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Immigration Relief

Learning Brief: Serving Diverse Refugee & Immigrant Youth & Young Adult (YYA) Populations

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Language Issues, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Learning Brief: Serving Diverse Refugee & Immigrant Youth & Young Adult (YYA) Populations

International Rescue Committee (September 25, 2024)

This learning brief for service providers working with youth and young adult (YYA) immigrants reviews YYA experiences, immigration statuses and opportunities, and best practices for creating culturally and linguistically accessible programs.

Immigrant Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Practices with Immigrants: A Training Series for Community Practitioners and Organizations

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigration Relief, Language Issues, New CICW Resources, Social Work, Spanish Resources, Training & Tools, Trainings, Trauma

Immigrant Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Practices with Immigrants: A Training Series for Community Practitioners and Organizations

Center on Immigration and Child Welfare, NMSU School of Social Work (September 2024)

This 5-module online asynchronous, self-paced course explores how service organizations and practitioners can implement policies and practices to increase inclusivity of immigrant families, and how trauma-informed practice can be tailored to address the unique experiences of immigrant families. It also includes discussion of a model for implementing immigrant specialist navigators within organizations. 6 free cultural social work CEUs available. Learn more here: https://cimmcw.org/immigrant-inclusivity-training/ or enroll at the link above.

Obtaining Office of Refugee Resettlement Records for Clients Who Were Detained as Children

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Practice, Practice Highlight, Unaccompanied Minors

Obtaining Office of Refugee Resettlement Records for Clients Who Were Detained as Children

Andrew Craycroft & Rachel Prandini, Immigrant Legal Resource Center (July 22, 2024)

This practice advisory reviews the important role of ORR records in an immigration case and the process to request them.

Guidance for SIJS State Court Predicate Orders in California- What You Need to Know in 2024

By | Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Guidance for SIJS State Court Predicate Orders in California- What You Need to Know in 2024

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (April 26, 2024)

This Practice Advisory provides recommendations on what information to include in state court predicate orders for SIJS in California and includes samples.

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