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Apr 01
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How Early Childhood Providers Can Create “Safe Space” Policies

By | Early Childhood, Immigrant Youth, Legal Professionals, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Youth & Families

How Early Childhood Providers Can Create “Safe Space” Policies

Rebecca Ullrich, CLASP (April 2019)

CLASP has released a guide to creating “safe space” policies for early childhood programs. Safe-space policies safeguard programs against immigration enforcement actions and protect families’ safety and privacy. In this guide, advocates, providers, and policymakers will find information about developing and implementing safe-space policies, sample policy text that can be adapted by individual early childhood programs, and a list of key resources for providers and parents.

Mar 22
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Webinar: Current Issues Impacting TPS and DED Clients

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Topics, Youth & Families

Webinar: Current Issues Impacting TPS and DED Clients

Catholic Legal Immigration Network (March 22, 2019)

This webinar reviews recent developments that affect TPS and DED clients, including litigation challenges, advocacy efforts, and best practice recommendations.

Mar 01
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Webinar: Food Insecurity and Access to Health Care: Critical Issues for the Development of Young Children of Immigrants

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Topics, Youth & Families

Webinar: Food Insecurity and Access to Health Care: Critical Issues for the Development of Young Children of Immigrants

Foundation for Child Development (February 2019)
This webinar provides an in-depth look at the negative impact of food insecurity on the health of young children of immigrants in the U.S.  A special focus is given to understanding connections between household food insecurity, family and neighborhood characteristics, and young children’s development.
Mar 01
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Maintaining Family Values

By | Family Separation, Practice, Practice Highlight

Maintaining Family Values

Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service (March 2019)

This report describes the nationwide comprehensive emergency case-management program that LIRS funded and implemented in summer-fall 2018. The Family Reunification Support Program was designed specifically to support formerly separated families who were released by ICE following their reunification.

Feb 19
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Viaje A Tu Seguridad

By | Highlighted Resources, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors, Youth & Families

Viaje A Tu Seguridad

KIND (February 19, 2019)

This is a publication in comic book form for unaccompanied children to help them understand asylum and the process of seeking asylum in the United States. It is also to be used as a resource for those who work with unaccompanied children.

Feb 11
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Child Migrant Return and Reintegration Project (CMRRP)

By | Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Topics, Unaccompanied Minors, Youth & Families

Child Migrant Return and Reintegration Project (CMRRP)

KIND (February 11, 2018)

Learn more about KIND’s Child Migrant Return and Reintegration Project (CMRRP) and how it helps unaccompanied children returning to Guatemala and Honduras from the United States. KIND and its partners have helped children by ensuring they are returned to their communities safely and receive reintegration support such as family reunification, skills training, counseling, and help with school enrollment and scholarships.

Program Fact Sheet
Jan 23
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Immigration Rules Change Could Mean More Kids Separated From Parents

By | Highlighted Resources, Practice Highlight

Immigration Rules Change Could Mean More Kids Separated From Parents

Sara Tiano, The Chronicle of Social Change (January 23, 2019)

The proposed changes to the public charge rule are expected to result in immigrant families forgoing public benefits like housing assistance and food stamps, putting them at increased risk of involvement with child welfare.

Jan 02
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Detained or Deported: What about my children?

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Parenting, Practice, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Workers, Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Youth & Families

Detained or Deported: What about my children?

Emily Butera, Dana Chou, Jessica Jones & Joanne Kelsey, Women’s Refugee Commission (Updated 2019)

This toolkit, available in both English and Spanish, provides information for detained parents and their advocates on how to prevent their children from entering the child welfare system, how to navigate the child welfare system, and how to make arrangements for their children when their immigration case ends. This toolkit will be available in all detention facilities that hold adults for more than 72 hours.

Spanish VersionSupplement
Dec 21
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The Protection Gauntlet: How the United States is Blocking Access to Asylum Seekers and Endangering the Lives of Children at the U.S. Border.

By | Highlighted Resources, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Topics

The Protection Gauntlet: How the United States is Blocking Access to Asylum Seekers and Endangering the Lives of Children at the U.S. Border

Kids in Need of Defense (December 21, 2018)

This is a report from Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) documenting their visit to formal and informal refugee camps and shelters in Tijuana, Mexico to observe the conditions that unaccompanied children are facing and their ability to access U.S. protection. They found children living in squalid conditions and suffering greatly while waiting to be allowed to present at the port of entry.

Dec 16
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Recommendations to Prevent and Address Sexual and Gender – based Violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle

By | Child Well-Being, Highlighted Resources, Practice Highlight, Topics

Recommendations to Prevent and Address Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle

Kids in Need of Defense (2018)

This resource reviews recommendations to prevent and address sexual and gender- based violence through justice sector reforms, child protection system reforms, services for victims, and SGBV prevention.

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