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Children, General, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Parenting, Politics

Study finds 5 million children of undocumented immigrants put at-risk of entering child welfare system

Apr 13, 2010, 4:12 PM 1

LatinaLista — One of the major arguments for the immediate necessity of passing comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) is the fact that current policy is separating families. U.S.-born children are left behind when an undocumented parent(s) is/are captured and deported….

Children, General, Media, Youth

New bilingual initiatives expand the search for missing & exploited Latino children

Apr 8, 2010, 10:43 AM 2

LatinaLista — “According to Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), about 800,000 children are reported missing every year. Of that total 58,000 are abducted by non-family members and 200,000 are…

Children, General, Health, Money, Nonprofit, Social Justice

Spotlight Non-profit: One little girl’s needless death inspired a community to create equal access to healthcare

Apr 2, 2010, 3:11 PM 0

LatinaLista — In 1975, a six-year-old girl named Virginia Garcia cut her foot in Oregon, where the girl’s farmworker family had come from their home in Mission, Texas to harvest the local produce. Speaking little English and having no…

Children, General, Health, Parenting

Latino children less likely to be diagnosed with autism but need for awareness remains strong

Apr 1, 2010, 4:00 PM 0

LatinaLista — Today may be April 1, otherwise known in the United States as April Fool’s Day, but it’s also the start of a month-long observance of an affliction that is no laughing matter and gaining more attention —…

Children, Environment, General, Health, Youth

Low-income Latino and black children hit especially hard with Vitamin D deficiency

Mar 31, 2010, 4:47 PM 1

LatinaLista — If having the biggest rates of childhood obesity and diabetes weren’t enough, now low-income Latinos and African Americans have something else to worry about — not getting enough Vitamin D. Vitamin D is an invisible benefit from…

Children, General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Youth

GOP’s inaction on immigration enables OK lawmakers to make felons out of undocumented children

Mar 26, 2010, 1:08 PM 8

LatinaLista — Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is hopping mad — just like the rest of his party over the passage of the President’s healthcare bill. The only difference between Graham’s anger versus his colleagues is that he’s going to…

Children, Education, General, Nonprofit, Youth

Spotlight Non-profit: The LAYC goes beyond academics to ensure success in life for low-income Latino youth

Mar 19, 2010, 5:48 AM 0

LatinaLista — If an organization has been able to last for 42 years then it’s obvious they’re doing something right. There’s no truer example of that than with the D.C.-based Latin American Youth Center (LAYC). Founded in 1968 and…

Children, Environment, General, Health, Nonprofit, Parenting, Youth

Spotlight Non-profit: Casa de los Niños keeps children safe from child abuse

Mar 12, 2010, 4:31 PM 0

LatinaLista — Child abuse seems to be in the headlines more and more every day. Whether it’s due to parents under stress from a bad economy or the fact that some people have no business being parents, the bottom…

Books, Children, Education, General, Youth

Latinos comprise largest share of “Below Basic” literacy rates

Mar 2, 2010, 5:18 PM 1

LatinaLista On the heels of the President’s address of the dismal dropout rates, the nation is supposed to be observing today Read Across America Day 2010. For those students who have dropped out of school or who are struggling…

Children, Education, General, Palabra Final, Youth

President’s dropout recovery plan lacks four components to help Latino students

Mar 1, 2010, 12:23 PM 4

LatinaLista President Obama outlined a plan today to reduce the high school dropout rate. He deserves kudos for understanding that this educational crisis goes beyond local communities and state jurisdictions, and has serious national implications for the future. According…

Children, General, Parenting, Youth

Study reveals some Latina mothers unwittingly chart an obese future for their children

Mar 1, 2010, 10:48 AM 0

LatinaLista — Even before researchers conducted their study on childhood obesity differences among white, black and Latino children, they hypothesized that black and Latino children would have higher rates of obesity-related risk factors in their early years. It wasn’t…

Books, Children, General, Parenting, Youth

Creating healthy relationships from broken homes

Feb 20, 2010, 5:39 PM 0

By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — In Parents Who Cheat: How Children and Adults Are Affected When Their Parents Are Unfaithful, Ana Nogales, Ph.D., combines her experience from her thirty-five years of clinical practice with her current research, which includes…

Books, Children, Culture, General, Review'nReceive

A little girl’s wish to play by the light of the moon

Feb 20, 2010, 4:39 PM 0

By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — Beautiful Moon/Bella Luna, written by Dawn Jeffers, is an evoking, beautifully illustrated bilingual children’s picture book about a little girl who wants the day to last forever so that she may play and play. She…

Children, General, Palabra Final, Parenting, Social Justice, Youth

Just the Facts: The growth of Latino children in foster care system

Feb 19, 2010, 4:55 PM 3

LatinaLista — The likelihood that a child who goes through the foster care system ends up in jail is high. According to the National Association of Social Workers, 80% of all inmates are former foster children. Couple that sad…

Children, General, Nonprofit, Parenting

Spotlight Non-profit: Finding loving foster care homes for Latino infants and toddlers

Feb 19, 2010, 9:33 AM 0

LatinaLista The number of Latino children in foster care more than doubled from 6.7 percent of the foster care population in 1982 to 19 percent in 2006, according to a fact sheet published by the Casey Latino Leadership Group….

Children, General, Government, Health, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice, Youth

Research finds immigration enforcement exacts a hefty toll on children of the undocumented

Feb 10, 2010, 4:30 PM 34

LatinaLista — One aspect of illegal immigration that doesn’t get the coverage it deserves, but for many immigrant advocates is the heart and soul of the push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, is what happens to the children of undocumented…

Children, Education, Fitness, General, Government, Health, Nonprofit, Youth

First Lady pushes the nation to get moving on combating childhood obesity

Feb 9, 2010, 11:14 AM 1

LatinaLista — Childhood obesity is a BIG problem in the Latino community that is only getting worse. The severity of the problem was underscored this morning with President Obama signing a presidential memorandum establishing the first-ever government-wide Task Force…

Children, Culture, Education, Fitness, General, Health

Study on obesity rates in pre-schoolers doesn’t take into account cultural nuances of Latino culture

Feb 8, 2010, 3:08 PM 1

LatinaLista— When it comes to childhood obesity, Latino children, unfortunately, are winning this race. Weight gain in Latino children has long been associated with not eating healthy — in low-income, urban settings actual grocery stores can be a rare…

Children, Education, General, Music, Nonprofit, Youth

Spotlight Non-profit: Opening the doors to top-tier American orchestras for Latino and Black student musicians

Feb 5, 2010, 9:17 AM 0

LatinaLista Among the nation’s classical musical orchestras, blacks and Latinos only constitute 5% of the musicians. A man by the name of Aaron P. Dworkin vowed to change those dismal statistics. With a vision to make classical music reflect…

Children, Environment, General, Health, Youth

With urban neighborhoods under siege by violence, Student Peace Alliance offers hope

Jan 26, 2010, 11:21 AM 0

LatinaLista — Peace. It’s more than a word. To some it’s an elusive concept, but to others it’s an achievable reality. Peace doesn’t just mean eradicating wars but eradicating violence, even at the most basic level — in communities….

Children, General, Health, Nonprofit, Youth

Spotlight Non-profit: Servicing Latino children with disabilities

Jan 22, 2010, 10:03 AM 0

LatinaLista — According the U.S. Census, 41.2 million people have some level of disability. Having a disability makes getting needed services or specialized equipment or finding just the right information hard enough but when that’s compounded with language barriers…

Children, Environment, General, Media, Youth

Latino and black children have highest rates of media usage — and it shows

Jan 20, 2010, 12:23 PM 1

LatinaLista — A new national study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, reinforced what too many Latino and black families already knew — our children spend way too much time…

American Dreams, Art, Children, Culture, General, Youth

“Drawing” on natural talent to connect with autistic children

Jan 18, 2010, 11:40 AM 0

Artist Diana Trevino-Wilson uses her creativity to create a special character named Fabil that reaches through the wall of autism to teach basic skills. LatinaLista — “If Walt Disney could start his empire with a cartoon mouse, anything is…

Children, General, Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Nonprofit, Youth

Spotlight: Unaccompanied immigrant children find a KIND hand to help them in court

Jan 15, 2010, 5:01 PM 0

LatinaLista — The United States doesn’t just attract the illegal entry of adults looking for work. This country is also a beacon to more than 8,000 children every year, from as young as toddlers to teens, who illegally enter…

Children, Education, General, Government, Palabra Final, Politics, Youth

TX Governor puts the needs of state’s Latino students behind his power-play of party politics

Jan 14, 2010, 4:25 PM 1

LatinaLista — Texas is a majority-minority state. Of the minorities that call the Lone Star state home, 8.9 million are Latinos — making Texas only second to California in having a high Latino population. Along with that distinction is…

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