IN THE NEWS

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our newest program aimed at improving the outcomes for immigrant children caught in state child welfare and juvenile detention systems. The Technical Assistance Program, co-directed by attorney Kelly Albinak Kribs and social worker Shaina Simenas, offers culturally sensitive and trauma-informed case consultations and training to professionals and court advocates serving immigrant children in state court systems. You can read our press release here. 

POLICY CORNER

Last week, we submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights on potential amendments to the department's 504 regulations related to Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth. In this letter, we highlighted the needs of unaccompanied immigrant children with disabilities, both those in federal custody and those who have been released to sponsors in the community.

GET INVOLVED

The Young Center is hosting a virtual Volunteer Child Advocate training on Saturday, November 19th at 9:00am-5pm CT over Zoom. We are urgently looking for volunteers based in the Chicagoland, Greater Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Michigan, and Northwest Indiana area. We are also recruiting folks in the Houston, Harlingen, San Antonio, New York, Phoenix, and Los Angeles areas

Giving Tuesday is coming up! Now more than ever, our efforts to reunite children with their families must stay their course. Join us on #GivingTuesday this November 29th and help us reach our goal of raising $100,000. Your unwavering support is instrumental in helping us chip away at the oppression and injustice endured by immigrant children and their families. As a token of appreciation, all first-time gifts of $100+ will be acknowledged with a signed copy of Maria Hinojosa's memoir for young readers "Once I Was You", a book that in Maria's words is “really for any young person that is seeking to understand what it is to be an immigrant in this country, whether they are one or not… they are stories about refugees, but they are American stories.”