New Haven Independent

Gaping Hole FIlled For Latino Kids

by Melissa Bailey | August 10, 2006 3:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A school counselor calls with a problem: A young Spanish-speaking boy has been cutting himself. He needs to talk to someone who understands his language. With only a state insurance plan, where can he find help? Like psychologists and social workers in New Haven and other Connecticut cities with fast-growing immigrant populations, Alejandro Melendez-Cooper and his allies in New London (pictured) are on the front line of meeting a new health-care challenge. Melissa Bailey visited them; click here to read her report.

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