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| National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities | |
|---|---|
| Name | National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities |
| Formation | 2011 |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Region served | United States |
National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities is a U.S.-based consortium focused on supporting Latinx and Latino families affected by interpersonal violence through culturally specific services, training, and policy advocacy. The Network collaborates with service providers, academic institutions, faith-based organizations, and public agencies to enhance bilingual trauma-informed care and community-based prevention. Its work intersects with national initiatives on domestic violence, sexual assault, immigrant rights, and public health.
The organization operates as a technical assistance and capacity-building hub linking service providers such as Futures Without Violence, National Domestic Violence Hotline, Casa de Esperanza, Center for Victims of Torture, and Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence with funders including the Office on Violence Against Women, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Open Society Foundations. It emphasizes culturally grounded approaches drawing on research from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collaborations, models promoted by World Health Organization, and community-based strategies used by United Way Worldwide and YMCA affiliates. Training curricula often reference standards from American Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers, and American Medical Association.
The Network emerged in the early 2010s amid increased attention to intimate partner violence in Latinx communities following policy and research shifts led by entities like Office for Victims of Crime, Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and advocacy by groups such as National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice and National Immigration Law Center. Founding partners included community organizations and academic centers that had worked with Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Los Angeles, Columbia University, and University of Texas at Austin on violence prevention and immigrant health projects. Its development paralleled initiatives like Violence Against Women Act reauthorizations and nationwide campaigns by NO MORE Foundation and Futures Without Violence.
Programs include bilingual training for frontline staff modeled on curricula from Safe Start, clinical consultation used by National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and resource toolkits aligned with guidance from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Services span technical assistance to shelters like Salvation Army, outreach partnerships with Catholic Charities USA and Hispanic Federation, and capacity-building for legal aid providers including Legal Services Corporation grantees and immigrant defense clinics at Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center. The Network also supports culturally specific prevention programming informed by research from Princeton University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and University of Michigan.
The Network maintains collaborations with national networks such as National Network to End Domestic Violence, National Sexual Violence Resource Center, and Family Violence Prevention Fund, as well as academic partnerships with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rutgers University, and Arizona State University. It engages faith-based stakeholders including United Methodist Church ministries and Interfaith Alliance programs, and works with federal entities like Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Administration for Children and Families. International collaborations reference best practices from World Health Organization and regional bodies like Pan American Health Organization.
Advocacy priorities have included improved access to services for survivors with immigration-related concerns, alignment with protections in Violence Against Women Act, and policy guidance influencing implementation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals-era service models and enforcement of U Visa protections. The Network has provided coalition support to efforts by National Domestic Violence Hotline, National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project, and American Civil Liberties Union campaigns to address barriers posed by federal and state policies. It has issued policy briefs and testified alongside partners at briefings organized by U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, and advocacy convenings hosted by National Conference of State Legislatures.
Funding sources include federal grants from Office on Violence Against Women, philanthropic grants from Ford Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, and corporate partnerships with entities such as Verizon Foundation and Google.org for technology-enabled service delivery. The Network operates through a coordinating center model with regional partners and an advisory board composed of leaders from National Latin@ Network founding organizations, academics from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and practitioners from regional coalitions like Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Fiscal sponsorship and administrative functions have at times been managed through partnerships with fiscal sponsors such as Pro Bono Net-affiliated nonprofits.
Evaluations have utilized mixed-methods designs common to studies from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded projects and technical assistance evaluations by Urban Institute and Mathematica Policy Research. Reported impacts include increased bilingual service capacity among partner organizations, expanded culturally specific survivor resources adopted by shelters affiliated with National Network to End Domestic Violence, and uptake of trauma-informed practices consistent with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration guidance. Academic citations and program reports reference outcomes tracked in collaborations with RAND Corporation and evaluation frameworks used by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Critiques in sector commentary by analysts at Urban Institute, Center for American Progress, and community advocates from Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social have noted challenges including sustainability of funding typical to nonprofits reliant on grant cycles, difficulties in measuring long-term client outcomes, and the complex navigation of federal immigration policy landscapes shaped by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and legislative shifts in U.S. Congress. Operational challenges mirror those documented for service networks working across rural and urban divides in reports from National League of Cities and Rural Health Information Hub.
Category:Non-profit organizations based in the United States