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November 9, 2021
Dear John,
Though one out of four children in the United States has an immigrant parent, many child welfare agencies are not equipped to meet the distinctive needs that families with immigrant members may have, including challenges related to immigration status, linguistic and cultural differences, and distrust of public systems.
"All child welfare agencies can take important steps to improve their responsiveness to the needs of these families and promote the well-being of these children," a two-pager from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and American Public Health Services Association (APHSA) notes, drawing on recommendations from an earlier MPI report, "Immigrant Families and Child Welfare Systems: Emerging Needs and Promising Policies."
The recommendations include:
* Ensuring language access policies reflect the demographics of local immigrant populations
* Developing continued training for caseworkers on immigration issues in child welfare cases
* Crafting processes to screen children and their families for immigration benefits eligibility and strengthening the intersections between child welfare and the immigration system.
These recommendations and promising state and local practices will be discussed during an MPI-APHSA webinar at 2 p.m. ET TODAY. You can learn more and register here: www.migrationpolicy.org/events/child-welfare-system-needs-immigrant-families.
Access the two-pager here: www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/mpi-aphsa-child-welfare-2021-final.pdf.
And for the full report see: www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigrant-families-child-welfare-systems.
Best regards,
Michelle Mittelstadt
Director of Communications and Public Affairs,
Migration Policy Institute
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