This new toolkit provides resources and tips to child welfare agencies, other government agencies, and nonprofit organizations so that they can better serve Latino grandfamilies regardless of child welfare involvement.
This brief reviews the importance of family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) care for immigrant and dual language learner families and the barriers these caregivers encounter in accessing public subsidies and other supportive resources. It also provides recommendations to improve support of FFN caregivers.
This webinar series reviews best practice for attorneys when working with child welfare system involved immigrant children and families, focusing on the different roles of the child welfare agency, the child’s attorney, and the parent’s attorney.
This policy brief provides background and an overview of the recently introduced Immigrant Victim and Witness Protection Act, which would remove the annual limit on visas for SIJS recipients and provide important protections to immigrant survivors of trafficking, domestic violence, and other harms.
Florida’s Governor stands by his executive order which directs the state’s Department of Children and Families not to renew the licenses of shelters and foster homes providing temporary care to unaccompanied migrant children.
Following an August district court order, the Biden administration reimplements the controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy.
Despite a recent bipartisan report highlighting concerning oversight issues with government contractors that care for migrant children, the Biden administration renewed contracts with two of those contractors.
MPI is hiring for associate policy analyst/policy analyst positions in its U.S. Immigration Policy Program. Applications are due January 17, 2022
An internal document from the Office of Refugee Resettlement indicates growing concern within the agency about the poor conditions and lack of child-welfare guided approaches to caring for migrant children.
Michigan remains one of 16 states that still does not provide health care to lawful immigrant children.
In response to pressure from advocates, the Biden administration is reversing plans to move forward Trump-era regulations that would end the Flores Settlement Agreement, which provides important protections to migrant children in immigration custody.
Despite essential contributions to key U.S. industries, many immigrants and their U.S. citizen children have been cut out of pandemic relief.
The Senate parliamentarian has rejected the latest attempt to include immigration reform provisions in the Build Back Better Act.
The Department of Justice has ceased negotiations around potential financial compensation to families who were forcibly separated as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.
A 16-year-old Nicaraguan teenager experienced forced separation from his parents and detention in adult ICE facilities, including solitary confinement, after border agents questioned his age and birth certificate.
The Young Center Chicago is in need of volunteers with varying foreign language skills and will be holding a virtual volunteer training. If you are interested, fill out their volunteer intake form via the link below.
This report documents the extent and ramifications of the SIJS backlog and offers recommendations for addressing the backlog and providing protection to this vulnerable population of children.
This report details the findings and recommendations from the second phase of the Strengthening Border Families study, which elicited the perspectives of frontline practitioners who serve immigrant families across a variety of service settings in the community about the accessibility and quality of services for immigrant families with young children in the Doña Ana County.
This article discusses issues within a Chicago shelter housing young Afghan evacuees and a request by lawmakers for a federal investigation into the mental health of these young evacuees.
This article lays out the trauma caused by the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy that separated children from their parents at the border.
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