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All posts tagged "immigration"
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1.0KNewsAs migrants arrive, some schools need more buses, books and bilingual teachers
An increase in immigrant kids has created challenges for schools.
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892NewsTeen workers are in high demand for summer and commanding better pay
With a tight labor market, teens can now demand more from their summer jobs.
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3.3KNews‘Every day was a bad day’: Children working in agriculture aren’t protected equally
Children as young as 12 can be hired on large farms for jobs like picking tobacco, with no limits on the hours...
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754GrantsLong-term foster care for unaccompanied migrant children program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Immigrant Children/Youth, Unaccompanied Children, Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare | Amount: $500,000 - $12,000,000 | Deadline: Nov. 29, 2022
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1.8KNewsNew federal immigration policy offers easier path to legal residency for some young migrants
New federal policies that took effect last month now offer some immigrant children protection from deportation and an easier path to legal...
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4.6KNewsAfghan teen leads family into new life in America
During a recent visit to a large urban park a few miles from his home in Tulsa, 17-year-old Shahrukh Khalilbeak pushed his...
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Migrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
Five months after the Biden administration declared an emergency and raced to set up shelters to house a record number of children...
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1.3KNewsPanic attacks highlight stress at shelters for migrant kids
Paramedics were called regularly to treat children suffering from panic attacks so severe their hands would constrict into balls and their bodies...
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1.0KNewsWatchdog: US Forced Deported Parents to Leave Kids Behind
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents...
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1.9K► ReportsLGBTQ Youth from Immigrant Families
The Trevor Project uses data from its 2020 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to discuss the unique challenges LGBTQ youth...
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1.3KGrantsLong Term Foster Care for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Welfare, Foster Care, Immigrant Children/Youth, Safety, Child/Youth Development, Housing | Amount: $500,000 - $10,000,000 | Deadline: Sept. 4, 2020
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayCOVID-19 Makes Delivering Services to New Mexican Immigrant Families, Children Harder
Las Cumbres Community Services is providing crisis services to immigrant families and children in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our organization is...
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3.7KFrom the BureausGroup Seeks to End ICE Collaborations With Local Law Enforcement
Sitting cross-legged on the pavement, his right arm locked into a bright blue painted tire weighed down by cement and blocking the...
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2.6KNewsFamilies Move From the Shadows to Power in West Phoenix
When someone broke into Viri Hernandez’s West Phoenix home in 2012, she called the police. But she quickly realized the officers who...
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1.8KGrantsSoutheast Rural Community Social, Environmental and Economic Justice Grants
Subject: Community, Social Change, Rural Youth, Education, Juvenile Justice, Environment, Health | Deadline: May 9, 2019 | Amount: $5,000 - $15,000
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1.9K► ReportsPreparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants
The Urban Institute uses the most recent and comprehensive data available to show the rates of enrollment of immigrant children in early...
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2.2K► NewsmakersCathy Cha Named President of Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Cathy Cha has been named president of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, capping off a two year period of transition...
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1.5K► ReportsA Right To Be Heard: Listening to Children and Young People on the Move
UNICEF recently released this report, based on a comprehensive global survey, conveying the perspectives of and the challenges faced by the world's...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayTrump Endangers Immigrant Children, Against Every Child Welfare Principle
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have squarely targeted the most vulnerable: children. Like most people, I was outraged last summer when I...
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3.4KNewsTexas Report: Deportation Fear Hurts Health of Whole Immigrant Community
Punitive immigration policies create public health issues affecting entire communities, two advocacy groups say in a new report focusing on families in...
