Hi colleagues, Our friends at the Urban Institute have just released a new study (based on a December 2018 survey of 2,000 adults) about how the "chilling effect" of the proposed public charge rule is ALREADY affecting immigrant families. While the survey focuses on public benefits like SNAP and TANF, as we have previously discussed, those benefits can be crucial in allowing immigrants to participate in workforce or education programs<https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/newly-proposed-immigration-public-charge-rule-would-harm-immigrant-workers-and-us-businesses>. Please see below and feel free to share-- -Amanda ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Bernstein, Hamutal <HBernstein@urban.org<mailto:HBernstein@urban.org>> Date: Wed, May 22, 2019 at 9:49 AM Subject: New Urban report measuring chilling effects around the proposed public charge rule To: Amanda Bergson-Shilcock (amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org<mailto:amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org>) <amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org<mailto:amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org>> Hi Amanda, I wanted to share with you a new study<https://urbn.is/2El2C6M> we just released today, which offers the first systematic national evidence that many immigrant families are already pulling back from public programs in the context of proposed expansion of the public charge rule. The chilling effects extend well beyond individuals directly affected by the rule. The study finds that in 2018: * About 1 in 7 adults in immigrant families reported that they did not participate in a noncash benefit program for fear of risking future green card status. And among adults in low-income families, this number was even higher, at one in five. * While public charge would directly affect only adults who do not yet have a green card, there were chilling effects in families with various mixes of immigration and citizenship statuses, including 14.7 percent of adults in families where all noncitizen members had green cards and 9.3 percent of those in families where all foreign-born members were naturalized citizens. * Adults in households with children under age 19 were more likely to report chilling (17.4 percent) than adults living in households with no children (8.9 percent). * Hispanic adults were more than twice as likely (20.6 percent) as non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic nonwhite adults (8.5 percent and 6.0 percent, respectively) to report chilling effects in their families. In addition to the brief, you can find a blog post<https://urbn.is/2EjUyTC> and a Spanish language fact sheet<https://urbn.is/2EluRSC> on our website. Please share with your networks and let us know if you have any questions. Later this summer we’ll be releasing another survey brief on the impacts of the immigration climate for families, as well as a report sharing results from in-depth interviews with respondents who reported chilling effects. That will provide information on families’ understanding of the revised rule, what sources of information are being accessed to make decisions, and what the impacts of losing access to benefits has been. Thanks for your support, Hamutal Hamutal Bernstein, PhD Senior Research Associate Director, Program on Immigrants and Immigration 202-261-5840 U R B A N I N S T I T U T E Income and Benefits Policy Center www.urban.org<http://www.urban.org/> Subscribe<http://www.urban.org/newsletter-signup-immigrants-and-immigration-update> to our quarterly newsletter: Immigrants and Immigration -- Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, Director of Upskilling Policy National Skills Coalition 1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 712, Washington DC 20036 215-285-2860 (cell) www.nationalskillscoalition.org<http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org> [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1WRiuKOEw1QK1JDrV6mfMWOtt8iUK7E-q&revid=0B5x0IzXdtJN9dFVrMDVOdDBrcEdJMzJLc3psZWVIYmp1ZXJ3PQ] <https://www.guidestar.org/profile/30-0075580> -- Amanda Bergson-Shilcock, Director of Upskilling Policy National Skills Coalition 1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 712, Washington DC 20036 215-285-2860 (cell) www.nationalskillscoalition.org<http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org> [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1WRiuKOEw1QK1JDrV6mfMWOtt8iUK7E-q&revid=0B5x0IzXdtJN9dFVrMDVOdDBrcEdJMzJLc3psZWVIYmp1ZXJ3PQ] <https://www.guidestar.org/profile/30-0075580>