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policy brief examines the likely effects of the sweeping 2009 cuts to California's safety-net programs for low-income and disabled seniors. Specifically, it examines reductions in programs that help disabled seniors remain safely at home, including the Supplemental Security Income, In-Home Supportive Services, Adult Day Health Care and other programs. Among the findings: researchers found that up to half a million seniors will have their incomes reduced by the cuts and tens of thousands will lose some or all of their in-home supportive services. The research is based on program data, published research and interviews with key informants in the health and government services sectors.

People with disabilities are less likely to have private health insurance and more likely to have governmental coverage than people with no disabilities. Paradoxically, disability rates are high among those participating in means-tested assistance programs, yet most people with severe disabilities do not receive benefits from an assistance program. While our knowledge about the sources and consequences of disability has grown markedly, what we know about immigrant health and disability has not kept pace. Given California's large immigrant population—26% of the state population were born outside the United States—this knowledge gap needs to be addressed.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Social and Structural Framework for the Analysis of Latino Males' Health -- Chapter 1. Demographic Transformations, Structural Contexts, and Transitions to Adulthood -- Chapter 2. The Implications and Impact of Race on the Health of Hispanic/Latino Males -- Chapter 3. Improvements in Latino Health Data -- Chapter 4. Latino Boys: The Early Years -- Chapter 5. The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young Latino Males Living in the United States -- Chapter 6.1 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs -- Chapter 7. The Causes and Consequences of Poor Health among Latino Vietnam Veterans: Parallels for Latino Veterans of the War in Iraq -- Chapter 8. Health of Incarcerated Latino Men -- Chapter 9. Emergent Chronic Conditions -- Chapter 10. Psychiatric Disorders and Mental Health Service Use among Latino Men in the United States -- Chapter 11. Social Determinants of HIV/AIDS: A Focus on Discrimination and Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men -- Chapter 12. Health Coverage, Utilization, and Expenditures among Latino Men -- Chapter 13. Mental Health of Elderly Latino Males -- Conclusion: New Directions for Research, Policy, and Programs Addressing the Health of Latino Males -- Appendix: An Overview of Latino Males' Health Status -- Contributors -- Index