Series Title: Issue Briefs
Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway
Year Published: 2015
Immigrant families involved with child welfare may face a number of particular issues, such as legal barriers to accessing services, child trauma resulting from difficult immigration or refugee experiences, a parent's detention/deportation by immigration authorities, and acculturation and language issues. This issue brief addresses child welfare's work with immigrant children and families; examines current issues related to immigration and child welfare; provides examples of programs and promising practices; and points to resources for professionals, families, and youth.
Suggested Citation: Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2015). Immigration and child welfare. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau.
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