Beneficial as to Why and Recommend Education for Unaccompanied Kids
Angelica Burgos-Torres
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Abstract
In 2013, KidsHaven became home to undocumented children. The Office of Refugee and Resettlement make sure that the clients are reunited with the qualified sponsors with 45 days. Therefore, is the Youth Care Workers job to make sure during the time being in the shelter; the kids are enjoying their time at the program. Over 47 Youth Care Workers come together to make sure the kids are receiving their needs and wants during their time of stay. After their discharge from the KidsHaven program we hope that the unaccompanied children begin their education in the United States. The United States provide different educational programs for accompanied children to continue to learn and be successful of their new upcoming future.
KidsHaven
In April 2013, KidsPeace was awarded millions of dollars to fund an Office of Refugee and Resettlement (ORR) program in their Broadway campus. The ORR program was later renamed KidsHaven in November. There is limited information available to the public about the KidsHaven program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human
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They provide shelter, food, clothing, medical assistance, school, ESL classes, psychiatric services and reunification with the approved sponsors. The program currently shelters 72 minors who stay an average of 45 days. The case managers are responsible for getting in contact with the sponsors and making sure the children will be taken care of properly. Since KidsHaven is not immigration, they do not worry about the legal statuses of the sponsors or parents. The government now asks that the youth be reunited with their parents within 12 days of arriving to the program. They require that about 20% of the youth in the program be released to their parents or sponsors every
High Sky Children’s Ranch first opened their doors in 1963, when a woman named Joan Nobles was concerned about girls who had no absolutely no place to go. She was the president of the PTA when she heard a young juvenile probation officer speak about the need for a home for those girls that had no where to go. She, along with many others, worked for three years to open the first home. In 1963 the first home was opened and housed five girls (High Sky Children’s Ranch, 2011). In 1985 High Sky changed their license to accept both boys and girls, which enabled them to keep sibling groups together. In 1987 High Sky was relicensed as a treatment facility to work with kids who were more traumatized or needed a higher level of care and was later licensed as a Therapeutic Foster Care. These programs help i...
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After analyzing the entire Runaway and Homeless Youth Act as a whole, much can be said for and against the economic and political aspects. As to any given argument or subject pros and cons as well as strengths and weaknesses will be weighed out enormously. The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act does abide by guidelines and requirements. All parts of the Act provide all involved with a clear and present purpose. I also believe that these shelters or centers provide the troubled youth with a support system that they could be lacking. Most youth probably don’t realize how widespread homelessness is and it happened to be there only option in certain situations. The homeless youth will not have that feeling of being alone under life threatening circumstances.
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Among the problems that face our nation, illegal immigration seems to be one of the most regarded. “In 2005, there were 12.7 million people classified as refugees in the world. Refugees are forced to migrate because of danger in their own country.” (Cath Senker 12) Some push to end it while others want to have it legalized or less strict. There are many points that are argued on this topic. Although immigrants support the economy, they should have to pay taxes. Illegal immigration should be stopped or slowed until the legalization process and borders are improved. Due to the fact, that taxpayers are the backbone of our economy and nation as a whole.
In one of her editorials, Frosty Wooldridge has written about how undocumented immigrants cost taxpayers colossal sum of money annually. Wooldridge holds that these undocumented immigrants give rise to offspring who become deeply bounded or rooted to this country and they in turn cost taxpayers a huge sum of money annually.
We don’t realize how hard it is for immigrant parents to get their children education, and we judge and hate on something we have never been through. I guess it’s true you never know someone’s pain unless you go through it. Not everyone has the same privileges as others, some have to work twice as hard to try to give their children an opportunity towards an education on the contrary some American families have it simpler. I not blaming people who have families who were born here or say it’s wrong, but many people tend to affront children of immigrant parents and feel like they have the equitableness to say they aren’t suitable to receive public education.
were trying to prevent child abuse and take care of kids that are being treated like they are not
In prior researches (Kataoka et al., 2003; Beehler et al, 2011), there are significant problems among immigrant children, especially mental health problems. Immigrant children could have pre-migration trauma, being undocumented, and most importantly language problems. So, developing strategies to help immigrant children acculturate effectively would be necessary. There is also a study which suggests that unstable immigrant status increases a child’s risk for psychological and behavioral problems, such as anxiety disorders, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, and eating disorders (Pumariega et al. 2005). Moreover, most of literature mentioned that lots of immigrant children experience various problems as learning a new
One center operates seasonally for migrant families. In addition to center-based care, the agency provides clients the option of licensed and exempt family child care (FCCH). Currently GKI contract’s with over 120 providers that are part of the Family Child Care Network. Approximately one half of the children are served in child development centers and the second half receive care in homes. Go Kids also provides community based services in Salinas to bring resources and outreach services to families with young children. Moreover, Go Kids administers an Alternative Payment (AP) Program and operates the San Benito County Resource and Referral (R&R) program.
Undocumented citizens should receive the same rights as American citizens. While in America, everyone should be protected from discrimination, unfair treatment, and injustice. This is because no one should be denied basic human rights. Also, immigrants will always attempt to come to the U.S., whether it's allowed or not. There is no reason why while in America, they should have less rights than regular citizens. It is only discriminatory and unnecessary. Lastly, immigrants have always provided for this country more than they have hurt it. If undocumented citizens help contribute to America, why should they not be allowed American rights?
Undocumented youth have the opportunity to go to school K-12, but face difficulty and barriers to pursuing higher education. People say that education is free and everybody can have access to it. Others say that education is the keys that can open all doors. If education is free why do people not have access to it and to those keys?
This program is as good and as bad as the foster care system that it sprang from. If you are blessed to get a good consular you stand a fighting chance, if you get one that is overworked or worse yet, just there to have a job, chances are slim you will be able to make it work in the program. This program requires youths to work so many hours, but don’t make more than 5,000 dollars a school year or their stipend is reduced, their stipend is 1,014 dollars a month. They do receive Medicare and a limited amount for housing I could not find the exact amount. In order to stay in the Road to Independence program youths must maintain a place of residence, a certain GPA, and employment. While I understand that this sounds like a great program, one must take into consideration that these are for the most part, 18 year-olds that more than likely have been in multiple foster and group homes, definitely came from an abusive or neglectful background, and more than likely have their own set of unique issues. They have probably not been taught how to manage money, sign a lease, no transportation of their own to get back and forth to jobs or school, or even filled out forms at the doctor’s office on their own. The training they are supposed to have comes from those same counselors, we mentioned before, so it may or may not have happened. Like all state and federally funded programs the Road to Independence has
Imagine the trauma of being a child separated from all you know – parents, possessions and home – and not having anything to cling to for comfort. Sadly, each year, hundreds of thousands of children here in the United States must be rescued from severe abuse, neglect or abandonment. Traumatized and facing an uncertain future, they frequently enter foster care, crisis shelters, domestic violence and homeless shelters with nothing – no favorite stuffed animal, no special blanket. They are afraid, disoriented, and desperate for comfort. These children are most often placed into the foster care system. There are many people that think that the foster care system is in place just too correct bad behavior of misbehaving youth. However it is not always
Early on during my undergraduate studies I acted as an intern at Yale’s Child Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital. Although most of my days were quite enjoyable, there were days when my heart broke for the youth that I was working with on a day-to-day basis. This particular psychiatric hospital was designed for children under the age of 15 who were experiencing emotional distress regularly and could not cope with every day struggles that others could handle more appropriately. Most of these children were in the foster care system and although some may have been fortunate enough to be placed with families who showered them with unconditional love, some children were not as lucky. Before doing my internship, I never worked with children who were a