Hosted on July 11, 2024 the training was delivered by Elly Miles, PhD, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population; Hamutal Bernstein, PhD, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute and directs the Program on Immigration; Maki Park, a senior policy analyst for early education and care at the Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy; Danita Huynh, MA, the director of early learning services at Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) in Oregon; and, Richard Davidson, a bio-cultural anthropologist.
Publicly funded early childhood services can support newcomer refugee and immigrant families by helping children build a strong foundation and families thrive as they resettle in a new country. However, refugee and immigrant families are less likely to enroll and participate in these services than other eligible families.
This webinar will present strategies and lessons learned from the field on how refugee service providers can support families’ access to child care and early education, early intervention, and maternal, infant, and early childhood home-visiting services. A panel discussion with resettlement leaders will address common barriers to participation and share approaches to boosting family access to, and comfort with, the available services.
By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
- Identify three types of early childhood services and their distinguishing characteristics.
- Explain how early childhood services can support child development and family well-being with a focus on refugee and newcomer children and families.
- Describe common challenges newcomers experience in accessing early childhood services.
- Apply strategies to enhance newcomers’ access to early childhood services in your community.
