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Addressing the Shift in Child Welfare Practices Serving Latinx Immigrant Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Recommendations and Future Directions

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Child Well-Being, COVID-19, Federal Policy, Legal/Law, Social Work, State Policies, State Policy

Addressing the Shift in Child Welfare Practices Serving Latinx Immigrant Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Recommendations and Future Directions

Marisol Sanchez, Socorro Ramirez-Gamiño; Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (2023)

This policy brief reviews recent research on child welfare agency practices serving immigrants during the pandemic and offers four policy recommendations to response to the needs of immigrant families in the child welfare system.

 

U.S. to settle lawsuit with migrant families separated under Trump, offering benefits and limiting separations

By | In the News

U.S. to settle lawsuit with migrant families separated under Trump, offering benefits and limiting separations

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (October 16, 2023)

The Biden administration has reached a proposed settlement with families separated during the Trump administration, which includes a special asylum process and bars future family separation policies for 8 years.

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