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Immigration resources: Help for children and families

Resources for children and families

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) provides information on immigration issues impacting minors and families.

Make a family preparedness plan. View the guide: English version | Spanish version.

Ask an adult relative or friend to fill out a Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit (CAA) to help them enroll your children in school and make medical decisions for them if you are detained and separated from your children. Learn more about CAAs and get a link to a CAA form your friend or relative can fill out. Keep in mind that if the adult who will take care of your children is not a relative, the CAA only gives them the right to make school-related medical decisions.

Complete an informal consent document to give someone the ability to care for your children. You can use the form Consent for minor child to live with a non-parent to create this informal consent document. This form includes a "nomination of probate guardian" that lets a court know that you choose that person to be your child's guardian, if necessary. You do not have to use this form, but you may need help from a lawyer or your court's self-help center if you decide to create your own document. Learn more about guardianships.

Parent Hotline to find a child in ORR care: (800) 203-7001 or text NINOS to 66467 (7 days/week, 24-hours/day), or email information@ORRNCC.com.

Resources and information for immigrant children and youth who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned by a parent