Successfully Partnerships to Serve Immigrant Communities Today
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Presentation at REFORMA National Conference IV in Denver, Colorado on September, 2011. It features examples of Queens Library's services for immigrants in the areas of financial literacy, health and citizenship. Additionally, the presentation includes statistics about the Hispanic population in the USA and New York City.
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Successfully Partnerships to Serve Immigrant Communities Today
- 1. Loida Garcia-Febo Coordinator, New Americans Program, Queens Library Successful Partnerships to Serve Immigrant Communities Today
- 7. U.S. Foreign-Born Population 37,960,773 12.5% of the total population Year of entry 2000 to 2008: 30% Not a citizen: 57% 2008 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau
- 8. Facts 50.5 million Hispanic population in the USA 43% increase from 2000 to 2010 http.//www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html
- 9. Facts 63% Mexican background 9.2% Puerto Rican 3.5 Cuban 3.3 Salvadoran 2.8 Dominican http.//www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html
- 10. Facts 148% increase in the Hispanic population in South Carolina 46.3% the percentage of New Mexico's population that was Hispanic in 2010. Highest of any state. http.//www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html
- 11. Facts 4.7 million, the Hispanic population in Los Angeles County (highest of any county) 96% proportion of the population of Webb County, TX that was Hispanic as of 2010.
- 12. Number of States in which Hispanics were the largest minority groups: 25 Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho , Illinois, Iowa , Kansas , Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska , Nevada, New Hampshire , New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma , Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah , Vermont , Washington and Wyoming . http.//www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html
- 13. Facts Spanish language: 35 million the number of US residents 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2009 – they constituted 12% of US residents. (17 million in 1990) http.//www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html
- 14. Facts 25.3% the poverty rate among Hispanics in 2009, up from 23.2% in 2008. 32.4% the percentage of Hispanics who lacked health insurance in 2009, up from 30.7% in 2008. http.//www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html
- 15. Shopping plaza in Elmhurst offering a Chinese supermarket, Vietnamese food, Indian food, Thai food, Malaysian food and “Italian” Pizza.
- 17. Language Ability 2008 American Community Survey, US Census Bureau
- 24. Establishes partners and networks with health-related organizations. - Creates brochures and flyers for customer education. - Develops pathfinders about health-related topics. - Creates booklists about health topics
- 25. B o o k l i s t s
- 31. Food Pyramid
- 33. Flyers about Health Literacy Classes
- 44. Saving Lives
- 47. Partnership with the Queens Health Network
- 50. Financial Literacy in the Community
- 51. Financial Literacy in the Community Collections Programs Staff development Videos Website
- 52. Financial Literacy in the Community Arabic Bengali Chinese English Korean Spanish
- 53. Financial Literacy in the Community Partners
- 61. Immigration Law in Spanish
- 62. Spanish Language “Faces” Campaign
Hinweis der Redaktion
- The county of Queens is one of the five boroughs of NYC. Traditionally, a borough of immigrants, almost ½ of its 2.27 million residents come from over 190 countries and more than half speak a language other than English at home.
- 48.4% of the borough’s population is foreign-born. Of that foreign born population, 55% came here between 1990-2006. So we can say with certainty that there is a continuing need for services for new immigrants. From the chart we can see that Latin America is the major source region, followed by Asia and Europe, with Africa just emerging.
- Immigrants have changed the look of our streets. In 1965 a new immigration law gave rise to the second largest immigration movement in our history, and the 80s gave rise to the huge third wave , followed in the 90s by the fourth wave.
- 47.4% of the borough’s population is foreign-born. Of that foreign born population, 24% came to Queens between 2000-2008. So we can say with certainty that there is a continuing need for services for new immigrants. From the chart we can see that Latin America is the major source region (49%), followed by Asia (34%) and Europe (14%), with Africa just emerging. (2.5%)
- 55% parle à domicile une autre langue que l'anglais (This represents the Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and over in Queens. Queens has the greatest number of people in the City who reported themselves as speaking English less than very well As you can see, we have more people speaking another language than those who speak only English. Of the 55% who say they speak another language at home, about 30% say they speak English less than “very well,” more than enough to keep all of us in business for quite awhile! ESOL classes serving 3000 adult students annually in over 25 community libraries)
- As far as Hispanics are concerned, we have the most Colombians and Peruvians. We have had a huge influx of Mexicans over the past 10 years. This may also be due to the fact that the birth rate among Mexican immigrants is very high as we have seen from NYC Dept. of Health data. The Puerto Ricans, Dominicans & Ecuadorians are some of 20 national groups making up a Hispanic population in Queens of 597,773 (a one hundred thousand jump from the last decade).
- You are looking at some other successful coping skills programs working closely with community partners. A doctor from Elmhurst Hospital spoke in Spanish about prevention, detection, and treatment of diabetes. 25 persons attended and they were screened by staff of Elmhurst Hospital. And it turned out that two persons needed immediate medical attention! See how a library can change their lives?
- Coping skills programs are a critical link between immigrants and their new environment. Workshops are presented by lawyers, social workers, psychologists, and business and health professionals fluent in one of Queens principal languages, on topics such as immigration law, job training, the American educational system, parenting skills, how to start a small business, tenants rights and health issues . Topics are not imposed, but arrived at in conjunction with practitioners who belong to the target group and are familiar with its needs. Coping Skills programs are often the result of very successful partnerships. Some examples of coping skills programs: understanding the American public school system in Urdu…rights of immigrants, for Spanish-speakers...
- ¡Yo soy Queens Library! “ I am your Queens Library” used on bus shelters and buses throughout Queens-putting a friendly Spanish speaking face on the library.
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