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What Does It Take to Increase Refugees’ Access to Education and Work? Insights from Ethiopia
Ethiopia made sweeping promises to integrate 900,000 refugees into schools and workplaces; what changed on the ground?
Connecting Immigrant Communities to Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services
Speakers discussed the importance of infant and early childhood mental health services and how to better connect immigrant and refugee families to these resources.
Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Families through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services
Immigrant and refugee children face major barriers to mental health services, with screening gaps, insurance disparities, and a shortage of culturally responsive care.
Recommendations for the Task Force on New Americans
The Task Force on New Americans should consider upgrading adult education and embedding equity in federal programs to better support immigrant integration.
Apprenticeship Programs Are a Promising Solution to Bring More Multilingual Workers into Early Childhood Field
Shortages of workers continue to plague early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems across the United States. With the field already struggling to effectively serve young children in families that speak languages other than English, apprenticeship programs offer a promising solution to bring more—and more multilingual—workers into early childhood careers.
Ensuring Effective Language Access Services and Policies in Early Childhood Programs
This webinar explored federal and state language access policies in early childhood programs and opportunities to better serve Dual Language Learners and their families.
Dual Language Learners: Key Characteristics and Considerations for Early Childhood Programs
One-third of U.S. children ages 0–5 are Dual Language Learners. Fact sheets offered here examine DLL populations for the 25 largest states.
Learning More about Dual Language Learners
A large and growing share of children across the United States have at least one parent who speaks a language other than English in the home.
Overlooked but Essential: Language Access in Early Childhood Programs
Weak mandates and poor data collection leave millions of Limited English Proficient (LEP) families underserved in U.S. early childhood programs, despite federal civil rights requirements.
Growing Language Skills with Immigrant and Refugee Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices
A 2021 survey of 125 U.S. organizations found wide gaps between family languages spoken and services offered; flexible, culturally responsive two-generation (2Gen) programs can help.
