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Building Trust with Immigrant and Refugee Families: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices

Hiring staff from immigrant communities, offering integrated services, and creating safe spaces are the core strategies that two-generation (2Gen) programs use to earn family trust.

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Better Responses to Differing Immigration Statuses: Spreading and Adapting 2Gen Working Practices

Two-generation (2Gen) service providers working with mixed-status families must train staff on eligibility, protect client data, and build partnerships to provide wraparound supports.

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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.

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Schools Should Engage Diverse Community Stakeholders to Promoting Equitable Allocation of Historic Funding to Reimagine Education

As school districts across the United States move to allocate their federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, it is essential that they engage with multilingual and diverse community stakeholders, in part given English Learners have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The track record suggests many districts are struggling to effectively engage these communities.

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How Can Europe Address Its Labour Market Needs at a Time of Upheaval?

This conversation explored how Europe could potentially address its labor market needs and how immigration and immigrant integration policy might help propel Europe’s economic recovery.

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With Millions of Unfilled U.S. Jobs, What Role Is There for Immigration?

With the United States having 11.3 million unfilled jobs as of March 2022 and facing an aging population, declining fertility, and shifting skills needs, what role can immigration serve in filling labor market needs? Experts explore on this webcast.

Korean Immigrants in the United States

The number of Korean immigrants in the United States is shrinking, driven by aging, economic growth, and a demographic crunch in South Korea.

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Leveraging the Skills of Immigrant Health-Care Professionals in Illinois and Chicago

Licensing barriers left an estimated 12,000 immigrant health professionals underemployed in Illinois in 2019, despite critical workforce shortages across the state.

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Destination-Country Policies to Foster Diaspora Engagement in Development

Few Western destination countries sustain diaspora-for-development programs. Patience, capacity support, and long-term commitment are key to success.

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Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States

This collection showcases some of the most frequently used data on immigrants and immigration to the United States around the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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