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At a time when New York's immigrants are on the front lines of the pandemic, there's a huge risk they'll be left out in the cold.
May 4, 2020
Response Fund
... parole are unable to renew their status or receive another form of relief, they will lose their immigration status and ...
March 18, 2024
Commentary
The Biden transition team this week announced its Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency review team, and it would appear that it is on track to take that swing away from the Trump administration once in office.
The agency review teams are formed to evaluate the current operations of their respective agencies and to ensure that the new administration is set up in a correct posture to achieve its policy goals once in office.
November 13, 2020
News Article
... number for an employer to allow a case manager to make contact and verify a job loss or a reduction in income of at ... Initiative. Please use a secure means to transmit personal contact information to the City for this Initiative. Any ...
April 21, 2020
Response Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2021 Contact: dignityfund@gcir.org California Dignity for Families Fund Announces ... Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) is announcing the California Dignity for Families ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... information on participating sites, families should contact their local school for free or reduced price meal ... or online, and issuing benefits remotely. To learn more about these and other available flexibilities visit CFPA’s ... coronavirus resource page for young children . What about Public Charge? On February 24th, the federal government ...
April 3, 2020
News Article
April 15, 2020
Press Release
June 18, 2020
News Article
... efforts and strategies for broad impact. That is why, at GCIR, we strive to: Amplify examples of existing immigrant ... are also building forward our internal infrastructure at GCIR by expanding our staff capacity. We are thrilled to ... to ensure that society functions. Infrastructure is also about being in “right relationship” with each other—in ...
May 26, 2021
President's Message
... by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and Hispanics in Philanthropy , the experience aimed ... and mobilize resources for migrant-serving groups. GCIR Vice President of Programs, Ivy O. Suriyopas stated, ... everyone heard from LUPE (La Unión del Pueblo Entero) about their comprehensive services for migrants and ...
May 28, 2024
Blog Post
... joined Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), I was introduced to our new Theory of Change (ToC) , ... on communities, specifically immigrant communities. At GCIR, we link racial capitalism as a system that historically ... the government and society, including philanthropy. Within GCIR’s new Economic Justice Community of Practice , we seek ...
August 8, 2024
Blog Post
... York City is home to 3.1 million immigrants who comprise about 37 percent of the City’s population and 44 percent of ... including the undocumented population, contributed about $232 billion to the City’s GDP. Among the one million ...
April 16, 2020
Response Fund
... to motivate and activate Californians to fill out the form. As the deadline to respond to the Census has been ...
August 31, 2020
Press Release
... to enroll in school, access medical care, secure a form of identification, and ensure stable housing along with ... youth LSC advocates for educating the general public about youth migrants in the hope that it can lead to ... for reading this issue of the CDFF Newsletter and learning about unaccompanied youth migrants and mental health issues. ...
November 6, 2023
Response Fund
... – Ivy Suriyopas, Vice President of Programs at GCIR Foster collaboration between legal and humanitarian ... of providing aid and giving the client one point of contact. Funding and encouraging collaboration and ... them from being able to perform in school, work, or form bonds in their new community. Many unaccompanied ...
January 22, 2024
Response Fund
... month we spoke to several of our CDFF nonprofit partners about the importance of providing legal services and support ... migrants first arrive at the border, they need information about their legal rights and their specific legal situation. ... Immigration Legal Assistance Program (MILA) , tells us about the migrants that MILA serves from the Mexican states ...
August 30, 2023
Response Fund
... exponentially since the 1990s, currently hovering at about 55,000 nationwide. Hence, the work to curb immigrant ... from Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), program officers from the Firedoll Foundation, the ... proved invaluable, especially when ICE was secretive about their plans, and ensured that all detainees who wanted ...
September 30, 2019
Blog Post
Dear Colleagues: Marissa Tirona, GCIR 250x250px.jpg I’ve always looked forward to Election ... drivers’ licenses (and is one of the state priorities GCIR named in our 2022 policy agenda ), might be back in ... work is long-term work. It is more than messaging; it’s about enlarging the social imagination.” At GCIR we know ...
November 11, 2022
President's Message
... in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi, or about 4.6 percent of the entire American working ... have lived in the United States for more than 10 years. About one-third of undocumented residents in the United ... on the front lines of the pandemic, in public, and in contact with others. Providing them with the means to get ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
As we approach 2025, we at GCIR know that working together will be our greatest asset as ... uplift the strategies being deployed by frontline groups, GCIR hosted a series of scenario planning webinars this past ... the week before the election. Over the past months, the GCIR team has been putting our post-election plans into ...
December 19, 2024
Statement