Responding to Immigrant Families and Children: Rising to the Challenge

Event Overview

The project, “New Populations in Rural Counties: Implications for Child Welfare,” is intended to provide ways in which to improve responses to vulnerable children in immigrant and refugee families. The project will focus on several rural counties which have had an upsurge of settlements of new populations.

The goal of the project is to learn enough to improve services, recommend best practices, and provide ways in which we can emphasize prevention so that children can be safe and secure, even when traumatic circumstances of uncertain citizenship prevail.

Presenters

Ilze Earner, PhD, LCSW

Faculty, Hunter College School of Social Work

Susan Schmidt, MSW

Consultant, Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services

 PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)