CLASP

On July 27th, 2021, Tiffany Ferrette and Juan Carlos Gomez presented on child care and immigration at the NWLC Annual FFN Child Care Meeting. 

Early childhood experts know that nutrition assistance, affordable health insurance, quality child care, and early learning opportunities are vital for children’s healthy development. But we also know that many immigrant families are worried about participating in programs like SNAP, WIC, Medicaid, and CHIP.Parents are concerned…

This webinar, entitled Protecting Immigrant Children and Families: How NYC Community Based Service Providers can Strengthen Policies and Practices occurred on July 30, 2019.

On November 7, 2018, Wendy Cervantes and Hannah Matthews discussed the proposed public charge rule and its impact on early childhood education. 

This webinar from the Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign provides information on the public charge threats.

This webinar presents findings from two CLASP reports: Our Children's Fear: Immigration Policy's Effects on Young Children, which is broadly focused on immigrant children and families, and Immigration Policy's Harmful Impacts on Early Care and Education.

This webinar, hosted by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, focused on policy issues impacting the mental health of children in immigrant families and how funders can help.

This webinar discussed strategies for supporting young children in immigrant families, focusing on early childhood stakeholders. Slides and a resource list are available for download.

This webinar provides an overview of current early childhood policies and eligibility rules as well as recent immigration enforcement policy changes that directly impact children living in mixed-status immigrant families.

These webinar slides discuss issues affecting immigrants' access to benefits, including confusion over eligibility rules, concerns about "public charge," linguistic and cultural competence, and logistical barriers.