National Volunteer Child Advocate Training 2024
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights • June 4, 2024 • 12-1pm CDT
The Young Center will offer a two-day virtual training on how to become a Volunteer Child Advocate.
The Young Center will offer a two-day virtual training on how to become a Volunteer Child Advocate.
This webinar will review screening for employment-based options for immigrant youth, the process for applying for an employment-based visa, and obtaining a green card.
CLINIC’s annual conference will bring together legal practitioners, advocates and nonprofit leaders from across the U.S. to network and learn about the current state of immigration law
This webinar will discuss the importance of infant and early childhood mental-health services for immigrant children and families and highlight approaches for connecting immigrant and refugee families with these services.
The CICW is launching a new professional network for legal practitioners, judicial decision makers, and court administrators interested in meaningfully addressing the legal needs of immigrant children, parents, and families involved in state child welfare systems. Click the link above for more info and click here to join.
This webinar will provide an overview of the 7 principles and recommended child protection practices from the ISS Global Advocacy Paper on ‘Equity in Permanency’, which emphasizes the need for cross-border family connections for children in care.
This webinar will review the most recent case law impacting children’s immigration cases and provide foundational immigration cases that can be used to bolster arguments.
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.