Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

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 Naturalization Workshops

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