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Policies to Support Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Report Author: 
Maria Vincenza Desiderio
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Aug

Policies to Support Immigrant Entrepreneurship

Policymakers around the world are aware of the economic and social benefits of attracting and supporting immigrant entrepreneurs, who are often more likely than the native-born to start a business and create jobs, revitalize declining neighborhoods, innovate, and integrate other immigrants into the labor market.

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Demand for H-1B Visas in New England: An Analysis of Employer Requests for Highly Skilled Guest Workers

Report Author: 
Robert Clifford
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Oct

Demand for H-1B Visas in New England: An Analysis of Employer Requests for Highly Skilled Guest Workers

Demand for H-1B visas in New England explains the mechanics of the H-1B visa program, discusses how the program is utilized in New England and elsewhere, and makes recommendations to revamp the program so that it garners greater public support and meets the needs of the economy.

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How Changes in Immigration Policy Might Affect the Federal Budget

Report Author: 
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Original Date of Publication: 
2015 Jan

How Changes in Immigration Policy Might Affect the Federal Budget

How changes in immigration policy might affect the federal budget discusses how changes in immigration legislation might affect portions of the federal budget, including immigrant eligibility for public benefits and the share of tax revenues derived from immigrants.

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Immigration_policy_federal_budget.pdf

Improving Cultural Competence: A Treatment Improvement Protocol

Report Author: 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Oct

Improving Cultural Competence: A Treatment Improvement Protocol

With a mission to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness, SAMSHA produces Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs) to provide evidence-based and best practice guidance to clinicians, program administrators, and payers.

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Implementing CLAS Standards and Improving Cultural Competency and Language Access: A Practical Toolkit

Report Author: 
Arizona Health Disparities Center
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Oct

Implementing CLAS Standards and Improving Cultural Competency and Language Access: A Practical Toolkit

Implementing CLAS standards and improving cultural competency and language access is designed to promote use of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Ap

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Responding to Culture: Beyond Cultural Competence Training

Report Author: 
Rachel H. Voss-DeMeester, MPH, Kevin W. McCullough, MJ, Scott C. Cook, PhD., Mona El-Shamaa, MPH,, and Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Mar

Responding to Culture: Beyond Cultural Competence Training

While cultural competence training for health care professionals may increase awareness of cultural differences and of the need to address disparities in health outcomes, it is not enough to produce real results.

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The Affordable Care Act & Mixed-Status Families: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Report Author: 
National Immigration Law Center
Original Date of Publication: 
2013 Oct

The Affordable Care Act & Mixed-Status Families: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

National Immigration Law Center answers sixteen FAQs about how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affects mixed-status families in the U.S.

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Is the United States Bad for Children's Health? Risk and Resilience among Young Children of Immigrants

Report Author: 
Jennifer Van Hook, Nancy Landale, & Marianne Hillemeier
Original Date of Publication: 
2013 Jul

Is the United States Bad for Children's Health? Risk and Resilience among Young Children of Immigrants

Is the United States Bad for Children's Health was written for a health policy symposium convened by MPI in January of 2013. The goal of the symposium was to frame the major policy and practice issues affecting children, birth through age 10, with immigrant parents.

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Immigrant_childrens_health.pdf

Profiling the Eligible to Naturalize

Report Author: 
Manuel Pastor, Patrick Oakford & Hared Sanchez
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Nov

 

Profiling the Eligible to Naturalize  

Profiling the eligible to naturalize suggests that naturalization rates would improve substantially if fee waivers, currently available to those earning below 150 percent of the poverty level, were also available to those earning between 150 percent and 250 percent of the poverty line.  

 

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Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets! Transmedia Organizing and the Immigrant Rights Movement

Report Author: 
Sasha Costanza-Chock
Original Date of Publication: 
2014 Oct

Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets! Transmedia Organizing and the Immigrant Rights Movement

Out of the shadows, into the streets examines the role of "media ecology" in the formation, organization, and development of the immigrant rights movement in the United States. 

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