This session will train social workers in culturally responsive, trauma-informed approaches for supporting immigrant clients facing fear, separation, and legal uncertainty during heightened enforcement, while also addressing practitioners’ own wellbeing through self-care and collective care strategies to prevent burnout.
This training with immigration attorney Katie Blankenship covers how to safely conduct research with immigrant communities during the current challenging enforcement climate.
This University of Virginia conference (April 24-26, 2026) invites papers examining familial and unaccompanied migration to the U.S. through humanities and social sciences lenses, exploring how border securitization, migrant experiences, and shifting democratic norms intersect with issues of detention, deportation, and the political framing of undocumented migrants.
This 2025 “year-in-review” highlights the CICW’s work throughout 2025. Thank you to all our partners and collaborators for your continued support. We look forward to continuing our efforts to support immigrant children and families in 2026.
CWLA is offering a three-part virtual training series based on the third edition of “Working with Traumatized Children – A Handbook for Healing,” which will teach participants how to recognize trauma symptoms, understand trauma’s impact on children’s brains, create safe environments, and implement effective healing strategies while practicing self-care.
This webinar will analyze Trump’s first-year immigration actions, including mass deportations, refugee restrictions, and travel bans on 39 countries, examining their legal basis and actual effects on labor markets, communities, and future immigration to the United States.
November 6, 2025 — Dr. Kristina Lovato, Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley and Director of CICW, facilitated a peer dialogue at the 2025 California County Immigration & Child Welfare Convening. This interactive session featured a dynamic exchange among county child welfare leaders and practitioners on how systems across California have adapted to meet the evolving needs of immigrant children and families. The discussion surfaced strategies, promising practices, and lessons learned in advancing equitable, culturally responsive services statewide. Various links and resources from the event can be found at the link above.
CICW Director Dr. Kristina Lovato, CICW Research Workgroup members, and CICW Emerging PhD Scholars (names in bold) will be presenting research findings on the intersections of immigration and child welfare at the upcoming Society for Social Work and Research 30th Annual Conference in January 2026:
November 13 – 15, 2025 — CICW Research Team member and UC Berkeley Social Welfare MSW student Alishba Sardar, along with Dr. Kristina Lovato, presented their poster, “Understanding the Educational and Psychosocial Needs of Unaccompanied Newcomer Immigrant Youth in Schools,” at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Conference in November 2025.
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