Family Separation - Please continue to report family separation cases using the guidance here.
New ORR Project Officer (PO) - Please note that Gail Houppert has replaced Rachel Jacobs as USCCB's assigned PO. Please include Gail on any relevant NOCs and email communications moving forward (Gail.Houppert@acf.hhs.gov).
NOC Submission Emails should include:
UC's initials and last three digits of A#
A brief one to two sentence explanation of the reason for the NOC
Indicate to flag the sponsor, if necessary
The updated NOC training handout is available here.
UAC Portal Uploads - Please remember that home study reports uploaded to the UAC Portal should not include any characters (i.e., /, -, *, _, #, etc.) in the document title.
SOAR Online is a training module sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services and the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center in collaboration with the Administration of Children and Families, Office of Trafficking in Persons and Office of Women's Health. The various training can be completed at any time.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is sponsoring a webinar series free of charge. The first webinar in the series is Culture, the Migration Journey, Trauma and Assessment. To view the series, participants must register for a Learning Center Account.
October 3rd-4th, Baltimore, MD - 7th Biennial Trauma Conference presented by the Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
*UPDATED Training Tracker- This is the most recent tracker and should be used by all program staff moving forward. It includes instructions and an example for your convenience.
Building Cohesive Communities in an Era of Migration and Change is an update to the 2011 Receiving Communities Toolkit and explores the nature of today’s challenge, strategies to address divides, and recommendations for bringing social cohesion work to scale.
The Center on Immigration and Child Welfare is an agency that works to improve programs and policies related to immigrant children and families involved in the public child welfare system to achieve positive outcomes of safety, permanency and well-being.
International Social Service, USA (ISS-USA) is now offering services for reunification and reintegration in Guatemala. Download the one-page guide about the reunification project here.
A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty - A committee convened under the National Academies Board on Children, Youth, and Families conducted a consensus study of the impact of child poverty in the U.S. and how it can be reduced by half in ten years. The report was recently released and can be downloaded here.
