The Immi Learning Center
Immi, Pro Bono Net. (2017)
This Learning Center provides resources about U.S. immigration, different types of visas and forms of relief, and “know your rights” information in English and in Spanish.
Visit the Learning CenterScreening Questions for Immigrant Youth: Determining Potential Avenues for Legal Status
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Sep 22, 2017)
This short screening sheet is designed to help child welfare professionals identify potential avenues for noncitizen youth to gain legal status.
Get the Screening Questions10 Tips for Success in School for Refugee and Immigrant Students
Jessica Marks, Refugee Center Online (Sept 11, 2017)
Interns at the Refugee Center Online created a video entitled “10 Tips for Success in School” to aid refugee and immigrant students in succeeding in this new environment.
Watch the VideoRESOURCE GUIDE: Defending Immigrant Youth Post DACA
Layla Razavi, California Immigrant Policy Center (Sept 5, 2017)
The California Policy Immigrant Center has compiled resources and information related to DACA, including important policy issues, upcoming events and actions, and mental health and other resources geared toward current beneficiaries.
Get the GuideWhy Immigration Policy Should Matter to Youth-Serving Systems
Marie Williams, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (Aug 9, 2017)
In the current climate of immigration enforcement, youth-serving systems now have a duty to investigate whether they are adequately serving the vulnerable population of immigrant children.
Read the ArticleKeeping Refugee Children and Teens Safe
Lisa Aronson Fontes Ph.D., Psychology Today (Aug 2, 2017)
Suicidality in refugee children and teens requires understanding of acculturative stress and other features.
Read the ArticleQuality for Whom? Supporting Diverse Children and Workers in Early Childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
Julie Sugarman and Maki Park, Migration Policy Institute (August 2017)
This report examines how diverse providers access Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) and the processes built around them, what indicators can be used to better capture program elements that are valuable to immigrant and refugee families, and how the rollout of QRIS in different states has affected these communities.
Read the ReportWorking with Child Clients and Their Family Members in Light of the Trump Administration’s Focus on “Smugglers” Practice Advisory
Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc., July 2017
Designed for practitioners who are representing child clients in removal proceedings or advising family members of child clients in removal proceedings, this practice advisory offers multiple tips including risk mitigation strategies.
Read the AdvisoryEmergency Preparedness for Immigrant Families: A 50 State Resource
CLINIC (July 2017)
This webpage contains various state-specific resources to help support immigrants, legal practitioners, and advocates in assisting and preparing families at risk of detention or deportation.
View the WebpageSpecial Immigrant Juvenile Status
Susan Schmidt, Encyclopedia of Social Work (July 2017)
SIJS is defined to explain its significance for immigrant children and for the role social workers may play in support of the status. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)
Read the Abstract