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Jun 26
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Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Parenting, Practice, Practice Highlight, Trauma, Youth & Families

Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma

Dominique Parris, Victor St., John, & Jessica Dym Bartlett, Child Trends (June 23, 2020)
May 07
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Five Ways to Help Ensure Pandemic-EBT Reaches Immigrant Families

By | COVID-19, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Five Ways to Help Ensure Pandemic-EBT Reaches Immigrant Families

Madison Allen, CLASP (May 7, 2020)

Given school closures across the country, Congress created Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) to meet the nutrition needs of students who received free or reduced lunch. P-EBT is a critical resource for immigrant families who will not receive government stimulus checks. Government agencies need to target immigrant communities to spread the word and benefit of P-EBT.

Apr 03
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Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic

By | Child Well-Being, COVID-19, Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Youth & Families

Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jessica Dym Bartlett & Rebecca Vivrette, Child Trends (April 3, 2020)

This practice resources highlights ways that parents and caregivers can promote children’s resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic to help protect them from the trauma that can ensue which affects their development and well-being.

Mar 30
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Immigrant Connection Project (ICON)

By | Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Youth & Families

Immigrant Connection Project (ICON)

Anne Marie Mulcahy, Vera Institute of Justice (March 30, 2020)

The Immigrant Connection Project (ICON) was created during the family separation crisis. This resource is for parents who were separated from their children. The Vera Institute of Justice also helps attorneys of these families in locating legal service providers who are working with these children.

Jul 15
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Know Your Rights Information on ICE Raids for Parents/Community/Attorneys

By | Highlighted Resources, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Practice, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Know Your Rights Information on ICE Raids for Parents/Community/Attorneys

KIND (July 15, 2019)

The below is a collection of Know Your Rights resources to help prepare parents, community members, and attorneys on ICE raids on the sponsors of unaccompanied children and families.

May 01
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Supporting All Families: Financing Streams to Support Prevention Programs

By | Highlighted Resources, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Supporting All Families: Financing Streams to Support Prevention Programs

Center for the Study of Social Policy (May 2019)

The fact sheet and infographic depicts the different kinds of programs and resources available to children and families including those that are directed at mitigating risk and preventing the need for foster care.

Mar 28
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Approaches to Protect Children’s Access to Health and Human Services in an Era of Harsh Immigration Policy

By | Child Well-Being, Highlighted Resources, Research Highlight, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Approaches to Protect Children’s Access to Health and Human Services in an Era of Harsh Immigration Policy

Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Ajay Chaudry, Sarah Rendon Garcia, Heather Koball, & Trenel Francis, NYU Institute of Human Development and Change (March 28, 2019)

This report highlights key barriers facing low-income immigrant families in the U.S. immigration policy and enforcement context and discusses strategies that aim to mitigate or overcome barriers to safety-net program access for low-income immigrant families.

Mar 22
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Webinar: Current Issues Impacting TPS and DED Clients

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Topics, Youth & Families

Webinar: Current Issues Impacting TPS and DED Clients

Catholic Legal Immigration Network (March 22, 2019)

This webinar reviews recent developments that affect TPS and DED clients, including litigation challenges, advocacy efforts, and best practice recommendations.

Mar 01
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Webinar: Food Insecurity and Access to Health Care: Critical Issues for the Development of Young Children of Immigrants

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Topics, Youth & Families

Webinar: Food Insecurity and Access to Health Care: Critical Issues for the Development of Young Children of Immigrants

Foundation for Child Development (February 2019)
This webinar provides an in-depth look at the negative impact of food insecurity on the health of young children of immigrants in the U.S.  A special focus is given to understanding connections between household food insecurity, family and neighborhood characteristics, and young children’s development.
Feb 19
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Viaje A Tu Seguridad

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors, Youth & Families

Viaje A Tu Seguridad

KIND (February 19, 2019)

This is a publication in comic book form for unaccompanied children to help them understand asylum and the process of seeking asylum in the United States. It is also to be used as a resource for those who work with unaccompanied children.

Feb 11
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Child Migrant Return and Reintegration Project (CMRRP)

By | Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors, Youth & Families

Child Migrant Return and Reintegration Project (CMRRP)

KIND (February 11, 2018)

Learn more about KIND’s Child Migrant Return and Reintegration Project (CMRRP) and how it helps unaccompanied children returning to Guatemala and Honduras from the United States. KIND and its partners have helped children by ensuring they are returned to their communities safely and receive reintegration support such as family reunification, skills training, counseling, and help with school enrollment and scholarships.

Program Fact Sheet
Jan 02
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Detained or Deported: What about my children?

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Parenting, Practice, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Workers, Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Youth & Families

Detained or Deported: What about my children?

Emily Butera, Dana Chou, Jessica Jones & Joanne Kelsey, Women’s Refugee Commission (Updated 2019)

This toolkit, available in both English and Spanish, provides information for detained parents and their advocates on how to prevent their children from entering the child welfare system, how to navigate the child welfare system, and how to make arrangements for their children when their immigration case ends. This toolkit will be available in all detention facilities that hold adults for more than 72 hours.

Spanish VersionSupplement
Nov 16
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Migrant Caravan: The Need to Address Root Causes

By | Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Workers, Topics, Trauma, Youth & Families

Migrant Caravan: The Need to Address Root Causes

Kids in Need of Defense (October 24, 2018)

The migrant caravan underscores the dire need to address the root causes of migration from Central America to the United States, including the pervasive violence that forces children without parents and families with young children to embark on a life-threatening journey of thousands of miles to seek safety in the United States.

Nov 01
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Addressing the Intergenerational Mental Health Needs of Refugee Families with Young Children

By | Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Topics, Trauma, Youth & Families

Addressing the Intergenerational Mental Health Needs of Refugee Families with Young Children

Migration Policy Institute (September 24, 2018)

Experts on this webinar discuss efforts being undertaken in Maryland to serve refugee families with young children through tailored, trauma-informed approaches that address their specific mental health needs.

Oct 24
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Love Without Borders: Grandfamilies and Immigration

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Kinship Care, Legal Professionals, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Topics, Youth & Families

Love Without Borders: Grandfamilies and Immigration

Generations United (2018)

This report highlights the additional hurdles faced by grandfamilies who come together as a result of a parent’s detention or deportation. Those hurdles include restricted access to support and services to help meet the children’s needs, language barriers, and fear of government agencies.

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