This training package is designed for social and para-social workers who support Children on the Move. The curriculum addresses the unique needs of children in refugee, internal displacement and international migration contexts.
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.
This resource reviews self-care practices for advocates and professionals working with unaccompanied immigrant youth.
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.
This guide is a comprehensive resource on issues impacting unaccompanied children and the importance of advancing protections for this vulnerable group.
This policy brief highlights the various models child welfare agencies have developed to effectively serve immigrant children and families who touch the child welfare system and identifies policy and practice solutions to increase equitable service provision to this population.
This Community Explainer reviews SIJS, what its key benefits are, and the eligibility pathways.
This article provides an overview of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and the multifaceted role of the social work profession in supporting eligible children and advocating for policy improvements.
This resource reviews key considerations and best practices for child welfare agencies and practitioners working with immigrant families.
This reports explores research on the extent to which the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) provided adequate language access to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals. Findings identified a failure to provide these federally mandated services and critical implications and disparities for the experiences of LEP families who become involved with DCF.
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