Please remember to complete the FR Network Survey for FY18 by the end of today, if you haven't already done so. We sincerely value your input and appreciate your cooperation!
Program Updates
Family Separation - Please continue to report family separation cases using the guidance here.
May 9th, 1:30-3 PM EST - Site Visit Monitoring Training. Click here to RSVP for the training.
Additional Training Opportunities:
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.
*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.
Resources
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.
Kudos
The Terra Firma program was co-founded by Catholic Charities of New York and Montefiote Hospital/Children's Health fund. The program originally provided pediatric, psycho-social, and legal care to unaccompanied children in the Bronx. Over time, the program expanded to include arts, ESL programming, soccer and more. Feel free to review Terra Firma's anniversary report and evaluation. Kudos to Catholic Charities of New York!
