UCLA Immigrant Youth Task Force – Engaging students and staff to advance research and advocacy promoting the well-being of immigrant youth and families.

The Immigrant Youth Task Force at UCLA was created in 2019 to advance research, advocacy, policy, inter-campus collaboration, and community engagement to promote the well-being of immigrant youth and families in Los Angeles County and beyond.

Objectives

To unite experts at UCLA from diverse fields including Law, Medicine, Psychology, Public Health, Chicano/a Studies, Social Welfare, Sociology, and Education to engage in strategy and advocacy for and with immigrant youth

To create a comprehensive database of scholarship, research, and outreach at UCLA on issues of relevance to immigrant youth

To educate, engage, and empower students and trainees as future community leaders and advocates

To present UCLA as a true partner in the broader LA community, committed to providing information and expertise related to immigrant youth

Our Focus

For its inaugural year funded by the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families, the Task Force will focus on unaccompanied minor (UM) youth and children who have been (or could be) separated from their families as a result of immigration enforcement.

Our Projects

Immigrant Youth Speaker Series

Free community events that bring together national experts and UCLA faculty to host stimulating and informative multidisciplinary discussions

Campus Database

Creation of a campus-wide database of UCLA faculty experts in Immigrant Youth

Research and Policy

Sponsor undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA to engage in research and policy work with community agencies and partners.

LA County Immigrant Youth Toolkit

The Los Angeles County Immigrant Youth Toolkit was created in 2020 to provide a centralized list of resources for recently arrived immigrant youths and their families in Los Angeles County. It is modeled after the national AAP Immigrant Health Toolkit, and is intended as a provider-facing resource, with information for medical providers, social workers, case managers, teachers or school officials and anyone else who may work with immigrant youth and families.

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Immigrant Youth Speaker Series

Campus Database

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