Health Risks of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in Federal ...

Supporting Unaccompanied Children at the U.S. Southern Border

Other children arrive with their families and are separated from them, in violation of child welfare principles upheld by the American Academy ...

HHS Unaccompanied Children Program | HealthData.gov

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services announce new ...

Mandated Follow Up Calls for Unaccompanied Children Who Report Safety Concerns: HHS will require a follow-up call to any child who calls the ...

Moving Toward Inclusion: Access to Care Models for Uninsured ...

Systems-level approaches to providing preventive dental, vision, and mental health care to immigrant children are limited. Immigrant children ...

Alone and Vulnerable: Unaccompanied Minors in the United States ...

This is despite the fact that unaccompanied children are vulnerable and their journey is often perilous, posing risks such as sex trafficking, ...

Seeking Better Protection for Unaccompanied Children

Concerns over child labor exploitation and the spike in UAC apprehensions at the border have sparked debate among immigrants' rights advocates ...

Investigating the Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied Immigrant ...

Results showed that children in the sample had complex reasons for migration, frequently combining push factors such as fleeing gang violence and pull ...

Toward Universal Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Children

Unaccompanied children are uniquely vulnerable and face significant challenges in the immigration system. The regulations will directly impact ...

Report: HHS improperly vetted US sponsors for unaccompanied ...

The federal agency that is responsible for placing unaccompanied migrant children with U.S. sponsors after they cross the border, ...

April 2018 Flores Settlement Suit Challenges Unlawful ...

... Refugee Resettlement (ORR)—the governmental body tasked with housing unaccompanied immigrant minors.4, 5. Differing from the federal ...

Fact Sheet: Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UACs)

UACs who are apprehended by border officials are likely to be experiencing trauma and consequent mental health concerns as a result of these ...

Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program | Colorado Department of ...

... Refugee Resettlement's Unaccompanied ... Unaccompanied Children Program or receiving federal benefits or services as a Cuban/Haitian Entrant ... health and human ...

US government watchdog details trauma experienced by separated ...

Migrant children who were separated from their parents as part of the Trump administration's controversial “zero tolerance” policy last year ...

Unaccompanied minors at the border: What's happening and how ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened the scope of the problem. In 2020, due to health concerns, the federal government banned all asylum-seekers from ...

Pediatrician Who Treated Immigrant Children Describes Pattern of ...

How prepared is the Trump administration for an influx of unaccompanied minors at the border? A new complaint shows shelters in New Jersey ...

Unaccompanied Children | KidSide Miami

Child advocates have also expressed concerns about temporary influx facilities' large sizes, lack of state licensing standards and oversight, remote locations, ...

6 USC 279: Children's affairs - U.S. Code

(C) making placement determinations for all unaccompanied alien children who are in Federal custody by reason of their immigration status;. (D) implementing ...

Report: More than 340 migrant kids sent to live with nonrelatives ...

The audit, conducted by the agency's Office of Refugee Resettlement, which oversees the care and release of unaccompanied minors, also showed ...

Unaccompanied Children: HHS Should Improve Monitoring and ...

What GAO Found In fiscal year 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) expanded the ...

U.S. Policies and Their Effects on Immigrant Children's Health - AAFP

Immigrant children are a vulnerable group, requiring special protections under U.S. and international law.