Health & Well-Being

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.
Proposed Changes to “Public Charge” Policies for Immigrants: Implications for 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.
The Hunger Impact of the Proposed Public Charge Rule
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. 
DHS' Proposed Rule: What May Change With Public Charge
September 2018
Issue Brief
Source: National Health Law Program
Resource
Family Consequences of Detention/Deportation: Effects on Finances, Health, and Well-Being
This report explores the direct impacts of detention and deportation on family finances, health, and well-being.
Family Consequences of Detention/Deportation: Effects on Finances, Health, and Well-Being
September 2018
Report
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Resource
A Threat to the Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families
This factsheet details the potential effects of proposed changes to the public charge rule on children in immigrant families. 
A Threat to the Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families
July 2018
Factsheet
Source: The Center for Law and Social Policy
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
Program
Detached and Afraid: U.S. Immigration Policy and the Practice of Forcibly Separating Parents and Young Children at the Border
This journal article explores what happens to these children once they are separated from their families by examining the nature of the services and programs provided while they are in temporary foster care.
Detached and Afraid: U.S. Immigration Policy and the Practice of Forcibly Separating Parents and Young Children at the Border
May 2018
Report
Source: Child Welfare League of America's Child Welfare Journal
Resource
Increasing Stability. Improving Child and Family Outcomes: Launching the Funders Roundtable
Join the Children, Youth & Family Funders Roundtable (CYFFR) for their first webinar! We are delving into research on the importance of family stability for positive child outcomes.
March 2018
Co-Sponsored Program
Source: Children, Youth & Family Funders Roundtable
Program
Policy Impacts on Immigrant Health | Bay Area Health Funders Group Meeting
Join us at the next Bay Area Health Funders Group meeting for an in-depth working group conversation with your foundation colleagues about the strategies you are using to support immigrant communities and how we can leverage our efforts.
February 2018
Co-Sponsored Program
Source: Northern California Grantmakers
Program

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