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Raising Children in a New Country: An Illustrated Handbook (2007)
This booklet, created by BRYCS/United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, was developed as a tool for immigrant serving agencies, as they help newcomer parents adjust to the different laws, norms and practices around raising children in the United States.
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Legal Residency for Juveniles within the Child Welfare System: SIJS & VAWA (2007)
This training resource produced by the California Social Work Education Center, University of California Berkeley School of Social Work, is designed as a short training for supervisors/managers and for child welfare workers.
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Immigrant Enforcement - Considerations for Child Welfare Systems (Nov 2007)
This report, written by Alan J. Dettlaff and Susan D. Phillips from the Jane Addams College of Social Work/University of Illinois at Chicago, reviews some of the main issues for child welfare agencies when responding to children who enter the system as a result of immigration enforcement.
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Immigration and Naturalization Resource and Practice Guidebook
Written by Santa Clara County Dept of Family and Children's Services, this guidebook is a practical resource for Child Welfare agency staff working with immigration issues.
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Best Practices for Mexican Children: Protocol for Cases Involving Mexican Families and Children
Created by Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services.
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Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Newsletter: Immigrant Children and Families in the Foster Care System (2006)
This issue includes an article on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) and on the challenges for immigrant families in the child welfare system.
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All County Letter 06-20 (Interpretive Services)
This letter from the California Department of Social Services guides all county child welfare directors on their obligation to comply with regulations regarding the provision of effective language services to all applicants/recipients in their primary language.
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Glossary of Child Welfare Terms
(Available in English-to-Spanish or Spanish-to-English) This glossary was developed by the Child Welfare Information Gateway to improve communication and consistency throughout the child welfare field.
Spanish version
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Immigration and Language Guidelines for Child Welfare Staff, 2nd edition
New York City Administration for Children's Services has produced a helpful 20-page pamphlet to assist child welfare staff on working with immigrant families. The pamphlet includes a brief overview of immigration and language issues to meet Executive Order 41 which provides child welfare services to children and families without regard to immigration status. The back page of the pamphlet is a language identification guide in over 20 languages, with a reference list of New York City agencies who can provide assistance to immigrants.
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Immigration and Child Welfare Models for Beyond the Bench
This handout was created for the pre-conference session of the California Judicial Council Conference(December 2007/San Diego) and describes the immigration service model for Fresno, Los Angeles, and Santa Clara counties.
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National CASA Association: Judges’ Page
This issue of the The Judges’ Page includes a collection of articles from some of the top experts in the fields of child migration, immigration, law and international social work to present key issues that will help the courts understand more about the issues and available resources when making international permanency and placement decisions in the best interests of children.
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Casey Family Program - Videoconference on Immigration and Child Welfare Forum (2007)
This videoconference on Immigration and Child Welfare, sponsored by Leaders of Color at Casey Family Programs, focused on how immigration issues will impact Casey Family Programs’ 20/20 strategy to safely reduce the number of children in the child welfare system. The forum was hosted by Jorge Cabera, Director, CFP San Diego office and the presenters were Ken Borelli, Rene Velasquez, and Yali Lincroft, Consultants to the Annie E Casey Foundation Family to Family Initiative.
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Procedural Guide for Finalizing An Adoption
FYI Legal Residency Prior to Finalization Adoption
Developed by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services, this procedural guide and "FYI" to staff provides instructions to ensure each qualifying undocumented child has received their Permanent Resident Card prior to the finalization of the adoption.
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Best Practices for Mexican Children: Protocol for Cases Involving Mexican Families and Children
Developed by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services, this procedural guide and "FYI" to staff provides instructions to ensure each qualifying undocumented child has received their Permanent Resident Card prior to the finalization of the adoption.
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Through The Eyes of the Child Initiative: An Affiliate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln/Immigration Issues in Nebraska Juvenile Courts (2008)
This article outlines some problems that have been encountered in Nebraska courts involving undocumented immigrant parties and best practices in working with undocumented children and families.
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Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) Caseworker’s Toolkit for Children
Developed by the Children’s Services Department of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops / Migration and Refugee Services, this toolkit is primarily developed for foster care caseworkers assisting children in federal custody to ensure that SIJS-eligible children receive the assistance and case monitoring they need during the SIJS application process.
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