Report
July 2019
Children from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras are arriving at Mexico’s southern border fleeing high levels of violence, from gang violence to child abuse.
Source:
Kids in Need of Defense
Resources
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Program Materials
June 2019
Find all program-related materials for the webinar, " Funders for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Update Call" here.
Program Materials
May 2019
Find all program-related materials for April's Monthly Immigration Policy Call, "First Responders at the Border: The Vital Role and Untapped Potential of a Reception System for Families and Asylum Seekers" here, including presentation, recording, and other resources.
Issue Brief
March 2019
This brief analyzes challenges being erected at every stage of the U.S. asylum process and the key leverage points for philanthropy.
Report
March 2019
This memorandum synthesizes interviews with key advocate stakeholders to identify the current challenges facing the U.S. asylum system, asylum seekers, and advocates for asylum seekers, and strategic leverage points and funding opportunities for grantmakers.
Program Materials
March 2019
Find all materials related to our refugee resettlement webinar here, including powerpoint and webinar recording.
Program Materials
February 2019
Find all program-related materials for the webinar, " Pathways Forward for U.S. Refugee Resettlement" here, including presentation and recording.
Analysis
November 2018
Refugee admissions dropped more dramatically in the United States than any other country in 2017, and the rate dropped even further in 2018.
Source:
Fiscal Policy Institute
Factsheet
November 2018
This five-page document identifies the potential impacts of FY 2019 Reception and Placement (R&P) Program Decisions by the Church World Service.
Source:
Church World Service
Issue Brief
November 2018
This issue brief gives an overview of refugee arrivals and ceilings in the past two decades, glimpsea into the lives of refugees who recently arrived in the United States, and the steps that newly resettled refugees are taking to rebuild their lives from scratch.
Source:
Center for American Progress
Funding Recommendations
October 2018
This report offers impact investors, grant-makers, and development finance professionals the first landscape of the what, why, who, where, and most importantly, how , of investing in and with displaced people.
Source:
Refugee Investment Network
Report
June 2018
This report profiles 10 donors’ diverse approaches and strategies to supporting refugees and asylum seekers, and offers key lessons gleaned from their experience.
Video
January 2018
Home sweet home. Home is safety. Home is comfort. Home is familiar. What happens when you need to flee your home?
Source:
ELI Talks
Factsheet
January 2018
This resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides key points related to traumatic separation and immigrant and refugee children.
Source:
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Report
August 2016
This report profiles the experiences of five asylum-seeking families who are divided by detention. It provides a preliminary analysis of how this separation occurs, and the impact this separation can have on families’ well-being and ability to access humanitarian protection.
Source:
American Immigration Council
Presentation
June 2016
This presentation covers intersectional community-based projects on refugees, the evolving perspectives on refugee integration, and what funders can do.
Funding Recommendations
June 2016
These funding recommendations focus on how funders can support refugees along their resettlement and integration journey in the United States.
Funding Recommendations
May 2016
These funding recommendations cover a broad range of options for funders seeking to respond to the Central American unaccompanied minors crisis.