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Responding to Trauma in Immigrant Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Practice, Practice Highlight, Safety, Social Work, Social Workers, Trauma

Responding to Trauma in Immigrant Children

National Press Foundation (February 9, 2023)

This webinar reviews different forms of trauma, trauma responses, and how to identify symptoms in a child, with a focus on the traumatic experiences immigrant children may face and how to respond as a practitioner.

Local Agency Staff in North Carolina’s Child Care Subsidy Program Offer Perspectives on Engaging Hispanic Families During COVID-19

By | COVID-19, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Language Issues, Research Highlight, State Policies

Local Agency Staff in North Carolina’s Child Care Subsidy Program Offer Perspectives on Engaging Hispanic Families During COVID-19

Abigial Molina, Danielle Crosby, Julia Mendez, Christina Stephens, Rosy Gonzalez, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (February 8, 2023)

This brief explores the experiences of North Carolina’s child care subsidy program staff when trying to engage Hispanic families during COVID-19.

Massive North Carolina complex to house unaccompanied immigrant children has yet to open

By | In the News

Massive North Carolina complex to house unaccompanied immigrant children has yet to open

Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner (November 4, 2022)

The Biden administration had proposed to turn a previous boarding school into a facility to house unaccompanied immigrant children in North Carolina, but there are only 2 weeks left on the contract and the facility has never been used.

Shelter for unaccompanied migrant kids challenges new DCF rule after being denied a license

By | In the News

Shelter for unaccompanied migrant kids challenges new DCF rule after being denied a license

Katie LaGrone, ABC Action News (November 15, 2022)

A Florida shelter for unaccompanied migrant children is pushing back against Florida’s Department of Children and Families’ new rule that is denying licenses to facilities serving migrant children.

Federal judge blocks Title 42 rule that allowed expulsion of migrants at US-Mexico border, puts order on hold for 5 weeks

By | In the News

Federal judge blocks Title 42 rule that allowed expulsion of migrants at US-Mexico border, puts order on hold for 5 weeks

Priscilla Alvarez and Tierny Sneed, CNN Politics (November 16, 2022)

A federal judge has granted the Biden administration a 5-week stay until December 21st to comply with its ruling to end Title 42.

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