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An Overview of USCIS’s New SIJS Regulations

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

An Overview of USCIS’s New SIJS Regulations

Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (January 23, 2023)

This practice advisory reviews new Special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) petition regulations, including policy changes on evidentiary requirements, marital status, getting updates on petitions, and more.

Responding to Trauma in Immigrant Children

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Practice, Practice Highlight, Safety, Social Work, Social Workers, Trauma

Responding to Trauma in Immigrant Children

National Press Foundation (February 9, 2023)

This webinar reviews different forms of trauma, trauma responses, and how to identify symptoms in a child, with a focus on the traumatic experiences immigrant children may face and how to respond as a practitioner.

Local Agency Staff in North Carolina’s Child Care Subsidy Program Offer Perspectives on Engaging Hispanic Families During COVID-19

By | COVID-19, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Language Issues, Research Highlight, State Policies

Local Agency Staff in North Carolina’s Child Care Subsidy Program Offer Perspectives on Engaging Hispanic Families During COVID-19

Abigial Molina, Danielle Crosby, Julia Mendez, Christina Stephens, Rosy Gonzalez, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (February 8, 2023)

This brief explores the experiences of North Carolina’s child care subsidy program staff when trying to engage Hispanic families during COVID-19.

Educational Services for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Educational Services for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States

Robert G. Hasson III, Caitlin Corbett, Antonia Diaz-Valdez, Kerri Evans, Thomas M. Crea & Dawnya Underwood, Journal of Social Service Research (July 25, 2022)

This research explored factors, such as age and placement, associated with reporting educational services as a primary need among unaccompanied minors receiving post release services.

Mental Health Services for Unaccompanied Children in the United States

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Mental Health Services for Unaccompanied Children in the United States

Robert G. Hasson III, Antonia Diaz-Valdez, & Dawnya Underwood, Journal of Loss & Trauma (November 8, 2022)

This research explored factors, such as country of origin, gender, and age, associated with reporting mental health services as a primary need among unaccompanied minors.

2023 Update on Key Federal Immigration Policies and Implications for Health

By | Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Public Charge

2023 Update on Key Federal Immigration Policies and Implications for Health

Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga, Kaiser Family Foundation (January 30, 2023)

This brief summarizes recent updates to key immigration policies, including Title 42, the DACA program, and the public charge rule, and discusses the impacts of these policies on the health and well-being of immigrants.

Striving for Equity for Young Children of Immigrants with Disabilities

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Striving for Equity for Young Children of Immigrants with Disabilities

Dr. Cady Landa, Global Family Research Project (October 25, 2021)

This webpage discusses considerations and recommendations for working with children of immigrants with disabilities and provides a resource with links to additional research, frameworks, practices, and recommendations.

An Examination of Latinx Immigrant Families’ Social Service Needs Following a Deportation-related Family Separation

By | Deportation, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research

An Examination of Latinx Immigrant Families’ Social Service Needs Following a Deportation-related Family Separation

Kristina Lovato & Laura Abrams, Child Welfare League of America (January 2023)

This article, part of a special issue on Latino and Hispanic child and family well-being explores social service use among Latinx immigrant families after the deportation or one or more parents.

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