The International Social Service, USA Community Resource Assessment
International Social Service USA (n.d.)
This resource provides an overview of using community resource assessments in the context of international child welfare cases.
Strategies For Resolving Cases Straddling International Borders
International Social Service, USA (n.d.)
This presentation slide deck review strategies for creating child centered best practices in cross border children protection and welfare work.
Immigration and Child Welfare: What do We Need to Know in 2017?
Amy Lemley, Angie Junck, and Rachel Prandini; John Burton Advocates for Youth and ILRC (June 23, 2017)
This web seminar discusses: 1) what is happening nationally with immigration law and policy; 2) protections for immigrant families in child welfare; and 3) immigration relief options for children and families.
View the SeminarEmerging Strategies to Address the Needs of Latino Children in the Child Welfare System: Innovations and Advances in California
Alan Dettlaff (Jane Addams College of Social Work), Barbara Needell (California Child Welfare Indicators Project, University of California at Berkeley), and Caitlin O’Grady (Jane Addams College of Social Work) (January 2015)
Presented by Alan Dettlaff (Jane Addams College of Social Work), Barbara Needell (California Child Welfare Indicators Project, University of California at Berkeley), and Caitlin O’Grady (Jane Addams College of Social Work), January 2015
Download PresentationSupporting Unaccompanied Minors and Immigrant Youth: From A Funder’s Perspective
Yali Lincroft (Program Officer, Walter S. Johnson Foundation), (November 2014)
Presented by Yali Lincroft (Program Officer, Walter S. Johnson Foundation), November 2014
View PresentationWebinar: The Reuniting Immigrant Families Act: A Case Study on California’s Senate Bill 1064
First Focus and State Policy Advocacy & Reform Center (June 11, 2013)
This is a recording of the The Reuniting Immigrant Families Act: A Case Study on California’s Senate Bill 1064 webinar. Speakers included Yali Lincroft, Consultant, First Focus Campaign for Children; Wendy Cervantes, Vice President, Immigration and Child Rights Policy, First Focus Campaign for Children; Alex Salgado, Legislative Aide to California Senator Kevin de Leon; and Laurie Melrood, Children’s Advocate, Arizona.
Listen to Webinar RecordingThe Reuniting Immigrant Families Act (SB1064) – Helping Families in the Family & Juvenile Court System
Immigrant Legal Resource Center and First Focus (March 27, 2013)
Presented by Angie Junck (Immigrant Legal Resource Center) & Yali Lincroft (First Focus) California Administrative Office of the Courts, San Francisco, CA, March 2013
View PresentationCharacteristics of Risk, Maltreatment, and Mental Health Needs Among Latino Children of Immigrants in the Child Welfare System
Alan J. Dettlaff, PhD, MSW; Jane Addams College of Social Work; University of Illinois at Chicago (March 2013)
A presentation from the 23rd Annual Latino Family Institute, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services describing research and findings about the characteristics of risk, maltreatment, and mental health needs among Latino children of immigrants in the child welfare system.
View PresentationImmigration Reform & Child Welfare Policies
First Focus (February 22, 2013)
Presented by Yali Lincroft (First Focus) Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA, February 2013
View PresentationOverview of Child Welfare Immigration Policies and Programs
First Focus (October 5, 2012)
Presented by Yali Lincroft (First Focus) South Carolina Department of Social Services and Court Staff, Columbia, SC, October 2012
View PresentationChild Welfare Systems’ Response to Immigrant Children and Families: Indicators of Advancement and Emerging Challenges
18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (April 2012)
Presented by Alan Dettlaff (Jane Addams College of Social Work), Yali Lincroft (First Focus), Emily Butera (Women’s Refugee Commission), & Jennifer Podkul (Women’s Refugee Commission) 18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington DC, April 2012
View PresentationProperly Assessing Immigrant Children & Their Families to Best Meet the Complex Needs While in the System
Ken Borelli, Consultant, Immigration and Child Welfare/BRYCS & Coauthor of SIJS Legislation; Lara Bruce, MSW, Program Specialist, American Humane Association (March 2011)
A presentation from the National CASA Conference March 19th – 22nd, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois, summarizing the process of child welfare system involvement through the lens of the experience of immigrant children.
View PresentationImmigrants and the Child Welfare System: Current Issues Facing Dependency Judges
Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (March 2010)
A presentation covering the state of research and knowledge related to immigrants and the child welfare system in 2006 – 2010, with specific focus on issues facing dependency judges.
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Mental Health Need and Service Use Among Latino Children of Immigrants in the Child Welfare System
Presented by Alan Dettlaff (Jane Addams College of Social Work) & Jodi Berger Cardoso (University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work) Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA (January, 2010)
A presentation summarizing the current state of mental health needs and service use among the Latino children of immigrants in the child welfare system.
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