Together, immigrants and their children make up one-quarter of the US population, with much higher concentration in many cities and suburbs across the country. Urban Institute researchers bring in-depth expertise on well-being and public services to explore the experiences of families and children across these diverse communities, by lifting up key demographic data, exploring how public services can reach those who need them, and understanding the multigenerational integration of immigrant families.

Research Reports:

• Forty Percent of Black and Hispanic Parents of School-Age Children Are Food Insecure

• Six Months into the Pandemic, 40 Percent of Parents with Young Children Have Experienced Economic Fallout

• Urgent Action Needed to Address Children’s Unmet Health Care Needs During the Pandemic

• Equitable Access to Universal Prekindergarten in Washington, DC

• Who Wins the Preschool Lottery? Applicants and Application Patterns in DC Public Prekindergarten

• Child Care and Feeding Young Children during the Pandemic

• On Eve of 2020 Census, Many People in Hard-to-Count Groups Remain Concerned about Participating

• Measuring Student Poverty: Developing Accurate Counts for School Funding, Accountability, and Research

• Dos Métodos: Two Classroom Language Models in Head Start

• Three Decades of Mary's Center's Social Change Model

• Assessing Miscounts in the 2020 Census

• Preparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation among Children of Immigrants

• State of Immigrants in the District of Columbia

• Learning from Child Care Providers Across Settings

• Elevating Cultural Relevance and Racial Equity in Research and Evaluation

• Expanding Preschool Access for Children of Immigrants

• Is Limited English Proficiency a Barrier to Homeownership?

• How Parental Preferences and Subsidy Receipt Shape Immigrant Families’ Child Care Choices

• Child Care Choices of Low-Income, Immigrant Families with Young Children

• Solutions for Youth: An Evaluation of the Latin American Youth Center's Promotor Pathway Program

• Demographic Trends of Children of Immigrants

• Fulfilling the Promise of Preschool in Silicon Valley: Examining Participation Patterns and Barriers to Access among Low-Income Children and Low-Income Children of Immigrants

• Supporting Immigrant Families' Access to Prekindergarten

• Barriers and Opportunities: Helping Smaller Immigrant Communities Access the Illinois Preschool for All Program

• From Cradle to Career: The Multiple Challenges Facing Immigrant Families in Langley Park Promise Neighborhood

• The Affordable Care Act: Coverage Implications and Issues for Immigrant Families

• Health and Social Service Needs of US-Citizen Children with Detained or Deported Immigrant Parents

• Immigrant Access to Health and Human Services: Final Report

• Hispanics’ Retirement Security: Past Trends and Future Prospects

Urban Wire Posts:

• Why We Should Be Talking about Mental Health among Latinx Communities

• Confronting Racism and Supporting Asian American Communities in the Wake of COVID-19

• Evidence Reveals Children of Immigrants' Shared Diversity and Ties to America

• ‘Nonresponse Bias’ Could Explain the Census Bureau’s Finding on the Citizenship Question

• Separating Race from Ethnicity in Surveys Risks an Inaccurate Picture of the Latinx Community

• Evicting Mixed-Status Families Won’t Make Housing Assistance Waiting Lists Disappear

• Fairness, Not Just Accuracy, Is Vital to the 2020 Census

• The 2020 Census is complex, vulnerable, and vital to our democracy

• Census 2020: Ensuring “hard-to-count” Asian Americans count at the federal, state, and local levels

• Asian Americans are falling through the cracks in data representation and social services

• Five reasons the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census is detrimental to its goal

• Immigrant parents shouldn’t have to choose between their dream of permanent residency and meeting their children’s basic needs

• How many children of immigrants live in the US? The answer is hard to pin down.

• Knowing the state and local story: How targeted data can support children’s access to preschool

• Over half of children of immigrants are bilingual

• How communities can support immigrant families

• Fulfilling the promise of preschool in Silicon Valley

• The Supplemental Poverty Measure reveals the limits of the safety net for immigrants

• How can cities assess their residents’ foreign language needs?

• Many older Hispanics face steep financial hurdles

• Children: the unseen casualties of the hatred unleashed by the election

Features:

• Tracking COVID-19’s Effects by Race and Ethnicity: Questionnaire Two

• Creating Lasting Change through Community Leadership

• Visualizing Trends for Children of Immigrants

• 2020 Census: Who's At Risk of Being Miscounted?

• The Vulnerable, Vital 2020 Census

• Part of Us: A Data-Driven Look at Children of Immigrants

• 10 Characteristics of Infants and Toddlers

• 10 Characteristics of Preschool-Age Children 

• Mapping America’s Futures

Events:

• Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: Mitigating the Risks of a 2020 Census Undercount

• Immigrant Families and Workers: Pathways to Integration and Mobility

Podcasts:

• Why Representation Matters in Research

• Measuring the Latinx ‘Tsunami’ and its Impact on the US

Testimonies:

• Risk Factors Affecting the Fairness and Accuracy of the 2020 Census

Tools:

• Children of Immigrants Data Tool