Category

Practice

Five Ways to Help Ensure Pandemic-EBT Reaches Immigrant Families

By | COVID-19, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Five Ways to Help Ensure Pandemic-EBT Reaches Immigrant Families

Madison Allen, CLASP (May 7, 2020)

Given school closures across the country, Congress created Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) to meet the nutrition needs of students who received free or reduced lunch. P-EBT is a critical resource for immigrant families who will not receive government stimulus checks. Government agencies need to target immigrant communities to spread the word and benefit of P-EBT.

Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic

By | Child Well-Being, COVID-19, Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Youth & Families

Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jessica Dym Bartlett & Rebecca Vivrette, Child Trends (April 3, 2020)

This practice resources highlights ways that parents and caregivers can promote children’s resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic to help protect them from the trauma that can ensue which affects their development and well-being.

Immigrant Connection Project (ICON)

By | Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Youth & Families

Immigrant Connection Project (ICON)

Anne Marie Mulcahy, Vera Institute of Justice (March 30, 2020)

The Immigrant Connection Project (ICON) was created during the family separation crisis. This resource is for parents who were separated from their children. The Vera Institute of Justice also helps attorneys of these families in locating legal service providers who are working with these children.

Public Charge Specialized Resources for Advocates and Service Providers

By | Highlighted Resources, Practice, Public Charge, Social Workers

Public Charge Specialized Resources for Advocates and Service Providers

Protecting Immigrant Families (February 2020)

Protecting Immigrant Families created a webpage that houses resources they and their allies have created. Resources on the webpage include a screening tool, videos, resources by program, resources for working with state and local agencies, outreach and education resources, and additional public charge resource pages.

Open