Sentences with phrase «help children in immigrant families»

«These findings suggest family and community factors at play that help children in immigrant families buffer the effects of adverse childhood experiences, and that whatever these resiliency factors are, we should work towards protecting and extending them to subsequent nonimmigrant generations,» says

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Cuomo, in exchange for an endorsement from the left leaning Working Families Party, promised to help reunite the two Democratic factions in order to achieve passage of several progressive issues, including public campaign financing, a women's equality act with an abortion rights provision, and a measure to give college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, known as the Dream Act.

Sessions after lunch will center on narratives for change and will include breakout discussions on helping seniors live healthy, independent lives; helping immigrants and refugees thrive in their new community; and helping children and families escape poverty, among other topics.

The next steps toward better understanding ACEs for Hispanic children from immigrant families, says Caballero, are to determine what, if any, resilience factors do exist and what traumas may be hidden or specific to the population in order to better guide policy and invest in resources that support those resilience factors and help address such traumas.

The amount of money that the AND receives from the food industry is fairly insignificant in terms of the AND's overall budget, but the work that thousands of registered dietitians are doing in under - served communities, with children and families, with the elderly, with immigrants in helping improve health is worth billions of dollars in terms of health care savings.

Ricky's parents are like those heading many immigrant families in that, despite their own challenges, they are fiercely driven to help their children rise above their own circumstances.

Regression models with nationally representative data revealed that children from Mexican immigrant families were overrepresented in parental care and underrepresented in center - based care compared to their native peers from other race / ethnic populations, which helped to explain a significant but small portion of their generally lower rates of both math achievement and externalizing symptoms in kindergarten.

Find resources in this section to help child welfare professionals understand immigration issues and work with immigrant families.

The report also explores the significant barriers facing children in immigrant families, the majority of whom are also children or color, and offers recommendations for helping children in these families secure the stability, economic resources and opportunities all of the nation's children need to thrive.