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<p>Back when I was in HS, I knew of many recent immigrant parents who didn’t submit forms at first because of issues such as language barrier, perceptions they may not qualify when they actually would have, perceived stigma for revealing one’s low income taken from the origin country to others…including those with positive helpful intentions, fears derived from living under a totalitarian/authoritarian governments which made them wary of revealing more than the absolute minimum to government agencies to get their kids enrolled even though they were low income and in need*, and lack of awareness there was even such programs and that they were eligible. </p>
<p>Fortunately, the earlier immigrants and newer immigrants were in the same neighborhoods or in close enough proximately to help bridge most/all of those issues which came up. </p>
<p>However, due to many such earlier immigrant families moving out due to jobs, desire for more space, and/or gentrification along with the fact newer immigrants may be from different regions of a given origin country where language/cultural barriers may be a serious impediment even with the earlier immigrants from the same origin country**, many old immigrant/ethnic group networks are nowhere near as cohesive as it was even 15+ years ago. </p>
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<li>Many immigrants from the former Combloc countries along with some Chinese immigrants.<br></li>
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<p>** I.e. Cantonese and Mandarin speakers(earliest/earlier immigrants) as opposed to Fujiannese speakers(recent immigrants). Even when all three groups can speak Mandarin, the pronunciation/accent differences can be enough to serve as frustrating impediments to communication as I’ve experienced firsthand. </p>