What’s Next for the Families Separated by U.S. Policy—and How Are Those Policies Evolving? - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR

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Thursday, August 16, 2018 -
4:00pm to 5:15pm EDT
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*This program is hosted by our partner, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR), who has extended an invitation to PNY members. Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis.*

Between April and June of this year, the U.S. government forcibly separated more than 2,300 children from their parents as they crossed the U.S. border in search of refuge and protection. Since that policy ended in late June, the federal government has, under a court order, reunified many of those families. Some families are now held in family detention, while others have been released to communities across the U.S., from Los Angeles to Miami to Newark. They will need trauma-informed social services support, as well as legal services to seek asylum or appear for immigration court.

According to the administration, hundreds more families remain separated and “ineligible” for reunification with parents being held in ICE adult detention facilities and their children in ORR federal facilities or released to other relatives in the United States. Yet another group of families are still separated, with parents deported back to their home countries, and their children in U.S. government custody or released to relatives living in the United States.

Explore:
  • How this crisis is developing for families and explore what is next
  • The role that philanthropy can continue to play in the response to support families
  • How the administration’s policy is evolving and what we might expect in the coming months

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All interested funders. Please note that calls are open to GCIR members, other grantmaking institutions, philanthropic advisors, and members and staff of funder affinity groups and regional associations of grantmakers. (Participation is limited to organizations that share GCIR’s core values.)

Registration 

Registration is required by August 15th. 
 
Members and Non-Member Funders: Please click on the "Register Now" link above. Dial-in and webinar information will be emailed to you before the webinar.
 
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