Trauma-Informed Care
Professional organizations are creating specialty specific or regional toolkits to help providers deliver safe and trauma-informed care to patients in a variety of settings. You can explore some of these below; please use the "contact us" form to share other toolkits you find helpful.
Immigrant Health Toolkits
Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association
Immigration Enforcement Guidance & Resource for Physicians →
Health & Law Immigrant Solidarity Network →
Best practices for healthcare centers to support immigrant patients.
Healthy Harbors for All Californians: Addressing Health Consequences of Immigration →
Updated September 2025. Courtesy of familydocs.org.
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Immigrant Resources in San Francisco Response and Referral Toolkit →
Helpful resources for providers in San Francisco.
PHR & NILC: Health Care and U.S. Immigration Enforcement: What Providers Need to Know →
Guidance for healthcare providers to support immigrant patients.
Supporting Mental Health
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
Immigration and Refugees Resources, Articles, and Podcasts →
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
CAMFT Advocates with Homeland Security on MFT Scope of Practice →
Children's Psychological Health Center →
Healing and Resilience: An Activity Book for Latino Children Impacted by Deportation →
This is a guided activity book for children who have experienced or who are currently experiencing the threat of having one of their parents or other adults who take care of them deported from the United States. The activity book is also for children whose parents or caregivers have been held in a detention center or actually deported from the United States.
CLASP | Immigrant Mental Health Resources →
This page consolidates resources from CLASP and partners on immigrant mental health in the U.S. These include fact sheets, reports, and resources for advocates, immigrants, practitioners, and policymakers.
Coalition of Immigrant Mental Health →
In response to the anti-immigrant social-political climate, the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health (CIMH) was created in 2016 by community activists, educators, immigrants, and practitioners. From its inception, CIMH has been a coalition-building effort, working to build the collective capacity within Illinois to promote the well-being and mental health needs of all immigrants and refugees directly impacted by evolving immigration policies and practices.
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Latinx Therapists Action Network →
The Latinx Therapists Action Network is a national network and online platform centering the healing of Latinx migrant peoples and movements. If you are a mental health professional, student or educator and interested in joining their network please share your information with them on their website and they will send you more info.
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The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Children with Traumatic Separation: Information for Professionals →
National Library of Medicine
The Distress of Citizen-Children with Detained and Deported Parents →
Across the three groups the authors found elevated levels of distress, and differences between children who had experienced a parent's detention or deportation and those who had not. They discuss findings in the context of children's clinical needs, future research, and implications for immigration enforcement policy and practices.
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La Linterna: Clinical model for trauma-exposed, migrant children →
La Linterna is an interdisciplinary clinical initiative providing trauma-informed primary care, mental health treatment, immigration legal counsel, and comprehensive case management to children (and their families) exposed to adversities throughout the migration process. Described as the process of implementing an interdisciplinary, trauma-informed practice to meet the medical, mental health, social care needs of this uniquely vulnerable patient population (payment for access is required).
Psychological First Aid for Displaced Children and Families →
A set of tools to assist staff in supporting displaced children and families through early transitions. Because each child and family comes with their own experiences and circumstances, it is important to tailor your interactions to meet their unique needs. Practice cultural competency and humility in every interaction (learn about cultural norms and the political, historical context from which the children and families came).