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Children Who Are Immigrants in Out-of-Home Care
Resources and information about working with children in out-of-home care who are immigrants, including State and local examples.
Children in Immigrant Families: The U.S. and 50 States: National Origins, Language, and Early Education
Foundation for Child Development (2007)
Highlights the proportion, dispersion, national origins, language, and early education of children in immigrant families, both for the United States as a whole and in various states.
Children of Immigrants: Family and Parental Characteristics (PDF - 100 KB)
Chaudry & Fortuny (2010)
Describes the family circumstances of the children of immigrants, including family structure and parental employment. This data brief is the second in a series.
Enhancing State Child Welfare Services for Migrating Children: BRYCS Roundtable Discussion (PDF - 687 KB)
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (2005)
Summary of remarks made at the 15th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect regarding resources available for migrating children, challenges of serving migrant children, and agency collaboration and cooperation.
Foster Care at a Cultural Crossroads: Refugee Children in the Public Foster Care System: Roundtable Report (PDF - 347 KB)
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (2003)
Information about serving refugee children in the public foster care system.
Meeting the Needs of Immigrant Children and Youth in Child Welfare (PDF - 74 KB)
National Association of Social Workers
Discusses challenges facing immigrant children, youth, and family involved in the child welfare system and the social workers providing services to this population.
Serving Foreign-Born Foster Children: A Resource for Meeting the Special Needs of Refugee Youth and Children (PDF - 657 KB)
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (2004)
Explains the impact of war, persecution, separation, and other trauma on children and describes strategies for assessing their needs and supporting them in out-of-home placement.
State and local examples
Case Study of Child Welfare Interventions in Refugee Families in Texas (PDF - 166 KB)
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (2005)
Explored the incidence of refugee families and children interacting with public child welfare services in selected counties, specific factors in these counties that may place refugee families and children at risk of interacting with public child welfare services, and what happens when refugee families and children become involved with public child welfare.
Systemwide:Cultural competence
Achieving & maintaining permanency: Permanency for children from minority groups
Achieving & maintaining permanency: Adopting children from minority groups
Out-of-home care: Cultural competence in working with resource families
Out-of-home care: Independent living services for youth from minority groups