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... when they provided a combined $150 million in emergency cash assistance to undocumented immigrants during the ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees. “Together, we will ensure that community-based organizations ... helping to receive, disburse, and manage these critical resources to get them to heavily impacted border regions and ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... where this infrastructure does not already exist, limited resources can pose challenges to promoting language access. ... In San Jose, local authorities conducted a survey of undocumented residents after finding that the Silicon ... Valley Strong Fund was depleted in three days without the funds reaching those most in need. With the survey, local ...
July 23, 2020
Philanthropic News
... our democracy. It informs the distribution of government resources, how many votes a state has in the Electoral ... on this year’s form along with recent threats to exclude undocumented residents from the census are tactics to ... . The Cleveland Foundation is a part of a coalition, together with The George Gund Foundation, the Saint Luke’s ...
August 10, 2020
Blog Post
... leaders are demanding to change that. About 2 million undocumented people are married to a U.S. citizen or green ... card holder. They — along with some lawfully present immigrants — don’t have Social Security numbers and use ... any money, including the $500 per child that is helping cash-strapped families pay for rent and other expenses in the ...
May 1, 2020
News Article
... Southeast Michigan, alongside Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, and the Kresge Foundation, announced ... Collaborative will help the philanthropic community work together to support southeast Michigan’s various immigrant ... foreign-born individuals in southeast Michigan that need assistance include: (1) lack of access to services; (2) poor ...
September 6, 2019
Press Release
... the consequences of recent policies that have deterred immigrants from receiving federal safety net assistance and other supports. Before the pandemic, many ... Program (SNAP), and subsidized housing. Now, at a time when many immigrant families need assistance because ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
... of sessions related to immigrant children and children of immigrants. These sessions presented unique learning ... immigrant families, immigrant children, or children of immigrants, but for all education funders. There were ... immigrant rights funders, most of them serve children of immigrants and immigrant students . These students are in ...
February 26, 2018
Commentary
... in the United States. Statement In an effort to punish immigrants crossing the Southern border of the United States, ... order that would allow it to detain family members together indefinitely. Detaining children ... well as short- and long-term health. We, the undersigned, stand united in our belief that separating families, as well ...
June 13, 2018
Statement
... Reynosa, Mexico. Hosted by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and Hispanics in ... the impacts of unjust immigration policies, and mobilize resources for migrant-serving groups. GCIR Vice President of ... how organizations have been at capacity for quite some time. We want to increase commitments beyond those who ...
May 28, 2024
Blog Post