What is SIJS?
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (January 12, 2022)
This flyer provides a brief overview of what SIJS is, eligibility requirements, and benefits that are provided to those who qualify.
Read with Your Child and Learn about Being and Becoming a Citizen Together!
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (September 2020)
This webpage provides a compilation of books from CLINIC’s Center for Immigrant Integration for young readers about the importance of diversity, the immigrant families’ journeys to the U.S. and the responsibilities of being a U.S. citizen.
Integration Basics Podcast
Center for Immigration Integration, CLINIC (July 16, 2021)
CLINIC’s Center for Immigrant Integration released its first podcast with recommendations for promoting integration of immigrants in organizations or communities.
Building Trust with Immigrant Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices
The Aspen Institute (August 12, 2021)
This webinar shares best practices from three organizations for building trust with immigrant and refugee families, youth, and children, including how to forge deeper relationships and build trust with immigrant family clients across school systems, home visiting programs, and more.
Protecting Immigrant Students’ Rights to a Public Education
Southern Poverty Law Center (June 2021)
These guides for families, advocates, educators and school administrators provide resources to better understand schools’ and districts’ responsibilities to immigrant students and families and to address language access and enrollment barriers in public elementary and secondary schools. These resources are available in multiple languages.
Community Handout on Public Charge
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (May 4, 2021)
This handout, geared toward youth and families, offers an overview of public charge and answers commons questions about how it applies.
Public Charge Safe to Use List
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (May 24, 2021)
This handout lists some of the most common public benefits programs that do not count for public charge and are safe to use, regardless of one’s immigration status.
How to Support Immigrant Students and Families: Strategies for Schools and Early Childhood Programs
¡Colorín Colorado! (December 2018)
This guide provides an exhaustive list of over 50 strategies for educators in schools and early childhood programs to establish responsive environments for immigrant children and their families. Each strategy covers why it is important, how to get started, recommended resources and videos, and examples from the field.
Resources For Immigrants, Parents and Educators During COVID-19 Crisis
The Immigration Learning Center (n.d.)
This comprehensive list provided by the Immigration Learning Center includes a variety of resources in different categories that could be useful to immigrants, parents, and educators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
