Immigrant integration is an agency goal for many CLINIC affiliates. Learn from those doing the work through the many affiliate highlights included here, ranging from simple initiatives to complex programs. Find program development resources here on the most common integration efforts: citizenship test preparation classes, ESL classes, and tax assistance services.
Use the Integration Self-Assessment Tool to measure your organization’s immigrant integration efforts at the agency level, in the community and in implementing or sustaining a current integration project or initiative.
The CLINIC network offers many examples of immigrant integration programming in local communities. Look through our resources to find program profiles and activity ideas for specific holidays. Let us know if you have a program to share!
Interested in integration initiatives in your area? Check out our map for ideas for your program.
Most successful at the local level, immigrant integration brings togethers newcomers and receiving community members to cultivate and foster a community that is diverse and inclusive of everyone. Partner with your neighbors, local organizations, and local officials to promote immigrant integration for the new year and beyond.
CLINIC’s Center for Immigrant Integration aims to standardize understanding and ideals about integration and engages in capacity building for the church and its local partnering nonprofits. It works to identify and evaluate models and replicate efforts through offering flow-through funding to affiliates.
Seeking ways to incorporate integration into church-based celebrations? Find inspiration here through real-life examples of parish-based work in local communities.
Programs focused on improving immigrant integration touch many topic areas, from citizenship test preparation classes to tax preparation assistance. Find the area you are interested in learning more about and use our resources to create a program at your location.
Services for citizenship can range broadly, from basic classes and conversations with mentors, to extensive preparatory mock interviews. The following model programs, tools, and trainings provide resources for immigrant legal services and integration programs aiming to expand their services.
Citizenship applicants are required to submit past tax returns. Immigrants are not required to have a Social Security Number to file taxes, so foreign-born employed individuals should consider filing taxes each year in preparation for applying for citizenship in the future. Resources below include how to create local tax assistance preparation programs and tips on assisting immigrants file taxes.
One of the most common integration programming options are English language classes. These programs can range from one class offering a week to multiple levels and multiple class sessions available each week. Resources on this page include webinars on creating on ESL program and toolkits with sample material.
Civic participation is an important element of immigrant integration. This toolkit gathers resources from past and current CLINIC initiatives along with many other resources from the field.
As it has for more than 30 years, CLINIC will fight for the rights of immigrants. CLINIC trains legal representatives who provide high-quality and affordable immigration legal services. We develop and sustain a network of nonprofit programs that serve over 500,000 immigrants every year. We cultivate projects that support and defend vulnerable immigrant populations by:
History has taught us that people who step up can make a difference. We hope you will join us.
Embracing the Gospel value of welcoming the stranger, CLINIC promotes the dignity and protects the rights of immigrants in partnership with a dedicated network of Catholic and community legal immigration programs. We are based out of Silver Spring, Maryland (Washington, D.C. metropolitan area), with an office in Oakland, California, and additional staff working from locations throughout the country. Questions and inquiries can be sent to national@cliniclegal.org.
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