Resources

• Immigration and Language Guidelines for Child Welfare Staff
  New York City Administration for Children's Services

• Research FACTs and Findings: The Changing Face of NYS- Immigrant Youth in Every Community
  The 2000 Census shows that immigrants have settled upstate and downstate, in rural, suburban and urban New York communities. Understanding the rapidly growing and geographically expanding population of immigrant families all across the state is critical to designing effective youth development programs, with the cultural and linguistic proficiencies needed to help immigrant adolescents thrive. This fACT sheet provides detailed statistics on NYS immigrant youth and their families.

Websites

• African American Mosaic

• African American Perspectives

• African American Web Connection

• National Indian Child Welfare Association
  The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is the most comprehensive source of information on American Indian child welfare and works on behalf of Indian children and families. NICWA provides public policy, research, and advocacy; information and training on Indian child welfare; and community development services to a broad national audience including tribal governments and programs, state child welfare agencies, and other organizations, agencies, and professionals interested in the field of Indian child welfare. NICWA works to address the issues of child abuse and neglect through training, research, public policy, and grassroots community development. NICWA also works to support compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. This act seeks to keep American Indian children with American Indian families. Every Indian child must have access to community-base, culturally appropriate services that help them grow up safe, healthy, and spiritually strong - free from abuse, neglect, sexual exploitation, and the damaging effects of substance abuse.