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CELA Resource Toolkit

Choose from the resource types below:

Factsheets
Guides and Legal Resources
Reports and Policy Briefs
Social and Emotional Support

Factsheets

• The Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) provides practical and convenient bilingual videos, infographics, legal guidance, and fact sheets for parents to listen in on and read about their rights.
  • Undocumented Students & Families: The Facts 
  • Education is a Right - factsheets and resources 
• The Education Trust - West (ETW) provides a quick and accessible snapshot of our state’s undocumented student population, resources for parents, and organizations that can help families or individuals with immigration questions or issues.
  • Undocumented Students in California: What You Should Know 
• The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) has developed a factsheet and pulled together resources on how schools can play a critical role in ensuring immigrant families have access to important information and resources.
  • Post-Election Resource for Schools 
  • DACA/DAPA 
  • Immigrant Youth 
  • Community Resources 
• The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) has numerous resources on their website. The first resource is a factsheets which provide numbers, characteristics, and socioeconomic information on the 5.1 million U.S.-citizen and noncitizen children with unauthorized parents. The second paints a picture of what immigration enforcement could look like under the Trump Administration. 
  • A Profile of US Children with Unauthorized Immigrant Parents 
  • Trump Executive Order and DHS Implementation Memo on Border Enforcement: A Brief Review 
• The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) produced bilingual factsheets about Immigrants’ rights under a Trump Presidency. This FAQ factsheet can be used and distributed to students, educators, and numerous other audiences.
  • FAQ: Immigrants’ rights under a Trump Presidency 
  • Preguntas Frecuentes: Derechos de Inmigrantes bajo la Presidencia de Trump 
• The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project has developed a FAQ factsheet for educators. This factsheet provides FAQ’s about immigration raids, what educators and school support staff can do, how to take action, and additional examples and resources.
  • Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators an School Support Staff 

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Guides and Legal Resources

• The California School Boards Association put together a helpful legal guidance document for parents, teachers, schools, school districts, and County Offices of Education.
  • Providing All Children Equal Access to Education, Regardless of Immigrations Status 
• The California Courts have developed a bilingual resources directory to provide anyone with access to basic state and federal government information, how to find immigration legal help, and resources if children are separated from their parents.
  • Immigration Resources Directory - English 
  • Recursos de Inmigración - Spanish 
• Appleseed is updating its “Protecting Assets and Child Custody in the Face of Deportation” manual to help families develop plans in advance to deal with critical financial and family issues in the event of deportation, arrest and other family emergencies; this resource has informational videos and legal resource documents for families and those who can help these communities.
  • Protecting Assets and Child Custody in the Face of Deportation 
• United We Dream (UWD) provides tools, guides, reports and other resources for its affiliates and supporters, to help with your advocacy and direct service work with undocumented students.
  • United We Dream Toolbox with various resources
  • United We Dream #HereToStay Comprehensive toolkit 
• The Contra Costa County of Education has put together a toolkit which includes strategies in dealing with potential student demonstrations, tips for educators and parents to support students in stressful times, examples of communications sent by teachers and administrators in the wake of the election, and policy-focused resources that address immigrant rights.
  • A Post-Election toolkit for Educators 
• The California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) has guides, program information, and resources to help undocumented students get financial aid for attending a college or universities in the state. These resources discuss AB 540 (out-of-state tuition exemption), The CA Dream Act, Cal Grants, and other programs.
  • Financial Aid Resources 
  • CA Dream Act

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Reports and Policy Briefs

• The Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) has developed guides and reports to provide anyone with information about family separation due to detention and deportation, safety planning and child welfare for families; it helps answer the all important question: “What about my children?”
  • Resources for Families Facing Deportation and Separation 
• The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has put out information regarding immigrant eligibility for early childhood programs, specifically child care subsidies and Head Start, as they exist under current law and guidance.
  • Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Child Care and Early Education Programs 
• Demos, in collaboration with LatinJustice PRLDEF, have developed a bilingual report which provides basic information on available options to effectively address safety and security threats to immigrant communities and how those local communities may enact policies to protect immigrant rights.
  • Sanctuary, Safety and Community: Tools for Welcoming and Protecting Immigrants Through Local Democracy 
  • Santuarios, Seguridad y Comunidad: Herramientas Para Acoger y Proteger a los Inmigrantes a Través de la Democracia Local
• The UCLA Psychology Department’s School Mental Health Project has developed an expansive, but not exhaustive, list of resources and reports to support their success at schools and address some challenges they face while in school.
  • Undocumented Students and Learning Support 
  • Immigrant Children and Youth: Enabling Their Success at School 
  • Immigrant Youth: Some Implications for Schools 

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Social and Emotional Support

• Family Paths offers a 24-Hour Parent Support Hotline to help parents experiencing any additional stress or worries. Their calls can be answered in English and Spanish but they also have translations services for over 400 languages.
  • Flier for parents – English and Spanish 
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. They have published a guide with tips on how parents, caregivers, and teachers can talk with and help children and youth coping with a disaster or traumatic event.
  • Tips for Talking with and helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event 
• The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) have published numerous resources that give educators and family member tips on how to best support their students socially and emotionally.
  • Tolerancia: promover la paz en tiempos de crisis Consejos para padres y cuidadores 
  • NASP Guidance for Reinforcing Safe, Supportive and Positive School Environments for All Students 
  • Supporting Marginalized Students in Stressful Times: Tips for Educators 
  • Managing Strong Emotional Reactions to Traumatic Events: Tips for Families and Teachers 
• Wexford Inc is a nonprofit educational agency whose mission it is to increase educational excellence through equity by building bridges of understanding. They put together a list of various organizations and resources in their newest “Charting the Course” publication which provides educational decision makers with current information on how to best support students emotionally and psychologically.
  • Charting the Course: Support for Students Suffering Increased Trauma and Anxiety 

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