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.
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.
Growing Language Skills 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 third of four that explore practices that service organizations are using to provide 2Gen services to immigrant and refugee families. This brief examines interventions that aim to overcome language barriers and support language acquisition for immigrant families who speak a language other than English at home, focusing on 2 primary strategies: 1) providing culturally responsive and linguistically accessible services, and 2) offering language-learning programs that meet the needs of children and their parents.
Adjustment of Status through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
Andrew Craycroft and Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (March 29, 2022)
This advisory provides an overview of the SIJS-based adjustment of status process with a step-by-step guidance for both the affirmative process (i.e., for youth not in removal proceedings), and for the defensive process (i.e., for youth who are in removal proceedings).
Practice Advisory: Screening DACA Recipients for Other Relief
Jennifer Riddle & Ilissa Mira, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (April 11, 2022)
This advisory provides a review of the most common types of relief for DACA recipients and helpful tips for inadmissibility screening.
Fact Sheet for Child Welfare Stakeholders: Overview of ICE Policies and Standards Related to Detained Parents
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (April 2021)
This fact sheet reviews ICE policies and standards for child welfare stakeholders under the Detained Parents Directive.
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number Fact Sheet
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) (February 25, 2022)
This factsheet, also available in Spanish, provides information for immigrants on how to apply for Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs).
What are Protected Areas?
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) (February 28, 2022)
This factsheet, also available in Spanish, provides information about the new DHS Protected Areas policy, including what areas apply and how this will impact communities.
Deferred Action and Work Permits for Young People with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (March 16, 2022)
This guide provides information about the new Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) policy, answers key questions, and provides resources to learn more.
