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Sophia Sepp

Promising Practices When Working with Immigrant Kinship Caregivers

By | Foster Care, Kinship Care, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law

Promising Practices When Working with Immigrant Kinship Caregivers

Elizabeth Christy and Cristina Ritchie Cooper, Child Law Practice Today (July 1, 2017)

This article reviews the legal implications of immigration status on foster placements and provides promising practices and other recommendations for those working closely with immigrant caregivers in the child welfare system.

Biden administration makes more areas off-limits for immigration arrests

By | In the News

Biden administration makes more areas off-limits for immigration arrests

Cameron Langford, Courthouse News Service (October 27, 2021)

The Biden Administration has released new policy guidelines that prevent immigration enforcement operations from being conducted in places that offer essential services like schools, hospitals, churches, playgrounds, and other now protected areas.

How Systemic Inequities in Language Access are Impacting Asian, Pacific Islander, and African Immigrant and Refugee Communities During the Pandemic

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Families Research, Language Issues, Research Highlight

How Systemic Inequities in Language Access are Impacting Asian, Pacific Islander, and African Immigrant and Refugee Communities During the Pandemic

 Derek Lin, MPH, Research and Policy Analyst, New Mexico Voices for Children and Judy Barnstone, Ph.D., Associate Professor, New Mexico Highlands University (August 2021)

This report documents the findings of a mixed-method study exploring language access-related challenges experienced by refugee and immigrant communities in New Mexico during the pandemic.

https://www.nmvoices.org/archives/15665

The Lasting Legacy of Exclusion: How the Law that Brought Us Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Excluded Immigrant Families & Institutionalized Racism in our Social Support System

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Federal Policy, Legal/Law, Public Charge

The Lasting Legacy of Exclusion: How the Law that Brought Us Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Excluded Immigrant Families & Institutionalized Racism in our Social Support System

Center for the Study of Social Policy & the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality (August 2021)

This report reviews the history and legacy of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA), highlighting its racist roots and institutionalization of anti-immigrant exclusions to a range of public benefits and tax credits.

Working Through Status with Immigrant Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Practices

By | Opportunities

Working Through Status with Immigrant Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Practices

The Aspen Institute • September 16, 2021 • 2pm EST
This webinar will provide strategies for designing and implementing a 2Gen program that serves mixed-status immigrant and refugee families, including how to build staff capacity and access funding. This is the 2nd of the 4-part series, Immigrant Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices.
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