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Hispanic Latino

Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact: Preparation at the Local Level

Publisher: 
U. S. Department of Justice

This bulletin describes strategies that states and communities can use to reduce disproportionate minority contact with the juvenile justice system.

Thinking About Our Future: Latino Teens Speak Out About Teen Pregnancy

Publisher: 
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

This pamphlet presents findings from focus groups with Latino adolescents around the topics of relationships, sex, contraception, and adolescent pregnancy.

Building and Leveraging Social Capital

Julie Majors and George Lopez; Weslaco Independent School District
Weslaco , Texas

All communities possess both risk factors and strengths. All too frequently, programs focus predominantly on the risk factors.

On the FAST Track: Helping Youth to Succeed by Building Family and Community Relationships

Latino Health Access
Santa Ana, California

Latino Health Access in Santa Ana, California, recipient of a SAMHSA Youth Violence Prevention grant, is currently implementing the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program.

The Importance of Stakeholder Involvement

Esperanza del Pueblo
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

It was during the start-up phase of her YVPP grant that Patricia Chavez Anaya, project director for Esperanza del Pueblo, uncovered the nucleus of an idea to better serve the Latino community in Ok

Recruitment Success for Hard to Reach Audiences

Esperanza Para Los Ninos
Kansas City, Missouri

The Esperanza Para Los Ninos (EPLN) program has developed a successful outreach strategy to recruit young immigrant Latina first-time mothers into a program to support the emotional development of

America

Publisher: 
Campaign for Youth Justice

This policy brief examines the most recent information available about Latino youth in the justice system, with a particular focus on youth tried as adults.

Facts for Families

Publisher: 
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has developed over 80 fact sheets on relevant topics for children and adolescent's health.

Racial Disparities in Education Finance: Going Beyond Equal Revenues

Publisher: 
The Urban Institute

This paper examines the success of court-mandated solutions in equalizing spending per pupil across districts serving minority and white students.