The Young Center is seeking a full-time Staff Attorney for its Technical Assistance Program with experience practicing in the child welfare system. The position is open to applicants anywhere in the U.S., with preference to applicants in cities with Young Center offices.
Members of the CICW Research Workgroup were joined by representatives from the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, Seneca Family of Agencies, Girasol, and Casey Family Programs to present a roundtable at the annual Society for Social Work and Research conference. The roundtable reviewed the current state-of-play surrounding reception and treatment of unaccompanied minors arriving to the U.S. and highlighted policy and practice recommendations on how to strengthen support and services for unaccompanied minors in the U.S.
The Young Center is seeking volunteers to support unaccompanied immigrant children in Los Angeles.
We are excited to announce the transition of the directorship of the CICW from the School of Social Work at New Mexico State University to the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley under the leadership of Dr. Kristina Lovato beginning January 2024. Over the last seven years in New Mexico, the CICW has been dedicated to resource development and dissemination, training and technical assistance, and original research on the various issues impacting child welfare system involved immigrant children and families, while also engaging local and state leaders and policy makers toward improving the well-being of children in immigrant families in New Mexico. We look forward to new opportunities for the Center to build upon its mission of improving programs and policies related to immigrant children and families involved in the public child welfare system at UC Berkeley.
Dr. Kristina Lovato, Assistant Professor of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley, will assume the role of director of the CICW. She has over 12 years of clinical experience serving diverse families as a bilingual child welfare social worker, child therapist, and school-based mental health clinician, and her current work focuses on enhancing Latinx child and family well-being particularly among immigrant families at risk of immigration enforcement and/or public child welfare involvement. She has also been a strong supporter and partner of the CICW’s work, including on several recent studies on how child welfare systems are serving immigrant children and families. With her rich professional experience and dedication to uplifting the voices and experiences of immigrant families in all facets of her work, we can’t think of anyone better to lead the CICW into this new chapter. Please join us in offering a warm welcome to Kristina as she assumes this new role!
The recording and resources from the CICW’s recent webinar on Supporting the Legal Needs of Immigrant Children in Foster Care are now available on our website here or may be accessed below:
HHS has released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for a final rule that would establish a foundation for the Unaccompanied Children Program. Comments are due 12/4/23.
This webinar will provide a review of key changes in immigration law affecting unaccompanied children over the past year.
This webinar will review how to identify and work through vicarious trauma and prevent burnout in the practice of immigration law.
This webinar will review a new report on the health and service use of undocumented patients in CA.
This webinar will offer resources and tools to support immigrant families in obtaining essential care and benefits. Offered in English and Spanish.
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