This brief outlines service gaps and barriers for unaccompanied children transitioning from federal custody into U.S. communities and provides resources and promising practices for community organizations, government agencies, and funders to improve supports for these children.
This webpage provides various resources for responding to human trafficking concerns among unaccompanied minors, including trainings, screening and reporting guidance, and prevention and awareness resources.
This memorandum provides information and links to resources on how to respond to human trafficking concerns for children and youth in foster care, including resources and training related to foreign national minors.
This guide draws from the findings of the Strengthening Border Families study to provide recommendations for service organizations and practitioners on policies and practices to increase inclusivity of immigrant families and their unique needs and experiences.
This resource provides an overview of the key services and activities of the NM Children, Youth & Families Department Immigration Unit as a model and guide for child welfare and juvenile justice systems serving immigrant children and families. It is also available in Spanish here.
This nine part webinar reviews best practices for working with refugee and immigrant youth, including topics such as trauma and culture, migration experiences, secondary trauma, resilience, and more.
This FAQ reviews the importance of confidentiality for juvenile case records in CA, especially for immigrant youth, and provides guidance for advocates on protecting confidential information of the immigrant youth they represent.
This research assessed immigrant families’ participation and experiences with seven public benefits programs in CA, finding that community organizations played a key role in connecting families to these programs and that many families avoided benefits due to immigration-related fears.
This research looked at pandemic related economic hardships such as food and housing insecurity among families with young children by race, ethnicity, and nativity, finding that Latinx and immigrant families experienced some of the greatest increases in these hardships.
This policy brief reviews how language access can act as a barrier to early childhood education for dual language learners and offers recommendations on how to improve language access across early childhood services.
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