Save the date: book launch for Integration Nation! If you are in the DC area, please come to our office to hear Susan Eaton introduce her new book about successful immigrant integration efforts from across the U.S. -- Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees, and America at its Best (published by the New Press). This book originated in research for the "One Nation … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 25, 2016): New book on immigrant integration
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PRRAC Update (October 16, 2014): Housing vouchers and children; plus another 50th Anniversary
Housing vouchers and children: Barbara Sard and Phil Tegeler's essay on the potential of Housing Choice Vouchers for families with children introduces an important new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "Creating Opportunity for Children: How Housing Location Can Make a Difference". Our commentary was posted in this week's "Dream Revisited" series … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 16, 2014): Housing vouchers and children; plus another 50th Anniversary
PRRAC Update (May 15, 2014): 60 years after Brown, in Hartford and New Haven, CT
Twenty five years of school integration progress in Connecticut: Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in Hartford for their recent celebration of the 25th anniversary of the filing of the Sheff v. O'Neill case, a landmark state constitutional decision in 1996 that has led to development of a successful two-way school integration program in Hartford and surrounding … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 15, 2014): 60 years after Brown, in Hartford and New Haven, CT
PRRAC Update (January 30, 2014): Progress at HUD and Dept of Ed?
President Obama's call for an "Opportunity Agenda" in 2014 at HUD: This needs to include an early release and implementation of the final "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule," and a serious commitment to fair housing reforms in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, our largest assisted housing program. Stay tuned... One step forward, one step back for … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (January 30, 2014): Progress at HUD and Dept of Ed?
PRRAC Update (October 10, 2013): Shutdown; Department of Ed strategic plan
During the ongoing government shutdown we continue to engage, in spirit, with the federal agencies responsible for providing support for low income families - but we are reminded by the shutdown that the government actually needs its people to develop and move new policies forward. As my mother might say, even "half a loaf" needs someone to bake it! Where is school … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 10, 2013): Shutdown; Department of Ed strategic plan
