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TABLE 1. PROVISIONS OF MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING

Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates. Table 1. Provisions of Memoranda of Understanding Between Child Welfare Agencies and Consulates

TABLE 1. PROVISIONS OF MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES AND CONSULATES   Illinois Iowa Nebraska New Mexico Missouri* Washington* Los Angeles County, CA Monterey County, CA Riverside County, CA San Diego County, CA Sacramento County, CA
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Conclusions

Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates. Conclusions

The states we spoke with consistently reported that cases involving immigrant families go more smoothly when consulates are involved from the early stages of the case. Involving the consulate from the outset can ensure the parents and children are properly represented and can prevent delays when permanency options are considered. Consulates can al
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Washington: Consular Cooperation without an MOU

Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates. Washington: Consular Cooperation without an MOU

Several years ago Washington state’s child welfare agency focused on strengthening their working relationship with the immigrant community and compliance with the relevant Vienna Convention requirements. In particular, they focused on notification of consulates when immigrant children and children of immigrants are placed in foster care.
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New Mexico: More Recent Collaborative Efforts

Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates. New Mexico: More Recent Collaborative Efforts

New Mexico’s agreement with its Mexican consulate is more recent than Illinois’s, dating to 2009. According to Arleen Lucero who manages the MOU for the state, the agreement has opened the lines of communication between government agencies on either side of the agreement. “It is beneficial to both agencies and is in the children’s best int
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Illinois: A Decade of Cooperation with the

Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates. Illinois: A Decade of Cooperation with the Mexican Consulate

Illinois has among the largest immigrant communities in the nation and is a well-established destination for immigrant families. Given this context, the Illinois state child welfare agency, known as the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), established a specialized Immigration Services Unit that is responsible for assisting staff on
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Content

Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates. Content

The agreements varied considerably, with some much more detailed than others. The only element common to all of them was the requirement that the consulate be notified whenever the child welfare agency had custody of one of its citizens or the child of one of its citizens. Some other elements appeared in many agreements, but many provisions appear
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Agreements and Policies Reviewed

Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates. Agreements and Policies Reviewed

We identified 9 MOUs and 2 closely related policies from the following jurisdictions:
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Background

Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates. Background

As the number of immigrant children and children of immigrants in the U.S. has grown, child welfare agencies are serving an increasingly diverse spectrum of families, including many families in which at least one parent or some children were born outside the U.S. This is true both in states that historically have been home to large immigrant popul
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Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding

Emerging Child Welfare Practice Regarding Immigrant Children in Foster Care: Collaborations with Foreign Consulates

As the number of immigrant children and children of immigrants in the U.S. has grown, child welfare agencies are serving an increasingly diverse spectrum of families, including many with at least one parent or some children who were born outside the U.S. To improve their work with these families, a number of child welfare agencies have in recent y
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The Number and Cost of Immigrants on Medicaid:

The Number and Cost of Immigrants on Medicaid: National and State Estimates

This report provides national and state-by-state estimates of the number and cost of noncitizen Medicaid beneficiaries. The analyses are based on the Medicaid Quality Control (QC) data base for the first half of 1994, with additional information about Supplemental Security Income (SSI) participants from the Social Security Administration (SSA).
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PTSD Associated Symptoms and the Percent

PTSD Associated Symptoms and the Percent of Trafficked Women Ranking These Symptoms as Severe

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Study of HHS Programs Serving Human Trafficking

Study of HHS Programs Serving Human Trafficking Victims: : Table 15

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Number of Certified Adult Victims and

Number of Certified Adult Victims and Eligible Child Victims by Fiscal Year

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Table 3. Clients Enrolled in Per

Table 3. Clients Enrolled in Per Capita Program: April 2006-May 2009

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Table 1. Summary of Study

Table 1. Summary of Study Participants

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Table 3 Key Challenges Related to

Table 3 Key Challenges Related to Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency

From: Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs
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Table 2: Key Factors Contributing to

Table 2: Key Factors Contributing to Successful Refugee Employment

From: Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs
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TABLE 1: ORR PROGRAMS (

Table 1: Orr Programs (continued)

From: Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs
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TABLE 1: ORR PROGRAMS (

Table 1: Orr Programs (continued)

From: Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs
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TABLE 1: ORR PROGRAMS

Table 1: Orr Programs

From: Refugee Economic Self-Sufficiency: An Exploratory Study of Approaches Used in Office of Refugee Resettlement Programs

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