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Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Minors: Current Gaps and Needed Improvements

By | CICW Publications, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Youth, Research Briefs, Unaccompanied Minors

Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Minors: Current Gaps and Needed Improvements

Kerri Evans & Tatiana Londoño, Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (August 2022)

This research brief by the CICW Research Workgroup provides background and highlights gaps in the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Post-Release Services program for unaccompanied minors and offers research-based recommendations for improvements.

Strengthening Border Families: Frontline Practitioner Perspectives – Research Brief

By | CICW Publications, Research Briefs
Megan Finno-Velasquez, Sophia Sepp, and Vanessa Mendoza; Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (July 2022)

This brief summaries the key findings and recommendations from the second phase of the Strengthening Border Families study, which elicited the perspectives of frontline practitioners who serve immigrant families across a variety of service settings in the community about the accessibility and quality of services for  immigrant families with young children in the Doña Ana County. It is also available in Spanish here.

Immigrant and Community Integration Step by Step Guide to Local Integration Programming

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers

Immigrant and Community Integration Step by Step Guide to Local Integration Programming

Ben Brokaw & Leya Speasmaker, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (June 2020)

This resource provides key steps for organizations in the design, implementation, evaluation, and reassessment of immigrant integration endeavors.

Interests of Noncitizen Parents and Legal Guardians of Minor Children or Incapacitated Adults

By | Deportation, Detention, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Legal/Law, Parental Interests Directive

Interests of Noncitizen Parents and Legal Guardians of Minor Children or Incapacitated Adults

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (July 14, 2022)

The 2022 ICE parental interest directive establishes ICE policies and procedures to protect the parental and/or guardianship rights of parents and legal guardians who are taken into ICE custody.

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