Central American Refugee and Migrant Children and Families Seeking Protection in the United States: Updated Recommendations for Philanthropic Response

These funding recommendations cover a broad range of options for funders seeking to respond to the Central American unaccompanied minors crisis. Areas for immediate and ongong response include:

• Responding to immigraiton enforcement;
• Legal representation and resources;
• Health, education, and other integration services;
• Support for re-integration work in the countries of origin;
• Communications, polling, and message testing;
• Policy advocacy;
• Monitoring and evaluation; and
• Research and replication of successful and innovative models developed in response to the increase in migrant arrivals.