Resources
News Coverage
“Living on the Edges: Life in the Colonias of Texas,” Al Jazeera
“Entities Sign MOU: Agree to Bridge the Valley’s Digital Divide,” Rio Grande Guardian
“Living on the Border,” BBC World Service
“Bridging a Digital Divide That Keeps Schoolchildren Behind,” New York Times
“The American Neighborhoods Without Water, Sewers, or Building Codes,” The Atlantic
“Lack of Affordable Housing Plagues Border,” San Antonio Express-News
- Also featured in the Houston Chronicle as “Low-Income Families Slip Through Cracks of Housing Rules: ‘New Colonias’ Have Poor Utility Access, Little Chance for Aid”
“Report: Rio Grande Valley Has Greatest Digital Divide in Nation,” Rio Grande Guardian
“King Highlights PSJA’s Successes at Las Colonias Conference,” Rio Grande Guardian
“PSJA Featured in Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Report,” Rio Grande Guardian
“Lucio: I’m Inviting Lt. Gov. Patrick to Visit Valley Colonias,” Rio Grande Guardian
“Study: Quality of Life in Colonias Progressing,” The Monitor
“Alfreda B. Norman: Investing in Colonias Will Benefit Us All,” Dallas Morning News
“In Texas ‘Colonias,’ Third-World Conditions Are the Norm,” The Urban Edge, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- Also featured as a podcast
“Colonia Life Has Improved, But These Border Communities Still Have Many Needs,” KERA and Texas Public Radio’s Fronteras program
“Texas Towns Push Back on Instant Slums,” Bloomberg Business Week
“Boom Meets Bust in Texas: Atop Sea of Oil, Poverty Digs In,” New York Times
Non-profit Service Providers
A Resource in Serving Equality (ARISE)
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville
El Paso Collaborative for Community and Economic Development
La Union Del Pueblo Entero (LUPE)
Lower Valley Housing Corporation
Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network
Texas A&M University Colonias Program
Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation
Government Agencies
Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs, Office of Colonia Initiatives
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Border Affairs
Texas Secretary of State’s Office, Colonia Initiatives Program
Texas Department of State Health Services
Data Resources
United States Census Bureau American FactFinder
Research Your Community, Bank On, based on data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps: Building a Culture of Health, County by County, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Portal for Comprehensive Health Data in Texas, Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics