{"id":270,"date":"2025-09-11T16:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelatinopolicy.org\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2026-05-11T05:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:44:55","slug":"community-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelatinopolicy.org\/es\/community-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island Impact Metrics & Community Data"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rhode Island Impact
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Progress & Achievements<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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18%<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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of Rhode Island Population<\/strong><\/div>
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Latinos are a growing and vital community in RI<\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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63%<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Four-Year College Graduation Rate<\/strong><\/div>
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Latino students graduate within six years<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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97%<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Children with Health Insurance<\/strong><\/div>
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$29.5M<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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MLL Funding for FY25<\/strong><\/div>
Supporting Multilingual<\/strong><\/div>
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Learners directly through State Formula Education Aid<\/span><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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25%+<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Latino Undergraduates<\/strong><\/div>
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Rhode Island College is the first in the state to be a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)<\/span><\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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75%<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) Benefits Increase<\/strong><\/div>
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Critical Challenges to Address<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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22.6%<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Poverty Rate<\/strong><\/div>
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Nearly 1 in 5 Latino residents struggle to meet basic needs<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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36%<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Homeownership Rate<\/strong><\/div>
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55%<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Food Insecurity<\/strong><\/div>
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11.5%<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Uninsured Rate<\/strong><\/div>
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55.6% of all uninsured residents are Latino<\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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$16,899<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Annual Childcare Cost<\/strong><\/div>
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38% of median Latino family income<\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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5.3%<\/h1><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Unemployment Rate<\/strong><\/div>
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Income Disparity<\/h2><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\u25b8 <\/span>Latino median household income:\u00a0$44,700<\/span><\/div>
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\u25b8 <\/span>State median:\u00a0$78,000+<\/span><\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Housing Cost Burden<\/h2><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\u25b8 <\/span>Owners:\u00a038%<\/span>\u00a0cost burden,\u00a019%<\/span>\u00a0severe<\/div>
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\u25b8 <\/span>Renters:\u00a051%<\/span>\u00a0cost burden,\u00a024%<\/span>\u00a0severe<\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Education Pipeline<\/h2><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\u25b8 <\/span>23%<\/span>\u00a0have associate degree or higher<\/div>
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Mental Health Initiative<\/h2><\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\u25b8 Atr\u00e9vete Center of Excellence aims to increase the number of Spanish-speaking providers, with a goal of training 55 by 2027.<\/span><\/span><\/div>
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\u25b8 <\/span>Currently\u00a011%<\/span> of Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers (LICSWs)<\/span> are Latino<\/div> <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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