Provider Watch - November 4, 2013 - Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

From: National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections, NRCPFC Weekly Update 10/30/13

Bilingual Safety Guides for Children and Teens
Every day, children and teenagers enter the United States unaccompanied by parents or other caring adults and without legal documentation. These unaccompanied children often come to reunite with family, work, or pursue an education. Some may be fleeing violence and abuse, avoiding gang persecution and recruitment, or escaping political and religious persecution. When unaccompanied immigrant children enter Federal custody, most are placed in the care of the Division of Children’s Services (DCS) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Residential care provided by ORR is based on child welfare principles and ranges from foster care to secure facilities, based on children’s needs. Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) has developed children’s and teenager’s guides to personal safety – the first publications created for the unaccompanied youth themselves. These personal guides are intended to assist young people in knowing their rights while they are in the United States, and to help keep them safe so they can thrive in their life journeys. Each guide provides information in both English and Spanish. (2013)

 

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Georgia Conference on Children and Families
November 12-14, 2013

 


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