Sentences with phrase «immigrant and refugee youth»

Practices and approaches of out - of - school time programs serving immigrant and refugee youth.

Previous literature on risk and protective factors for immigrant and refugee youth gang involvement has been inconclusive.

Participants included 81 immigrant and refugee youth aged 12 — 20 years (M age = 15.68; 54.3 % female) who completed self - report questionnaires assessing gang involvement and multiple risk and protective factors.

Immigrant and refugee youth are at elevated risk for joining gangs, which, in turn, is associated with a host of maladaptive outcomes.

Mark Kabban has spent the majority of his career working with immigrant and refugee youth in various capacities.

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This movement was dedicated to making life easier for children and youth (i.e. Young Carers) who provided care for family members with chronic conditions, substance abuse issues, mental health issues, and / or provided translation services for immigrant and refugee parents.

Among those who will meet with and be blessed by the Pope during his visit on Sept. 25th are day laborers from Westchester, immigrant mothers from Yonkers and East Harlem, unaccompanied youth fleeing persecution in Central America, and refugees from the Middle East and Africa.

Helping to create positive change in educational policies and programs, and finding solutions for refugee and immigrant youth is a career goal for Trujillo.

Selected by Greg Darnieder, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Department of Education, as a presenter for the U.S. Department of Education's College Affinity Group on Disconnected Youth (access and success solutions for homeless youth, court - involved youth and refugees / immigraYouth (access and success solutions for homeless youth, court - involved youth and refugees / immigrayouth, court - involved youth and refugees / immigrayouth and refugees / immigrants).

Selected by Southern Regional Education Board (as expert on homeless youth / refugees and immigrants) to help develop training module for guidance counselors in 14 states

This group includes working families, young men of color, marginalized girls and young women, immigrants and refugees, undocumented youth and adults, opportunity youth, low - skilled adults, and individuals with significant disabilities or other barriers to employment or advancement.

Earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union revealed in a lawsuit on behalf of three undocumented immigrant youth that the federal agency is teaming up with police departments (including the 250 law enforcement agencies operated by traditional district schools) to pick up, detain, and ultimately, deport unaccompanied refugee children and other undocumented minors.

Other firm attorneys worked on high - profile pro bono cases, traveled to refugee camps in Southeast Asia to provide legal advice, co-chaired the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys, taught martial arts to underprivileged children, taught legal issues to spanish - only speaking immigrants, organized national volleyball tournaments for at - risk youth, and assisted victims of domestic violence.

There will be an emphasis on addressing the needs of immigrant and refugee, street involved, LGBTQ and Indigenous children and youth.

In addition, race and their status as immigrants or refugees may make them vulnerable to discriminatory behavior by those in control of economic and social benefits including employment, education, housing, health care and legal benefits: Stephen Gaetz, Street Justice: Homeless Youth and Access to Justice (Toronto: Justice for Children and Youth, 2002) at 43 - 46.

Each of the four MLC clinics provide free legal services to the most vulnerable populations — including people with disabilities and chronic illness, members of the LGBTQ community, undocumented immigrants and refugees, children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and people involved with the criminal justice system.

Cultural Competency in Child Welfare Practice: A Bridge Worth Building Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (2007) Discusses the cultural and linguistic barriers that can be experienced when child welfare workers interact with foreign - born parents and the unique needs of refugee and immigrant families.