Policy / Advocacy

Welcome to the Latino Policy Institute

The Latino Policy Institute (LPI), a project of the Hispanic Health Council, was created to help Connecticut’s Latino communities help themselves. With the institute’s leadership and expert technical support, leaders of the state’s Spanish-speaking communities can harness their collective strength to define health care needs, develop policy recommendations to help meet those needs, and create an action network to advocate for changes that will improve the health and well-being of Latinos across Connecticut.

The LPI provides the support and coordination needed to strengthen the efforts of the state’s rich, but fragmented Latino organizations, allowing Latinos to have a real impact on health policy decisions. If we are successful, the Latino Policy Institute will:

• Reduce Latino health disparities

• Increase health care coverage for Latinos

• Improve access to culturally competent and linguistically appropriate health services

How we do this?

• Research and policy analysis

• Development of a policy agenda

• Policy advocacy campaigns

• Public education campaigns to increase issue awareness and influence public opinion

• Message development and strategic media communication

• Constituency and coalition building and mobilization

For more information about health disparities in Connecticut and to download our fact sheets please go to Latino Policy Institute.

About our logo: In Puerto Rico and the Caribbean the rooster’s crow is the first sound islanders hear in the morning. It’s a collective wake-up call to rise and take on the day. This is our call to action.

The Latino Policy Institute – A unified voice for Connecticut Latinos