
The U.S. government created the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, to combat food insecurity. Under federal law, many lawfully present noncitizens in poor households are...
View ArticleStrengthening Medical and Mental Health Services for Unaccompanied Children...
This conversation marks the launch of a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and MPI examining unaccompanied children’s access to medical and mental health services post-release and offering...
View ArticleA Path to Meeting the Medical and Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied...
As the number of unaccompanied children entering U.S. communities has increased, many have faced barriers to accessing critical medical and mental health services. This report explores common barriers...
View ArticleStrengthening Medical and Mental Health Services for Unaccompanied Children...
Marking the launch of a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and MPI, this event examines unaccompanied children’s access to medical and mental health services post-release and offering...
View ArticleUnderstanding Poverty Declines among Immigrants and Their Children in the...
The United States has seen notable declines in overall and child poverty since 2009, continuing even into the period of pandemic-driven economic upheaval. This issue brief takes a closer look at how...
View ArticleImproving Language Access in Federal Programs: What Is the State of Play?
White House and Department of Health and Human Services officials join a leading language access advocate and MPI's Margie McHugh in a conversation exploring executive-branch efforts related to...
View ArticleAging Societies Rely on Immigrant Health-Care Workers, Posing Challenges for...
Countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany are increasingly relying on immigrant health-care workers to fill gaps in their workforce and care for aging populations. That has...
View ArticleImmigrants’ Eligibility for U.S. Public Benefits: A Primer
Immigrants’ eligibility for public benefits in the United States is governed by a complex patchwork of rules that make many groups of noncitizens eligible for some benefits but not others, while other...
View ArticleConnecting Immigrant Communities to Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health...
Speakers will discuss the importance of infant and early childhood mental health services, highlighting approaches that have successfully connected immigrant and refugee families with beneficial and...
View ArticleSupporting Immigrant and Refugee Families through Infant and Early Childhood...
Infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) services can offer vital support for young children’s healthy development. Yet, young children in immigrant and refugee families often do not benefit,...
View ArticleConnecting Immigrant Communities to Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health...
Speakers discuss the importance of infant and early childhood mental health services, highlighting approaches that have successfully connected immigrant and refugee families with beneficial and...
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