KIND’s Social Services team helps children and families globally, adjust to a new country, language, home, and community, and works to address the traumas during their journey to safety. We have connected thousands of clients – and their families– with essential medical care, mental health care, educational opportunities, and crisis intervention to ensure their well-being and safety.
The coordinators focus on targeting clients’ non-legal needs while simultaneously mentoring attorneys to ensure their work is inclusive of trauma-informed and child sensitive practices. By supporting client’s overall well-being and connecting them with resources in their communities, the impact of our interdisciplinary model extends well after KIND’s work with the child ends.
Helping Unaccompanied Children Adjust to Life in the United States Unaccompanied children around the world are searching for safety, fleeing violence and persecution from which their governments cannot protect them. No matter what their country of origin or reason for migration, these children need our help to pursue a safer future. What We Do Our […]
Read MoreThe majority of KIND clients have endured trauma during their journey to safety. Our coordinators work within the community to ensure each child has access to counseling services.
Play therapy is a therapeutic approach using play to help clients better process their experiences and develop more effective strategies for managing their worlds.
Our coordinators work within the community to ensure our clients have access to the mental and health services they need.
Our coordinators work with our clients to ensure they are enrolled in school.
Many of our clients need help finding and applying for jobs. Our coordinators connect clients with community organizations to help with interviews and job placements.
KIND’s Social Service Coordinators (SSCs) help children adjust to a life in the United States, including a new language, home, and community, and to address the trauma that most experienced before they came.
We have connected children with medical and mental health care, educational opportunities, and play therapy, to name a few.
Helping children deal with the trauma they suffered in their home country, on their journey, or in the United States facilitates healing so they can start to enjoy a childhood many have never had, perform well in school, and maintain healthy relationships.
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