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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Final Rule Summary

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Final Rule Summary

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (September 12, 2022)

This practitioner’s guide discusses the potential future of DACA, the current order preventing the processing of initial DACA requests, and how to address this situation with clients.

Return and Reintegration of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

By | Immigrant Youth, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Transnational Resources, Unaccompanied Minors, Youth & Families

Return and Reintegration of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) (August 1, 2022)

This factsheet explains the existing return process for unaccompanied children returning to their home countries, and describes how KIND’s Child Migrant Return and Reintegration Program can support children throughout the process.

 

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.

Better Responses to Differing Immigration Statuses: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Practice, Social Work, Youth & Families

Better Responses to Differing Immigration Statuses: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices

Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, Migration Policy Institute, and Higher Heights Consulting (April 2022)
This brief is the second of four that explore practices that service organizations are using to provide 2Gen services to immigrant and refugee families. This brief highlights the challenges posed by immigration status and provides two effective strategies for working with mixed-status families: 1) educating staff, clients and community members about how different immigration statuses can affect eligibility for supports and 2) designing services and building partnerships that can provide a continuum of services for mixed-status families.

Cultural Competency Secrets to Success with Immigrant and Refugee Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Practice, Social Work, Youth & Families

Cultural Competency Secrets to Success with Immigrant and Refugee Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices

Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, Migration Policy Institute, and Higher Heights Consulting (April 2022)

This brief is the fourth of four that explore practices that service organizations are using to provide 2Gen services to immigrant and refugee families. This brief examines 2Gen practices that are rooted in cultural competence. highlighting two broad strategies: 1) providing culturally tailored services and 2) recognizing and designing for cultural differences.

Building Trust with Immigrant and Refugee Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Practice, Social Work, Youth & Families
Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group, Migration Policy Institute, and Higher Heights Consulting (April 2022)

This brief is the first of four explore practices that service organizations are using to provide 2Gen services to immigrant and refugee families. This brief examines 2Gen practices that allow service organizations to build trust with immigrant families, including intentionally hiring and retaining culturally competent staff and creating welcoming and safe spaces to meet and work with immigrant families.

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