Latino Childhood Development Opportunity

Posted by David Kilmartin.

Washington DC,

According to reports, states have the opportunity to apply for an additional $8 billion in funding for Latino development, particularly to early educational institutions, such as daycare and preschools.

The articles stresses the importance of assistance for Latino schools and communities, pointing out that aside form California, the entirety of states lack proper guidelines for minorities, particularly Latinos, and that federal assistance and Congressional backing is practically required for youths of the Latino community to have a more equal footing in education and their future.

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Story by Erika Beltran

Caribbeans urged to write in ancestry on US Census

MIAMI -- Identify yourself as being of "Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin" on the 2010 U.S. Census questionnaire, and you will get to be more specific about your ancestry, such as Mexican-American, Cuban or Puerto Rican.

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