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RESOURCE​ ​GUIDE:​ ​Defending​ ​Immigrant​ ​Youth​ ​Post​ ​DACA

By | Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Relief, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers

RESOURCE​ ​GUIDE:​ ​Defending​ ​Immigrant​ ​Youth​ ​Post​ ​DACA​

Layla​ ​Razavi, California Immigrant Policy Center (Sept 5, 2017)

The California Policy Immigrant Center has compiled resources and information related to DACA, including important policy issues, upcoming events and actions, and mental health and other resources geared toward current beneficiaries.

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Emergency Preparedness for Immigrant Families: A 50 State Resource

By | Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers

Emergency Preparedness for Immigrant Families: A 50 State Resource

CLINIC (July 2017)

This webpage contains various state-specific resources to help support immigrants, legal practitioners, and advocates in assisting and preparing families at risk of detention or deportation.

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The Road to Adulthood: Aligning Child Welfare Practice With Adolescent Brain Development

By | Adoption, Child Welfare System Research, Child Well-Being, Foster Care, Parenting, Research Highlight, Social Work

The Road to Adulthood: Aligning Child Welfare Practice With Adolescent Brain Development

Annie E. Casey Foundation (July 22, 2017)

This report provides insight into how gender, race, ethnicity and more affect formative developmental experiences in young people. It also provides recommendations for child welfare professionals on how to best support both parents and children through this process.

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Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

By | Immigrant Youth, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

Susan Schmidt, Encyclopedia of Social Work (July 2017)

SIJS is defined to explain its significance for immigrant children and for the role social workers may play in support of the status. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)

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Toolkit to support undocumented students

By | Child Well-Being, Immigration Relief, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Toolkit to support undocumented students

The Education Trust-West (2017)

Eight organizations have collaborated to create a toolkit designed for educators to better support undocumented students and their families with resources including classroom tools and strategies, fact sheets, guides and legal resources, sample resolutions, and social/emotional support resources.

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Children on the move: From protection towards a quality sustainable solution

By | Child Well-Being, Immigration Relief, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Children on the move: From protection towards a quality sustainable solution

International Social Service (ISS), June 2017

This publication provides practical information for global support and protection of children “on the move” and their rights. It may serve as a guide for policy-makers and those working with migrant children.

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Trump’s Executive Orders and Immigrants’ Access to Health, Food, and Other Public Programs

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers

Trump’s Executive Orders and Immigrants’ Access to Health, Food, and Other Public Programs

National Immigration Law Center (March 22, 2017)

This publication seeks to clarify changes to rules and policies that affect immigrants’ access to health, nutrition, and other critical programs in response to executive orders on “public charges”. It is intended as a resource for speaking with immigrants and immigrant families.

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Translating “Best Interests”: Child Welfare Decisions at the US–México Border

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Youth, Legal Professionals, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers

Translating “Best Interests”: Child Welfare Decisions at the US–México Border

Naomi Glenn-Levin Rodriguez, Political and Legal Anthropology Review (Sept 2016)

The “best interest” principle is examined as effects judicial decisions affecting children. (Link provides abstract only without institutional or paid access.)

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