Organizations Working with Latina Immigrants

This report presents findings from a two-year study exploring how nonprofit organizationsand religious congregations strive to advance the rights, economic standing, and overall well-being of low-income Latina immigrants in Atlanta, GA; Phoenix, AZ; and Northern Virginia, a region within the Washington, DC,metropolitan area. It examines the challenges that service providers, clergy,and advocates in these areas see immigrant women grappling with on a dailybasis, as well as the broad...
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This report presents findings from a two-year study exploring how nonprofit organizationsand religious congregations strive to advance the rights, economic standing, and overall well-being of low-income Latina immigrants in Atlanta, GA; Phoenix, AZ; and Northern Virginia, a region within the Washington, DC,metropolitan area. It examines the challenges that service providers, clergy,and advocates in these areas see immigrant women grappling with on a dailybasis, as well as the broad array of resources that “religious” and “secular” organizationsoffer to address these challenges. In documenting these resources, the report highlights the remarkable efforts of groups that strive to assist immigrant women in contexts often shaped by strong anti-immigrant sentiment and restrictive public policies. It also explores the resources gaps that continueto remain despite these efforts and captures the views of organizational leaders on how programs and policies can be improved to support Latina immigrants.Based on the research findings, the report makes recommendations for changes in policies and practices that would benefit immigrant women and their families. We hope these recommendations will be useful to advocates, clergy, service providers, policymakers,and others who support the inclusion of immigrant women in communities and society. The project was funded by the Ford and Annie E. Casey Foundations.