June 12, 2012
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Program Result
The Center for Multicultural Human Services and Northern Virginia Family Service developed a training and technical assistance program to help mental health providers better serve the mental health and other needs of immigrants and refugees.
September 9, 2011
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Program Result
The Center for Children's Advocacy in Hartford, Conn., operated a medical-legal advocacy project to improve the health of new immigrant and refugee children.
June 27, 2011
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Program Result
The Center for New Community conducted a grassroots effort to address health and related problems of immigrants working in meatpacking and poultry-processing plants in 12 rural communities in Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota.
February 25, 2011
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Program Result
The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York City (ROC) assessed and addressed the lack of health information and resources among low-wage immigrant restaurant workers.
October 22, 2010
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Program Result
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants developed a pilot project to provide aid to children who are released from immigrant detention in North Carolina - which has one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in the country.
October 29, 2009
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Program Result
RWJF funded two meetings convened by the Center for Public Service Communications (CPSC), which led to the creation of the Refugee Health Information Network.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
The thousands of Spanish-speaking farm workers, warehouse workers and immigrants to the rich orchard land of Yakima Valley in Washington have for years faced difficult economic and social hurdles.
October 13, 2009
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Program Result
This Topic Summary synthesizes Program Results on completed RWJF-supported projects that focused on immigrants to the United States.
December 1, 2006
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Program Result
A team of researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health conducted a series of studies on the effects of immigrant and citizenship status on health insurance coverage and access to health care services.
March 1, 1999
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Program Result
From 1995 to 1997, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) conducted research, produced publications and conferences, and provided technical assistance to state governments on the issue of immigrant access to health care.