This report provides updated estimates of chilling effects on pubic safety net program use among immigrant families.
This study explored the relationship between immigrants’ perceptions of integration and their self-rated health and psychological distress
This backgrounder explores current challenges affecting newcomer students and provides recommendations to improve school and community supports.
This blueprint reviews issues and policies impacting unaccompanied children and provides recommendations the U.S. government can take to improve child protection and well-being.
This practice advisory reviews the new “Keeping Families Together” parole in place process for certain spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens.
This guide reviews how state Public Records Act (PRA) requests can be used to advocate against immigration enforcement.
Recent research indicates that children of immigrant parents are more likely to experience anxiety and mental health symptoms than immigrants themselves.
A recently published report by the OIG has led to claims that ICE lost track of 32,000 UCs. However, this article delves into the more nuanced reality of the situation and gaps in the OIG report.
Many immigrants continue to await release from detention after winning their immigration cases.
This Q&A explores the importance of legal representation for unaccompanied children coming to the U.S.
Play therapy can offer many benefits to immigrant and first generation children who experience various immigration-related stressors.
A new model program in CA called the Children’s Holistic Immigration Representation Project provides wraparound services to immigrant youth, integrating both social services and legal aid.
An advocate helps reunite children who have been separated from their parents and left in vulnerable situations in their homelands.
A new report details hundreds of reports of abuse of unaccompanied immigrant children by Border Patrol in AZ and CA.
A 12-year-old unaccompanied minor is finally reunited with her family in the Chicago area after challenges navigating the ORR system.
A non-profit organization, International Convention on Human Rights and Migration, works with government officials to reunite immigrant families through a program called Palomas Mensajeras.
This ISS International Conference will explore issues related to children on the move, family based care, the future of child protection and social work, and more.
The UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare and the CICW will host a film screening and panel discussion of the documentary All We Carry, which follows a Honduran family’s extraordinary journey as they flee persecution from narcotraffickers, endure months in US detention, and await their asylum verdict in Seattle. We invite all in the Bay Area to join us for this special event! More info here.
This 5-module online asynchronous, self-paced course explores how service organizations and practitioners can implement policies and practices to increase inclusivity of immigrant families, and how trauma-informed practice can be tailored to address the unique experiences of immigrant families. It also includes discussion of a model for implementing immigrant specialist navigators within organizations. 6 free cultural social work CEUs available. Learn more here: https://cimmcw.org/immigrant-inclusivity-training/ or enroll at the link above.
This report details findings and recommendations from an 18-month interdisciplinary study that explored the conditions of care for unaccompanied children in federal custody.
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