Immigrant Eligibility for Public Programs During COVID-19
Protecting Immigrant Families (April 6, 2020)
This table of information shows what programs immigrants are eligible for during coronavirus and implications for public charge rules.
Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jessica Dym Bartlett & Rebecca Vivrette, Child Trends (April 3, 2020)
This practice resources highlights ways that parents and caregivers can promote children’s resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic to help protect them from the trauma that can ensue which affects their development and well-being.
Immigrant Connection Project (ICON)
Anne Marie Mulcahy, Vera Institute of Justice (March 30, 2020)
The Immigrant Connection Project (ICON) was created during the family separation crisis. This resource is for parents who were separated from their children. The Vera Institute of Justice also helps attorneys of these families in locating legal service providers who are working with these children.
Public Charge Infogram
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (n.d.)
This infogram shows who is impacted by the new public charge rule that went into effect on February 24, 2020.
Changes to Public Charge: Analysis and Frequently Asked Questions
Protecting Immigrant Families (February 3, 2020)
This documents reflects the changes to the public charge rule that will go into effect on February 24, 2o20.
Rapid Response Toolkit
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (June 21, 2019)
This toolkit provides best practices and lessons learned for conducting rapid responses during ICE raids and arrests in order to support and guide people during and after an enforcement operation.
Featured Issue: 2019 Large-Scale Enforcement Actions and Raids
American Immigration Lawyers Association (August 2019)
This webpage provides various resources to assist in responding to large-scale immigration enforcement actions and raids.
Know Your Rights Information on ICE Raids for Parents/Community/Attorneys
KIND (July 15, 2019)
The below is a collection of Know Your Rights resources to help prepare parents, community members, and attorneys on ICE raids on the sponsors of unaccompanied children and families.
Supporting All Families: Financing Streams to Support Prevention Programs
Center for the Study of Social Policy (May 2019)
The fact sheet and infographic depicts the different kinds of programs and resources available to children and families including those that are directed at mitigating risk and preventing the need for foster care.
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.
