This issue brief outlines concrete steps state and local governments can take to protect immigrant communities from financial exploitation and consumer abuse across areas like housing, fraud, privacy, and language access.
This policy brief analyzes administrative California child welfare data of undocumented immigrant youth in foster care, finding that immigration status data is often missing and that both U.S. citizens and undocumented youth were more likely to have transition plans than legal residents, highlighting needs for better services and data collection.
This policy framework identifies needed changes and goals to support and improve immigrant mental health and well-being in the US from the local, state, and federal levels.
This report reviews Texas’ punitive deportation law SB4 and its harmful consequences and identifies copycat policies being pursued by other states across the country.
This explainer reviews access and restrictions to public benefits for immigrants.
This backgrounder explores current challenges affecting newcomer students and provides recommendations to improve school and community supports.
This issue brief reviews the importance of infant and early childhood mental health services for immigrant and refugee families, identifies gaps impacting service access and use, and highlights opportunities to improve access to and the relevance of these services for immigrant families.
This policy brief reviews recent research on child welfare agency practices serving immigrants during the pandemic and offers four policy recommendations to response to the needs of immigrant families in the child welfare system.
This brief reviews foster care licensure for immigrant caregivers, describes challenges that state licensing standards may present for undocumented caregivers, and explains how caregivers may overcome these challenges.
This policy brief discusses the state of immigrant children’s eligibility and coverage by Medicaid and CHIP in 2019.
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