Supporting Immigrant Providers and Families in Care Settings

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a program that exists in the broader context of care settings. Humans come to the settings and humans provide the services in the settings, including healthy CACFP meals. Many of the humans in these settings, whether it's staff, providers, or the families themselves, are immigrants.

This year, the Presidential Administration has issued a number of Executive Orders and has since taken actions to make our communities feel fearful and at risk, targeting our immigrant populations.

Here are some resources that might help the communities as we navigate these times. They aren't CACFP-specific, but like we know, CACFP doesn't exist in a vacuum.

• Rapid Response Resources - Children Thrive Action Network

• A Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs | CLASP

• FAQs on Nonprofit and Small Business Rights with Respect to Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - Public Counsel

• 2025-Subpoenas-Warrants_.pdf

• Children Thrive Action Network Sign-Up Form

• Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) | CLASP

• Education for All: Defending the right of all kids to learn

• Protected-Areas-Policies-Undermines-Safety-for-All-.pdf

• ICE Releases Memo on Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas

• Immigration Policy’s Harmful Impacts on Early Care and Education | CLASP

• 2018_ourchildrensfears.pdf

• Taking Action to Support Immigrant Families and & HBCC Providers and Caregivers

• Resources for Immigrant Families and Home-Based Child Care Providers and Caregivers

If you have or know of other resources you can share with our community members, email me: samantha@cacfproundtable.org. Let's help each other support our communities.

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