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Dec 01
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Webinar: Managing Trauma: Tips for Supporting Refugee Teens in Schools, Refugee Resettlement, & Other Contexts

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Trauma

Webinar: Managing Trauma: Tips for Supporting Refugee Teens in Schools, Refugee Resettlement, & Other Contexts

Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services (Dec 1, 2017)

This latest webinar from BRYCS builds off their Understanding Trauma in Refugee Youth webinar. Viewers can learn about some of the dilemmas facing refugee teenagers, how to converse helpfully and meaningfully with refugee teens, as well as ways to intervene more effectively with refugee teens, their families, and schools.

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Nov 30
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How Today’s Immigration Enforcement Policies Impact Children, Families, and Communities

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Family Separation, Foster Care, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research Highlight

How Today’s Immigration Enforcement Policies Impact Children, Families, and Communities

Joanna Dreby, Center for American Progress, Aug 20, 2012

This report looks at how immigration enforcement impacts family life in the U.S., both among immigrant and mixed-status families, and in their wider communities.

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Nov 15
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Everyday Illegal: When Policies Undermine Immigrant Families

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research

Everyday Illegal: When Policies Undermine Immigrant Families

Joanna Dreby, University of California Press (May 7, 2015)

This book explores the ramifications of inadequate immigration policy on Mexican immigrant families. It explores the threat that deportation poses and the stigma associated with status as an immigrant.

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Nov 15
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Trauma Responsive Child Welfare Systems

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Family Separation, Foster Care, Parenting, Practice Highlight, Social Workers

Trauma Responsive Child Welfare Systems

Virginia C. Strand and Ginny Sprang, Springer International Publishing, Oct 25, 2017

This comprehensive reference offers a robust framework for introducing and sustaining trauma-responsive services and culture in child welfare systems.

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Oct 15
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Video Resources for working with families, communities, parents, and unaccompanied minors

By | Deportation, Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Parenting, Practice Highlight, Spanish Resources, Unaccompanied Minors, Youth & Families

Video Resources for working with families, communities, parents, and unaccompanied minors

Justice for Immigrants, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Oct, 2017)

The video resources shared on this page contain helpful, bilingual information for helping individuals and communities to know and understand their rights, helping prepare families faced with the threat of deportation, and rights information specific for parents and sponsors of unaccompanied minors.

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Oct 01
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One Quarter of Hispanic Children in the United States Have an Unauthorized Immigrant Parent

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research Highlight, Trauma

One Quarter of Hispanic Children in the United States Have an Unauthorized Immigrant Parent

Wyatt Clarke, Kimberly Turner, Lina Guzman; National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (October 2017)

This study is the first to estimate the proportion of all Latino children in the U.S. who have an unauthorized immigrant parent and points to the importance of understanding the stress, anxiety, and trauma caused by parental deportation.

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Sep 30
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Resources to Prepare for Raids and Other Immigration Enforcement Actions

By | Family Separation, ICE, Immigration Relief, Practice Highlight, Safety, Spanish Resources, Youth & Families

Resources to Prepare for Raids and Other Immigration Enforcement Actions

LIRS, KIND, ILRC, Women’s Refugee Coalition, National Immigrant Justice Center, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Migration and Refugee Services (2017)

A list of resources available to help individuals prepare for ICE raids, as well as information and resources for how to prepare/proceed in the face of other immigration enforcement actions.

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Sep 30
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Advocacy Highlights How Medicaid Strengthens Child Welfare System

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Child Welfare System Research, Child Well-Being, Family Separation, Foster Care, Parenting, Research Highlight

Advocacy Highlights How Medicaid Strengthens Child Welfare System

Devin Miller, AAP News and Journals Gateway (Sept 20, 2017)

The recent efforts by the Academy and pediatricians to protect Medicaid as Congress debated health care reform shed light on an often untold story — the program’s important role in the child welfare system, especially its emphasis on keeping families together as they heal.

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Sep 22
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Screening Questions for Immigrant Youth: Determining Potential Avenues for Legal Status

By | Deportation, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Parental Interests Directive, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Screening 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.

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Sep 15
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Health and Social Service Needs of U.S.-Citizen Children with Detained or Deported Immigrant Parents

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, ICE, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Parental Interests Directive, Research Highlight

Health and Social Service Needs of U.S.-Citizen Children with Detained or Deported Immigrant Parents

Heather Koball et al., Migration Policy Institute (Sept 15, 2017)

This Urban Institute-MPI report examines the involvement of families with a deported parent with health and social service systems, as well as their needs and the barriers they face accessing such services.

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