This guide gives practical advice to educators and school support staff that can inform their actions and be shared with immigrant families.
Get the GuideThis guide provides information about the tens of thousands of children who have fled their homes in Central America and arrived at our southern border. It seeks to explain the basics about who these children are, what happens to them when they arrive in the U.S., laws in place to help them, and proposed legislation to help these children.
Read MoreThis toolkit provides a basic overview of the dynamics of the U.S. immigration system as it impacts children and families in the child welfare system. The toolkit includes practical appendices with resources for accessing vital documents, facilitating communication between child welfare and immigration legal counsel, and a summary of immigration relief options applicable to youth in care.
Get the ToolkitA report on the history and current reality of child migration as well as implications for working with these populations and for future research.
Read Full ReportView the recording of the Albany Law School’s 2015 Warren M. Anderson Breakfast Seminar and access supplementary materials about state-based immigration reform, including information on unaccompanied minors, state benefits and state-issued identification documents for immigrants, and state support for immigrant legal services.
View Seminar Recording Access Supplementary MaterialsThis Memorandum provides information to child welfare practitioners, including information on best practice considerations, to assist them in addressing the needs of children and families where parents are at risk of, or are, being detained or deported.
Read the full textThis toolkit provides public child welfare and community-based agencies working with immigrant families guidelines for integrating child welfare practice – from engagement to case closure – with trauma-informed care and trauma-specific services. In addition, the tool kit describes strategies to build an organization’s capacity to better respond to the needs of immigrant families exposed to child maltreatment, domestic and community violence, and other traumatic stresses.
Get the ToolkitA set of guidelines for individuals who work in detention centers and specifically with unaccompanied minors. The guidelines are organized by areas that contribute to the overall mental health and well-being of minors.
Read Full TextThis issue of FOCUS covers a range of kinship care topics including the benefits associated with kinship placement, program models for delivering kinship care services, and strategies for overcoming barriers to kinship placement with immigrant families.
Read the full textA YouTube video featuring the stories of three children of the tens of thousands who have been forced to flee Central America due to violence.
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