Sentences with phrase «immigrant families face»

Nationally, Latino children from immigrant families face obstacles on every measure included in this index with the exception that they were more likely to live in two - parent households.

Meeting the Needs of Immigrant Children and Youth in Child Welfare (PDF - 74 KB) Torrico (2010) Children, Youth and Families Practice Update Explains the challenges immigrant families face, including those involved in child welfare agencies, and presents practice strategies for the child welfare workers who assist them.

In this nuanced story filled with well - developed characters, three eighth - grade girls from immigrant families face prejudice in their affluent New Jersey suburb.

Our Children Our Schools: A Blueprint for Creating Partnerships Between Immigrant Families and New York City Public Schools Over 60 % of children in New York City public schools are immigrants or the children of immigrants, but this report by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) shows that immigrant families face significant obstacles to participating in their children's education.

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Congress» failure to protect the data of vulnerable users has created real world fears for immigrant rights activists working tirelessly to protect undocumented families facing a wave of deportation under President Trump.

America's Voice Frank Sharry y Juan Escalante reaccionan a la demanda de Ken Paxton sobre DACA, el más reciente ataque contra los Dreamers ICYMI: New York Daily News Op - Ed: Canceling protected status for Nepalese immigrants will devastate my family ICYMI: Politico PRO and Newsy Highlight the Urgency of Hondurans with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Facing... Continue reading»

This may work for some people, but it doesn't work for the family earning minimum wage, or the couple facing infertility, or this awesome church community of immigrants that shares the responsibility of child - rearing together.

Kim Murray had never been to a food pantry before and as she waited for her turn Tuesday in Skokie alongside a few hundred immigrants, senior citizens and harried families, her troubles seemed to lessen in the face of others.

«This is why it is so important, especially now, to ensure funding for programs like the Vera Institute of Justice's New York Immigrant Family Unity Project so that immigrants facing deportation have a fair day in court.

He championed a $ 15 minimum wage and enacted a 12 - week paid family leave policy; got strict gun control into law; introduced a free (though imperfect) college tuition program for certain students; banned fracking; allocated $ 10 million for a defense fund for immigrants facing deportation; and raised the age for juvenile offenders to 18.

The IDC also announced $ 250,000 in funding for the Vera Institute of Justice's New York Immigrant Family Unity Project to provide public defenders to those facing deportation and called for $ 4 million funding to meet the remaining statewide need.

Through their stories, viewers gain insight into situations and challenges faced by immigrant students and their families.

The program will convene education leaders from schools, districts, governments, and nonprofit organizations that support immigrant families, where they will learn from Harvard faculty experts and fellow educators facing similar challenges.

But with millions of Catholics today firmly rooted in the middle class and above, it's also easy to forget that 50, 75, and 100 years ago, America's urban poor were often recent Catholic immigrants facing many of the same obstacles as today's impoverished inner - city families.

Also, as the first openly gay person of color in Congress and someone from a family who experienced the ugly face of systemic racism when his grandparents and parents were removed from their respective homes and sent to Japanese American Internment camps during World War II, Takano has a consistently progressive social justice ethic that is evident in his strong voting record in support of immigrants, low - income families, affordable housing, veterans, and workers.

For instance, CHIRLA — the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights — will explain a contract demand around a fund for families facing deportations; Communities for a Better Environment will explain demands for green space, a housing group would explain housing demands, etc..

The horrors of Tiananmen Square, a faltering marriage, and a poet's need to write complicate the already daunting obstacles facing immigrants striving to achieve the American dream in this tender and penetrating novel about a Chinese family reinventing home.

Family service professionals, child development providers, and school teachers who work with American - born Chinese children of reverse - migration face great challenges especially when the specific needs of these children and their immigrant families are unknown to them.

The present study used a qualitative research approach to understand the experiences and perspectives of service providers who worked with children of Chinese immigrant families that went through separation and faced challenges after reunification in the U.S. Focus groups and key informant interviews were conducted with 20 healthcare providers, school teachers, social workers, and child and family service practitioners.

Low - income Chinese immigrants without extended family are faced with the dilemma of whether to raise their children in the U.S. or have them sent back to home country to be raised.

Service providers who work with these children often face great challenges especially when the specific needs of these children and their immigrant families are unknown to them.

Our comparative, multivocal ethnographic study of teachers in five U.S. cities in a number of early childhood settings suggests that immigrant teachers often experience difficulty applying their cultural knowledge to the education and care of young children of immigrants because they face a dilemma between their pedagogical training and their cultural knowledge; between the expectations of their fellow teachers and of parents; and between the goals of being culturally responsive to children, families, and their community and being perceived as professional by their fellow teachers and their superiors.

A new project with African immigrant families is tackling the special challenges they face in raising children.

In his first week in office, President Trump signed an executive order to ramp up immigration enforcement activities that would make accessing health care riskier within many immigrant communities, especially for immigrant women and their families who already face disproportionate barriers to accessing sexual or reproductive health care.

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.