Working Through Vicarious Trauma With Self-Care Strategies
CLINIC • December 14th, 2022 • 1-2:30PM ET
This webinar will educate on vicarious trauma, how to identify it, and how to cope with it through self-care techniques.
Fact Sheet for Child Welfare & Guardianship Stakeholders: ICE Policies and Standards Related to Detained Parents & Legal Guardians
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (October 1, 2022)
This factsheet on the newly revised Parental Interest Directive provides info on detained parents’ and/or guardians’ rights to maintain contact with and make decisions for their children and to participate in any related court or child welfare proceedings.
Best Practices for Working with Refugee and Immigrant Youth Training Series for Mental Health Providers
Boston Children’s Hospital: Trauma and Community Resilience Center (January 2022)
This nine part webinar reviews best practices for working with refugee and immigrant youth, including topics such as trauma and culture, migration experiences, secondary trauma, resilience, and more.
Confidentiality of Juvenile Records in California: Guidance for Immigration Practitioners
Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (September 27, 2022)
This FAQ reviews the importance of confidentiality for juvenile case records in CA, especially for immigrant youth, and provides guidance for advocates on protecting confidential information of the immigrant youth they represent.
Immigrant Families in California Faced Barriers Accessing Safety Net Programs in 2021, but Community Organizations Helped Many Enroll
Dulce Gonzalez, Michael Karpman, and Clara Alvarez Caraveo; Urban Institute (August 4, 2022)
This research assessed immigrant families’ participation and experiences with seven public benefits programs in CA, finding that community organizations played a key role in connecting families to these programs and that many families avoided benefits due to immigration-related fears.
Changes in Economic Hardships Arising During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences by Nativity and Race
Changes in Economic Hardships Arising During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences by Nativity and Race
Allison Bovell-Ammon, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Félice Lê-Scherban, Lindsey Rateau, Timothy Heeren, Cerlyn Cantave, Kaye-Alese Green, Deborah A Frank, Diana Cutts, Eduardo Ochoa, Megan Sandel; Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (November 5, 2022)
This research looked at pandemic related economic hardships such as food and housing insecurity among families with young children by race, ethnicity, and nativity, finding that Latinx and immigrant families experienced some of the greatest increases in these hardships.
Overlooked but Essential: Language Access in Early Childhood Programs
Maki Park, Jacob Hofstetter, and Ivana Tu Nhi Giang; Migration Policy Institute (October 1, 2022)
This policy brief reviews how language access can act as a barrier to early childhood education for dual language learners and offers recommendations on how to improve language access across early childhood services.
Kids and Families need a path to citizenship for DACA recipients and undocumented youth
Children Thrive Action Network (November 10, 2022)
This factsheet provides information on the current status of DACA given recent court rulings, the impacts if it were to come to an end, and the importance of passing a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients.
Covering Undocumented Immigrants: The Effects of a Large-Scale Prenatal Care Intervention
Sarah Miller & Laura Wherry, National Bureau of Economic Research (July 2022)
This study explored the impacts of expanding Medicaid pregnancy coverage to undocumented immigrant women in California, finding increased insurance coverage and improved birth outcomes.
The Public-Charge Final Rule Is Far from the Last Word
Jonathan Beier and Essey Workie, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) (September 1, 2022)
In this piece, the Migration Policy Institute discusses the new public charge rule and recommends next steps in preventing barriers to accessing services for immigrant families.
