HANDBOOKS
Citizenship for Us, 6th Edition
Strategies for Naturalizing the Most Vulnerable Applicants
Citizenship for Refugee Elders: Issues and Options in Test Preparation
TOOLKITS
Toolkit for Naturalization Workshops
Toolkit for BIA Recognition & Accreditation
Toolkit for Case Management
Mosaica Toolkit:Increasing Refugee Civic Participation: A Guide for Getting Started
Mosaica Toolkit: Increasing Refugee Civic Participation in Schools
WEBINARS
How to Establish and Develop a Successful ESL/Citizenship Education Program
The Civic Engagement of Older Refugees: Recongizing Their Contributions & Supporting Their Participation
Increasing Refugee Civic Participation: Starting with the Schools
Lobbying Rules for Public Charities
Citizenship for Children
BIA Recognition and Accreditation (please link to the most recent version of this webinar; it’s been done in the last 1-2 years)
How to Organize a Naturalization Workshop
ARTICLES
Is Citizenship Day, 9/17 on Your Calendar?
CLINIC Member Agencies Report on Citizenship Day Activities
REPORTS
A More Perfect Union: A National Citizenship Plan
Immigrant-Led Organizers in their Own Voices: Local Realities & Shared Visions
TRAININGS
CLINIC 2011 Training Schedule
USCIS Citizenship Resource Center
USCIS Citizenship and Public Education Awareness Initiative
USCIS Guide to Naturalization
Form N-400 (Application for Naturalization)
Form N-336 (Application for a Hearing on a Decision in Naturalization Proceedings)
Register for the Selective Service
USCIS Clarifies Criteria to Expedite FBI Name Check
USCIS Fact Sheet on Security Checks
Minutes of Liaison Meetings Between Community-Based Organizations and USCIS
ILRC Article on Establishing Naturalization Liaison Meetings with INS/USCIS
DISABILITY WAIVERS
Form N-648 (Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions)
USCIS Policy Guidance on Disability Waivers – December 2010
Asian Law Caucus Guidelines for N-648
HIAS Helpful Hints for Doctors Completing the N-648
Sample Doctor's Letter from International Rescue Committee
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
Accommodations Request Form
Section 504 Complaint Form for Discrimination on the Basis of Disability
USCIS Policy Guidance on Reasonable Accommodations
USCIS Policy Guidance on Fingerprint Waivers
OATH WAIVERS
USCIS Policy Guidance on Oath Waivers
USCIS Memo on the Role of Legal Guardians or Proxies in Naturalization Process
Explanation of 50/20, 55/15, and 65/20 English exemptions
Sample letter requesting due consideration in testing
Special consideration questions for applicants meeting 65/20 requirement (marked with an asterisk on the list of 100 questions)
USCIS expedite criteria
Form N-600 (Application for Certificate of Citizenship)
Webinar: Citizenship for Children
USCIS Fact Sheet on the Child Citizenship Act of 2000
Application for U.S. Passport
Form I-912 (Request for Fee Waiver)
USCIS Policy Guidance on Fee Waivers, November 2010
2011 HHS poverty guidelines
List of 100 U.S. History/Government Study Questions for the Citizenship Test (English)
Translations of the U.S. History/Government Test Questions
Vocabulary List for the English Reading Test
Vocabulary List for the English Writing Test
USCIS Scoring Guidelines for the Test
Toolkit for BIA Recognition and Accreditation
REPORTS, GUIDES, AND STATISTICS
Growing Share of Immigrants Choosing Naturalization - Pew Hispanic Center
National Immigration Law Center Overview of Immigrant Eligibility for Public Benefits
Now that I'm Here: What America's Immigrants Have to Say About Life in the U.S. Today. - Public Agenda report
Welcome to the U.S.: A Guide for New Immigrants
DHS Immigration Yearbook 2010 Report on Naturalization
Toolkit: Increasing the Participation of Refugee Seniors in the Civic Life of their Communities
Toolkit: Increasing Refugee Civic Participation: A Guide for Getting Started
Toolkit: Increasing Refugee Civic Participation in Schools: A Guide for Community Organizations
Webinar: Increasing Refugee Civic Participation: Starting with the Schools
Webinar: The Civic Engagement of Older Refugees
Pursuing Democracy's Promise: Newcomer Civic Participation in America Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Lessons Learned About Civic Participation Among Immigrants Washington Area Partnership for Immigrants/Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
Civic Inequalities: Volunteerism and Community Organizations in California - Public Policy Institute of California
New Voices at the Civic Table: Summative Report for 2006 - Alliance for Children and Families
The House We All Live In: A Report on Immigrant Integration - Carnegie Corporation of New York
Strengthening America: The Civic and Political Integration of Muslim Americans - A Report of the Task Force on Muslim-American Civic and Political Engagement
Nonprofit Service Organizations and Civic Engagement: Addressing Challenges and Moving Forward - The Building Movement Project
Gaining U.S. Citizenship and Learning to Be Good Citizens - Northern Valley Sponsoring Committee
Research on Barriers and Opportunities for Increasing Leadership in Immigrant and Refugee Communities - The Hyams Foundation and Mosaica
Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant Communities - Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue in the Global Economy: A Popular Education Resource for Immigrant and Refugee Community Organizers - National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Integrating Civic Participation and Adult ESOL - New England Literacy Resource Center/World Education
Questions: A Powerful Tool for Self-Advocacy - The Right Question Project
A Community Builder's Toolkit: 15 Tools for Creating Healthy, Productive Interracial/Multicultural Communities - The Institute for Democratic Renewal of Claremont Graduate University and Project Change (Available in Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, English, Spanish, and Vietnamese)
Standards of Excellence in Civic Engagement: How Public Agencies Can Learn from the Community, Use What They Learn and Demonstrate that Public Knowledge Matters - The Harwood Institute
Planning Public Forums: Questions to Guide Local Officials - Institute for Local Government
The Nonprofit Lobbying Guide - by Bob Smucker, The Independent Sector
Webinar: Lobbying Rules for Public Charities
Fighting Fire with Fire: Lessons from the Laotion Organizing Project's First Campaign - The Laotion Organizing Project and the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (Call 1-510-834-8920 or email apen@apen4ej.org to order a copy)
Election-related Activities by 501(c)(3) Organizations
Get-out-the Vote Toolbox - The Minnesota Participation Project for Nonpartisan Nonprofit Voter Mobilization
Project VOTE! A Report on Lessons Learned about Increasing Civic Engagement in Southeast Asian Communities - Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, Asian American Justice Center, and Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
Mobilize the Immigrant Vote: Toolkit for Movement Building Electoral Organizing - The Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action
New Citizens Vote: A Curriculum About Voting and Civic Engagement - The Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action