Institutional Constraints Limiting Social Services for Immigrants

Browne, Shannon; Glass, Christy; Holyoak, Grant

doi:10.1080/15562948.2015.1066475

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“…In terms of instrumental effects within the health care and public benefits systems, omnibus laws reinforced federal prohibitions on undocumented immigrants’ access to public benefits like Medicaid/CHIP, created more stringent requirements for applicants to prove their legal statuses, and required public agencies to report to immigration authorities when undocumented immigrants applied for benefits for themselves. Although these provisions did not restrict Medicaid/CHIP eligibility for citizen children, providers and parents reported confusion and misinformation about who was eligible for benefits, what documentation was required to prove citizenship or immigration status, and whether providers were required to report to immigration officials when undocumented parents applied for benefits for their children (Browne et al, 2016; Hardy et al, 2012; Koralek et al, 2009; White et al, 2014b). …”

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Do restrictive omnibus immigration laws reduce enrollment in public health insurance by Latino citizen children? A comparative interrupted time series study

Allen

McNeely

2017

Social Science & Medicine

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In the United States, there is concern that recent state laws restricting undocumented immigrants’ rights could threaten access to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for citizen children of immigrant parents. Of particular concern are omnibus immigration laws, state laws that include multiple provisions increasing immigration enforcement and restricting rights for undocumented immigrants. These laws could limit Medicaid/CHIP access for citizen children in immigrant families by creating misinformation about their eligibility and fostering fear and mistrust of government among immigrant parents. This study uses nationally-representative data from the National Health Interview Survey (2005–2014; n=70,187) and comparative interrupted time series methods to assess whether passage of state omnibus immigration laws reduced access to Medicaid/CHIP for US citizen Latino children. We found that law passage did not reduce enrollment for children with noncitizen parents and actually resulted in temporary increases in coverage among Latino children with at least one citizen parent. These findings are surprising in light of prior research. We offer potential explanations for this finding and conclude with a call for future research to be expanded in three ways: 1) examine whether policy effects vary for children of undocumented parents, compared to children whose noncitizen parents are legally present; 2) examine the joint effects of immigration-related policies at different levels, from the city or county to the state to the federal; and 3) draw on the large social movements and political mobilization literatures that describe when and how Latinos and immigrants push back against restrictive immigration laws.

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Do restrictive omnibus immigration laws reduce enrollment in public health insurance by Latino citizen children? A comparative interrupted time series study

Allen

McNeely

2017

Social Science & Medicine

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“…For example, Winders (2014) focuses on new immigrant destinations to argue that the factors informing where immigrants settle are complex; political shifts as well as economic opportunities are critical to understanding who settles where. Restrictive state laws and changes in the political climate at the national level have increased the strain on supporting organizations (Browne et al, 2016;Brown & Scribner, 2014;Santiago & Smith, 2019;Nonprofit Finance Fund, 2018). All refugee resettlement agencies and many other supporting nonprofits receive funding from federal and state governments, which means financial support waxes and wanes with changing administrations (Rodriguez et al, 2020).…”

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Loosely Defined Partnerships: A Case Study of Three Refugee-Serving Nonprofit Organizations

Roberts

2024

J. Public Nonprof Aff.

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This article uses a case study approach to explore how U.S.-based nonprofit organizations collaborate to serve immigrants and refugees and identifies characteristics that are essential to successful partnerships. While other studies have documented the challenges immigrants and refugees face in relocating to a new community and the ways community-based organizations help them through the integration process, this project brings together migration studies and nonprofit management studies to interrogate the concept of partnerships based on the lived experiences of organization staff. Partnerships are essential to providing programs and services, and this project seeks to explore the tension inherent in partnering with other organizations that have similar missions and goals. This project captures the stories of three refugee-serving nonprofit organizations in a midsouth city. Utilizing in-depth interviews to analyze the interorganizational collaborations that the three organizations have formed to provide holistic support to immigrants and refugees, the findings here suggest that partnerships are essential but often fraught. These organizations, like many nonprofits, face limited capacity and form community partnerships to alleviate these limitations. As defined by improving an organization’s ability to fulfill its core missions, successful partnerships rely on relational embeddedness and a shared mission. Findings demonstrate the necessity and benefit of a network of partnerships to meet the needs of this unique population.

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“…Immigrant social services in the U.S. are impacted by various structural barriers, including restrictive federal and state policies that impact access to health insurance and linguistically and culturally responsive interventions and programs (Browne et al, 2016; Negi et al, 2018; Roth et al, 2015; Sue et al, 2009). Further, Latinxs have one of the highest uninsured rates of any ethnic/racial group in the United States, impacting accessibility to health and social services (Office of Minority Health, 2019).…”

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Social service providers navigating the rapid transition to telehealth with Latinx immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Negi¹,

Siegel²

2022

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered social service provision with significant public health implications as social services often target society’s most vulnerable with preventative health services addressing social determinants of health. Social service providers serve as crucial linkages to services for low-income Latinx immigrants who face substantial barriers to health and social care. However, little is known regarding how social service providers working with Latinx immigrants navigated service delivery and the rapid transition to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. This mixed-methods (QUAL-quant; capitalization denotes primacy) study used survey data collected from April 2020 to October 2020 with Latinx immigrant serving as social service providers in the Maryland–Washington, DC, region. Social ecological theory guided the analysis of narrative data and the integration of quantitative data with qualitative themes. Participants (N = 41) were majority women (85.4%), identified as Latinx (48.6%) and elucidated themes related to their transition to telehealth, including adjusting from in-person to telehealth, barriers to telehealth implementation, impact on quality of services, working to prevent clients’ disconnection to social services, and work-related stress and satisfaction. Through the firsthand experiences of frontline social service providers, results reveal conditions of scarcity endemic in social services for Latinx immigrants that preexisted the pandemic and became further constrained during a time of heightened health and social need. Further, critical insights regarding the use of remote modalities with vulnerable populations (language minorities and immigrants) can be instructive in the development of improved and accessible telehealth and remote programming and services for Latinx immigrants.

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Institutional Constraints Limiting Social Services for Immigrants

Cited by 9 publications

References 43 publications

Do restrictive omnibus immigration laws reduce enrollment in public health insurance by Latino citizen children? A comparative interrupted time series study

Do restrictive omnibus immigration laws reduce enrollment in public health insurance by Latino citizen children? A comparative interrupted time series study

Loosely Defined Partnerships: A Case Study of Three Refugee-Serving Nonprofit Organizations

Social service providers navigating the rapid transition to telehealth with Latinx immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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