Parenting in a New Context
National Child Traumatic Stress Network (November 2020)
This four-part podcast series provides recommendations to practitioners on how to work with and provide culturally responsive care to immigrant and refugee families.
Webinar-Ensuring Immigration Courts Consider Children’s Best Interests
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (June 22, 2021)
This webinar discusses the Young Center’s work and advocacy around the incorporation of a “best interests mandate” into federal law and policy.
Advising DACA Clients in the Wake of the Texas v. U.S. Decision
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (July 22, 2021)
This resource provides clarification in the wake of the recent ruling in State of Texas, et al., v. The United State of America, et al., on DACA.
Psychological First Aid for Unaccompanied Children
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (2021)
This resource provides an evidence-based approach to support unaccompanied children immediately after their arrival to the US.
Remote Assessment in Permanency Planning
International Social Service-USA (April 14, 2021)
This quick guide provides five key considerations for conducting assessments remotely in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Including Family Outside the U.S. in Permanency Planning for Children in Care Webinar
International Social Service-USA (September 19, 2019)
This webinar reviews family finding, permanency planning, and concurrent planning for all cases, including those with families who reside outside of the state and country; provides resources for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs), Guardians Ad Litem, attorneys and other stakeholders; and highlight ISS network services.
Take Action: Prevent Your Noncitizen Clients from Being Deported while in Prison
Stanford Law School Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (June 16, 2021)
This toolkit provides recommendations and best practices for Criminal Defenders working with noncitizen clients who are at risk for deportation. While geared toward practitioners in California, this toolkit may have applications for federal defenders across the U.S.
Protecting Immigrant Students’ Rights to a Public Education
Southern Poverty Law Center (June 2021)
These guides for families, advocates, educators and school administrators provide resources to better understand schools’ and districts’ responsibilities to immigrant students and families and to address language access and enrollment barriers in public elementary and secondary schools. These resources are available in multiple languages.
Community Handout on Public Charge
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (May 4, 2021)
This handout, geared toward youth and families, offers an overview of public charge and answers commons questions about how it applies.
Public Charge Safe to Use List
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (May 24, 2021)
This handout lists some of the most common public benefits programs that do not count for public charge and are safe to use, regardless of one’s immigration status.
