REPORTS
The Blueprint for Latino Investment: A Latino Legislative Agenda
In preparation for budget discussions, the Public Policy Institute of the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation commissioned the Latino Policy Forum to conduct a budget analysis that would encompass the Governor’s proposed Fiscal Year 2010 operating and capital budgets in order to provide public policy and budgetary recommendations from a Latino perspective. Following an initial analysis, the Latino Policy Forum was asked to produce a larger report for public consumption that could serve as a guide for parents, advocates, and elected officials. As a result, it produced The Blueprint for Latino Investment: A Latino Legislative Agenda.
This report articulates the needs of Illinois Latinos by providing a data-driven framework that supports a comprehensive legislative agenda. It uses the current social and economic status of Latinos to develop standards for investment across government programs and provides policy recommendations in a number of key issue areas. Moreover, the Appendix connects the policy priorities outlined in the report to line-items in the state’s operating and capital budgets. This draws an important connection between where investments are critical and areas of the state’s budget where they can be leveraged. Although the report and the Appendix are separate, together they represent a pathway for the state to address the needs of Latino children, families, and workers.
The report was publicly released on December 3, 2009 at the 7th annual Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation’s conference: La Presencia Latina: Change That Includes Us and featured during a town hall discussion that included the Governor and the legislative leaders from each chamber of the General Assembly.
Hard copies of the report and appendix are available upon request. Please contact Martin Torres (mtorres@latinopolicyforum.org) if you would like to reserve copies of these materials.
In preparation for budget discussions, the Public Policy Institute of the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation commissioned the Latino Policy Forum to conduct a budget analysis that would encompass the Governor’s proposed Fiscal Year 2010 operating and capital budgets in order to provide public policy and budgetary recommendations from a Latino perspective. Following an initial analysis, the Latino Policy Forum was asked to produce a larger report for public consumption that could serve as a guide for parents, advocates, and elected officials. As a result, it produced The Blueprint for Latino Investment: A Latino Legislative Agenda.
This report articulates the needs of Illinois Latinos by providing a data-driven framework that supports a comprehensive legislative agenda. It uses the current social and economic status of Latinos to develop standards for investment across government programs and provides policy recommendations in a number of key issue areas. Moreover, the Appendix connects the policy priorities outlined in the report to line-items in the state’s operating and capital budgets. This draws an important connection between where investments are critical and areas of the state’s budget where they can be leveraged. Although the report and the Appendix are separate, together they represent a pathway for the state to address the needs of Latino children, families, and workers.
The report was publicly released on December 3, 2009 at the 7th annual Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus Foundation’s conference: La Presencia Latina: Change That Includes Us and featured during a town hall discussion that included the Governor and the legislative leaders from each chamber of the General Assembly.
Hard copies of the report and appendix are available upon request. Please contact Martin Torres (mtorres@latinopolicyforum.org) if you would like to reserve copies of these materials.
Asi Hacemos, Nuestra Perspectiva: Financial Status and Capacity-Building Needs of Latino Nonprofit Organizations in Metro Chicago
Report by the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Education, March 2009
As the economic and social challenges facing the Latino community increase in light of the economic crisis confronting the entire country, many of the Latino organizations that serve this population are concerned about the level of funding being directed to the Latino community, possible changes in the philanthropic community’s approach regarding the most effective and appropriate ways to support the Latino community, and the changing and developing strengths and needs of Latino non-profit organizations and the communities they serve.
This project was conceived as part of a process to stimulate dialogue and action to strengthen the ability of the Latino non-profit organizations to meet the needs of their communities. This report presents the data from the first phase of the project, a survey of 66 Latino non-profit organizations in the Chicago metropolitan area.
The Latino Policy Forum is pleased to serve as a site for dissemination of this report.
