Just the Facts: A Snapshot of Incarcerated Youth, an NCLR fact sheet, examines the overrepresentation of Latino youth within the juvenile justice system.
In these tough economic times, families are confronted with the dissolution of their financial future. To get back on the path to financial security, families need relevant, real-time advice from professionals who offer objective guidance on a range of financial issues. In this transcript, national call participants explain how critical counselors can be in helping families open bank accounts, build credit, identify an affordable car loan or credit card, and recover from foreclosure or bankruptcy.
Testimony Presented at The "FHA Reform Act of 2010" and Submitted to
U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
NCLR wrote this letter to comment on the national strategy for financial education programming. NCLR has long advocated for the delivery of financial planning services to those of modest means. It has also advocated for tax incentives to be used to draw for-profit planners into the middle-income market where their services are greatly needed.
NCLR, the NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Center for Community Change, the United States Student Association, and PowerPAC.org sent this letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid and other Senators to urge them to stand up for all of America's workers and resist efforts to derail the job creation agenda.
This statistical brief examines the status of Latino youth in the United States. Latino youth, who compose nearly 20% of all youth in the country, experience high levels of poverty, high dropout rates, low graduation rates, high unemployment rates, and low rates of health insurance. Given that Latinos will compose about 30% of the U.S. population by 2050, the ability of Latino youth to overcome these pressing challenges today will directly impact the economic and social success of our nation in the future.
This letter addressed to President Obama outlines the Hispanic Education Coalition (HEC)'s concerns regarding education funding allocations in the fiscal year 2011 budget proposal.
