Immigration Services of CA CDSS
State of California Dept. of Social Services
This resource guide for the State of California provides current practice in the state with the largest population of children in immigrant families.
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Julia Gelatt; Hamutal Bernstein and Heather Koball, Urban Institute (May 4, 2017)
The Urban Institute’s State Immigration Policy Resource compiles state-level immigrant and immigration policies in three major areas: enforcement, public benefit access, and integration.
Access the ResourcesParenting in the Context of Deportation Risk
Jodi Berger Cardoso, University of Houston; Monica Faulkner & Jennifer Scott, University of Texas at Austin (June 2015)
This brief highlights the findings from a collaboration between the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Austin that examined the experiences of 40 undocumented Latino parents to better understand their experiences of living “without papers” in Texas.
Read Full BriefCase Planning for Parents Residing in a Foreign Country
Alan J. Dettlaff, PhD & Caitlin O’Grady, MSW (February 2015)
This brief focuses on policies that address case planning for child welfare system-involved parents residing in a foreign country. Parents face multiple barriers to fulfilling case plan objectives when residing abroad, which in turn poses barriers to family reunification. Policies addressing case planning for parents residing in a foreign country aim to facilitate the process through which child welfare agencies and parents can collaborate transnationally in these cases.
Read the BriefEmerging Issues in State-Based Immigration Reform
The Government Law Center, Albany Law School, 2015 Warren M. Anderson Legislative Breakfast Series (February 2015)
View the recording of the Albany Law School’s 2015 Warren M. Anderson Breakfast Seminar and access supplementary materials about state-based immigration reform, including information on unaccompanied minors, state benefits and state-issued identification documents for immigrants, and state support for immigrant legal services.
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Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 46(266) (November 2014)
Written by Laila Hlass, this article discusses patterns in the number of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status applicants across states and over time.
Read Full ArticleFamily and Juvenile Law: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and the California Courts
Judicial Council of California (October 6, 2014)
California Senate Bill 873 clarifies the role and responsibility of the superior courts in making the findings needed for determining whether an individual is eligible for Special Immigration Juvenile Status. This report provides information regarding the background for this legislation as well as the efforts underway to assist the courts (i.e., providing education, resources, and other services).
View ReportKeeping Immigrant Families in the Child Protection System Together
ABA Child Law Practice (April 2014)
Written by Ann Park, this article discusses the barriers to family reunification that children in foster care experience when they have a detained or deported parent. The author identifies federal and state legislation that helps to reduce these barriers and provides practice recommendations for child welfare agencies, dependency courts, and attorneys.
Read the full textAll County Letter No. 14-21
State of California Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Social Services (March 19, 2014)
In March of 2014, the California Department of Social Services issued this all county letter, which provides information on the key components of Senate Bill 1064.
Read LetterWhat If I’m Picked Up By I.C.E. In Arizona? Making A Family Plan: Preparing For the Possibility of Being Detained, Deported, and Separated from Your Children
Steptoe & Johnson LLP and The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (2014)
Created by Barbara Kagan, Lindsay Marshall, Lauren Dasse, Laurie Melrood, and Cindy Schlosser, this English language manual provides guidance for immigrant parents in Arizona on developing a plan to protect their parental rights in the event that they are apprehended by ICE.
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