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Download full textPerez, Ricardo J. – 2001
Located along the U.S. Mexico border, colonias are unincorporated areas with no building codes, city taxes, or infrastructure. Most colonia residents live in poverty. Involving rural colonia residents from Hildago County, Texas, in a concerted effort to solve their problems became a central focus for a task force of educational and social…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Community Education, Community Services
