Reducing Disparities for Latino Children and Families: A National Latino Infant Policy Agenda Provides Solutions

Blog April 10, 2024

BUILD believes that to effectively meet the needs of young children and their families, we must recognize existing disparities, including opportunity and achievement gaps. Therefore, we see the urgent need to support policy solutions to better serve Latino infants, toddlers, and families.

Culturally Relevant Considerations: Somali Professional Development on Positive Behavior Support

Archived Meeting Resources August 25, 2022

This session was presented during the BUILD 2021 National Conference.

Centering Family Voice, Trusting the Community, and Building Latine Pride: Keys to Helping Children Learn

Blog February 14, 2022

Roxana Linares, executive director of Centro Tyrone Guzman, the largest and oldest multi-service Latine organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota, contributed to this blog on the center’s insistence on embracing family and community voice.

Preparing the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDGB5) Renewal Application

Policy Agenda October 1, 2019

This report analyzes the 2018 PDG B-5 applications to assess how the initial funding is helping states move forward in their systems-building efforts

Trauma Informed Services and Policies to Support Immigrant and Mixed Status Families in Early Care and Education: TraumaInformed Approach to Working with Children and Families

Slide Deck July 1, 2019

This slide deck from the webinar, Trauma-informed Services and Policies to Support Immigrant and Mixed-Status Families in Early Care and Education, outlines a trauma-informed approach to working with providers and families and ways to promote resilience in the workforce and address the impacts of this work on providers.

Preparing for Immigration Raids: What Early Childhood Stakeholders Can Do

Blog July 1, 2019

This blog from the Center for the Study of Social Policy is titled: Preparing for Immigration Raids: What Early Childhood Stakeholders Can Do. Out of deep concern about the harm of such enforcement actions on young children, families, and communities, the blog offers several steps early childhood programs can take to prepare for impending raids.

Supporting Children In Immigrant Families: Strategies And Solutions To Mitigate The Harm Of US Immigration Policies

Blog July 1, 2019

In the fourth and final webinar in the BUILD Initiative webinar and blog series on the provision of trauma-informed care as it relates to immigration and US immigration policies, we discussed strategies direct service providers and advocates can use to support and welcome immigrant families in early childhood programs, mitigate the effects of trauma, and engage in administrative and legislative advocacy toward better policies for immigrant families. We present some of that information here.

Child Care and Early Education Equity: A State Action Agenda

Website May 23, 2019

This resource outlines the important role state policymakers can play to ensure equity in their states’ early education efforts.

Immigration and Trauma Webinar 2 Media Toolkit

Planning Tool May 1, 2019

This media toolkit supports the webinar Trauma-Informed Services and Policies to Support Immigrant and Mixed-Status Families in Early Care and Education: Impacts of Immigration Trauma on the Health and Development of Young Children. Tools provide tips for creating effective social media placements and email communications.

Trump’s Family Separtion 2.0 comes at a cost to immigrants and the government

Article May 1, 2019

This Washington Post opinion piece looks at a Trump Administration Proposal to target households of mixed-immigration-status families who receive federal housing subsidies. Under a proposed rule, pushed by the White House, those families would be ineligible for housing assistance if just one member, including a parent or guardian, lacked documents.