How well do you know the community you serve?

Rob Paral and Associates assist organizations in deepening their relationships with their community.

We do this by providing new demographic, social and economic information, and by determining attitudes, experiences and program usage among the populations served by our clients.

 

New on the Site

Immigrant Adult Learners in Illinois

New Report

As Heard on WBEZ:

New Illinois Demographics

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Health Insurance in Legislative Districts

Recent News & Events

May 12, 2010

Human service reform in Illinois

In his role as a consultant to The Chicago Community Trust on the Illinois Human Services Commission, Rob Paral presents initial findings from the Commission’s first report on human services.

May 3, 2010

Suburban Elected Officials and Immigrants

Rob speaks to members of the Northwest Municipal Conference to describe a survey RPA conducted for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to improve understanding of immigrant integration.

March 15, 2010

Adult Education in Illinois

Rob presents findings of new analysis of changing needs of adult learners in Illinois.

March 9, 2010

Korean American Community Services

RPA provides staff workshop on meeting service needs of changing immigrant communities on Chicago's North Side

February 23, 2010

Midwest Democracy Network

RPA releases new information on potential new boundaries of political districts in Illinois

February 19, 2010

Illinois Human Services Commission

Rob presents overview of key features of human services to Commission members

Featured Reports

New maps of racial/ethnic change in Illinois legislative districts

MapSenate Change in Population

MapHouse Change in Population

Mexican Immigration in the Midwest: Meanings and Implications

This report, the first of its kind, describes major demographic and socioeconomic features of Mexican immigration across the eightstate Midwest region. It uses both recent data and other statistics that delineate historic transformations to the regional economy over 100 years. The report reveals a wide range of information on Midwestern Mexican immigrants that has never been published before.