Health & Well-Being

Immigrants Rising: Mental Health Connector

Immigrants Rising’s Mental Health Connector provides undocumented young people with free psychological support.

April 2020

Service

Source: Immigrants Rising

Resource

A Threat to Health and Wellbeing: Public Charge's Expected Impact and How Philanthropy Can Respond

On this webinar, funders will learn about responses to date to the final ‘public charge’ rule, ranging from local-level community education to state-level coordinated campaigns, to national litigation efforts.

September 2019

Webinar

A Threat to Health and Wellbeing: Public Charge's Expected Impact and How Philanthropy Can Respond

Program

The New Public Charge Rule and the Threat to Our Democracy

The Trump administration has launched its most far-reaching attack on immigrants to date in the guise of a seemingly innocuous regulatory change: the revised “public charge” rule. When the new rule goes into effect on October 15, barring delays due to litigation, immigrants accessing programs that help them meet basic needs, such as food, housing, and health care, can be denied a green card, and individuals deemed likely to use these programs can be denied admission to the United States.

September 2019

President's Message

News

Immigrant Families and Child Welfare Systems: Emerging Needs and Promising Policies

This report explores the diversity of states' and localities' approaches for working with children in immigrant families who are in the child welfare system.

April 2019

Report

Source: Migration Policy Institute

Resource

Proposed Changes to “Public Charge” Policies for Immigrants: Implications for Health Coverage

An analysis by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation of how the proposed "public charge" rule overhaul will impact immigrants' health coverage.

September 2018

Analysis

Source: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Resource

The Hunger Impact of the Proposed Public Charge Rule

An analysis of impact on immigrant hunger of the proposed public charge rule that was posted on the Department of Homeland Security’s website in late September.

September 2018

Analysis

Source: Food Research and Action Center

Resource

DHS' Proposed Rule: What May Change With Public Charge

This issue brief explains how the proposed DHS rule to re-make the "public charge" immigration provision would result in discouraging many eligible immigrants from accessing Medicaid and other federal public benefits for fear of negatively effecting their immigration status.

September 2018

Issue Brief

Source: National Health Law Program

Resource

Healthy Babies, Successful Families: How Early Childhood Pediatric Interventions Build Healthy Communities

This webinar will consider the approach of Project DULCE, a pediatric intervention program operating in health clinics in California, Florida, and Vermont.

May 2018

Webinar