This toolkit is geared toward foster care caseworkers to ensure that SIJS-eligible children receive the assistance and case monitoring they need during the SIJS application process.
Get the ToolkitThis guide is designed to provide an overview of detention, deportation, and other immigration status-related stress and their impact on children and families, as well as suggestions for how school personnel can support families in this situation.
Get the GuideThis latest webinar from BRYCS builds off their Understanding Trauma in Refugee Youth webinar. Viewers can learn about some of the dilemmas facing refugee teenagers, how to converse helpfully and meaningfully with refugee teens, as well as ways to intervene more effectively with refugee teens, their families, and schools.
Watch the WebinarThis comprehensive reference offers a robust framework for introducing and sustaining trauma-responsive services and culture in child welfare systems.
Learn MoreThis guide provides an overview of cultural issues important to understanding children and family environments in Latino immigrant groups, including understanding experiences through a cultural lens.
Get the GuideWritten by a People Power activist, this article describes the process of successfully applying ACLU’s “People Power Freedom Cities Action Guide” in advocating for immigrant rights and protection.
Read the ArticleThe video resources shared on this page contain helpful, bilingual information for helping individuals and communities to know and understand their rights, helping prepare families faced with the threat of deportation, and rights information specific for parents and sponsors of unaccompanied minors.
Access the VideosA new book by social worker Silvia Juarez-Marazzo entitled ¡Mamá, cuéntame porqué viniste!, aids immigrant parents to explain, in a developmentally appropriate way, the reasons behind their decision to migrate.
Learn MoreA list of resources available to help individuals prepare for ICE raids, as well as information and resources for how to prepare/proceed in the face of other immigration enforcement actions.
Get the Resource ListRecent legislation introduced by New York Senator Tony Avella to expand the state’s Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program, benefits foster care providers by supporting the agility and innovation needed to create the stability that young people so desperately need.
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