{"id":7468,"date":"2017-11-03T17:55:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T17:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2017-11-03T17:55:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T17:55:32","slug":"report-finds-disparities-for-children-of-color-in-texas-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=7468","title":{"rendered":"Report Finds Disparities for Children of Color in Texas, U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation encourages public policies designed to keep immigrant families together. Photo: Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

by Mark Richardson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0A new report finds significant disparities in public policies for children of color and those in immigrant families compared with other groups, in Texas and across the country.<\/p>\n

The Annie E. Casey Foundation\u2019s 2017\u00a0Race for Results<\/a>\u00a0report measures key milestones in childhood development across racial and ethnic groups at both the national and state level.<\/p>\n

According to Kristie Tingle, research analyst at the Center for Public Policy Priorities in Austin, the lack of school funding and targeted programs in Texas are obstacles to success for children of color.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we see in Texas is that scores for African-American children and Hispanic children in this index tend to be much lower than for white or Asian children,\u201d Tingle said. \u201cAnd that means that Hispanic and African-American children aren\u2019t necessarily having access to the same opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said for the children of undocumented parents in Texas, current immigration policies pose the threat of being separated from their families. Tingle said the added stress from that can also affect a child\u2019s long-term well-being, including their health, their ability to meet developmental milestones and their academic achievements.<\/p>\n

Study co-author Laura Speer, associate director for policy reform and advocacy at the Casey Foundation, said the report examines the obstacles facing children in immigrant families.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are more than 18 million children who are themselves immigrants, or who have at least one parent who was born outside of the country,\u201d she explained. \u201cThat\u2019s about one in four kids. Their success is really very closely connected to the future success of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speer said lawmakers and other public officials need to strengthen policies that make communities more supportive and healthy for families.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really important to focus on policies and programs that improve opportunities for low-income workers and address the needs of parents and kids,\u201d she added. \u201cThese folks are not just workers, they\u2019re also parents.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report\u2019s recommendations include keeping families together and in their communities, helping children meet key developmental milestones and increasing economic opportunities for parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas \u2013\u00a0A new report finds significant disparities in public policies for children of color and those in immigrant families compared with other groups, in Texas and across the country. The Annie E. Casey Foundation\u2019s 2017\u00a0Race for Results\u00a0report measures key milestones in childhood development across racial and ethnic groups at both the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7469,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions\/7469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}