English Learner Family & Parent Liaison Resources by Christy Osborne

Oakland Schools Social Workers Wakelet of Health Resources

kelseywitt — 2024-11-11 20:00:15 UTC

Nurse on Call (Oakland County)

kelseywitt — 2024-11-11 20:05:17 UTC

800-848-5533

Immigrants, Refugees and Schools website

kelseywitt — 2024-11-11 20:05:53 UTC

https://www.immigrantsrefugeesandschools.org/resources

Newcomer Padlet

kelseywitt — 2024-11-11 20:06:10 UTC

Oakland80

kelseywitt — 2024-11-11 20:08:19 UTC

Support for young adults with high school degree or equivalent to have support with career pathways, career counseling, and connections with higher education, training, and to overcome obstacles to training or jobs.

Michigan Works! (Oakland County)

kelseywitt — 2024-11-11 20:09:05 UTC

MiWORKS! SIIP & Rain programs slide overview

kelseywitt — 2024-11-11 20:10:12 UTC

SIIP and RAIN programs specifically for refugee and immigrant individuals who hold advanced degree/training to help find work in their field here in the US

Request help for MiWorks SIIP or RAIN program

kelseywitt — 2024-11-11 20:10:34 UTC

Switchboard

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:15:26 UTC

SupportEd Webinars

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:15:45 UTC

Colorin Colorado: Families

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:16:42 UTC

Family Engagement: Colorin Colorado

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:17:13 UTC

Newcomer Educator Network (statewide)

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:17:55 UTC

EL Family Toolkit (Dpt of Education)

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:18:30 UTC

also an app for families

Welcoming America

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:18:57 UTC

Multilingual Featured Author Series 2024-25

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:20:28 UTC

Saadia Faruqi 12/4/24

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:20:55 UTC

https://secure.smore.com/n/caqy1t

Supriya Kelkar 1/21/25

kelseywitt — 2024-11-12 00:21:28 UTC

https://secure.smore.com/n/caqy1t

Oakland Schools: Social Workers Newsletter (Wakelet)

kelseywitt — 2024-11-16 01:27:31 UTC

Nov 2024 SSW Wakelet

kelseywitt — 2024-11-16 01:28:19 UTC

2024-11-18 14:02:17 UTC

Afghan Arrivals

2024-11-18 14:07:27 UTC

Adult Ed in Westland

2024-11-18 14:09:22 UTC

2024-11-18 14:11:46 UTC

Help Me Grow Phone # (Care Coordinators)

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 14:36:18 UTC

one phone number to call for any early childhood needs 844-456-5437

Flavia's Slides OS GSC

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 14:36:41 UTC

What is PTSD

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 14:37:57 UTC

Childhood Trauma

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 14:38:11 UTC

Resettlment & Mental Health

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 14:38:30 UTC

Interpreter, Translator, Bilingual Staff OS Guidance Document

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 14:39:44 UTC

bit.ly/GSCMaterials

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 14:58:04 UTC

sing say point play materials - placemats!, domains of wellness cards,

GSC Domains of Wellness

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 15:00:08 UTC

Getting Ready for Kindergarten

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 15:02:27 UTC

Great Start Collaborative

Bright by Text

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 15:06:16 UTC

developmental tips for parenting

text: "greatstart" to 274448 (pregnancy thru 10). English, Spanish, Arabic

Education in Michigan ppt

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 15:06:23 UTC

Ask Kelsey (kelsey.witt@oakland.k12.mi.us) for translated ppts (Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Spanish, Ukrainian)

link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1onmgaG64liTcRFoPS15qqQdmp3J-N5jV/view?usp=sharing

School in Michigan Flyer

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 15:07:16 UTC

go here for translated flyers: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wnVTVZUnypR7ojVwHMHQInrR4qSxzOao?usp=sharing

Flavia Maccio - Great Start Collaborative Coordinator Oakland County

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 15:12:35 UTC

flavia.maccio@oakland.k12.mi.us

Great Start Collaborative Oakland

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 15:13:41 UTC

Oakland Literacy Council

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 15:18:38 UTC

Oakland Literacy Council Slides

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 16:01:19 UTC

slide 9 has QR code for how to sign up!

Adult ESL Programs

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 16:02:06 UTC

Rochester School district adult ed

Troy School district continuing education programs

Siena Literacy

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 16:03:35 UTC

Wayne/ Detroit

International Resources

2024-11-18 16:17:16 UTC

Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC)

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 18:33:09 UTC

for legal support

Temporary Protected Status (USCIS)

kelseywitt — 2024-11-18 18:33:39 UTC

Cultural Orientation Resources

kelseywitt — 2024-11-22 15:09:04 UTC

Cultural Orientation Resource Center – Learn about refugee backgrounds and culture profiles (includes Iraq, Syria, Congo, Hmong & more), and cultural orientation resources for refugees

Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights

kelseywitt — 2024-12-09 18:47:25 UTC

Resources in Arabic, Bangla, English, French, and Spanish.

What can noncitizens do now to prepare for the Trump administration?

kelseywitt — 2024-12-09 18:47:42 UTC

Safety and Security in Polarized Political Environments

kelseywitt — 2024-12-09 18:48:10 UTC

Switchboard

USA Hello immigrant policy resource guide

kelseywitt — 2024-12-09 18:48:48 UTC

will be updated as policies are enacted

Impact of Immigration & Immigrant Rights on Schools (info & resources by role)

kelseywitt — 2024-12-12 19:19:45 UTC

Educator's Guide: Working with Refugee Youth & their Families

kelseywitt — 2024-12-12 19:20:26 UTC

Oakland County Resources Hub

kelseywitt — 2024-12-13 13:00:01 UTC

health care, mental health, other topics

Michigan Muslim Mental health Directory

kelseywitt — 2024-12-13 13:01:31 UTC

Raising a Girl: Handbook for Newcomer Mothers & Daughters

kelseywitt — 2024-12-13 13:17:01 UTC

Switchboard resource

The Healthy Bodies Toolkit (VUMC)

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:17:18 UTC

This resource is focused for children with disabilities, but it has simple language and translations.

Sexual Health & Puberty

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:19:18 UTC

From Refugee.org

Puberty: A Guide for Parents (Children's hospital of orange county)

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:20:07 UTC

In English and Spanish

The Art of Parenting (training course by UNICEF)

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:20:34 UTC

Raising Teens in a New Country

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:21:00 UTC

brycs.org

Univ. of Michigan: Positive Discipline for Children

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:23:25 UTC

Appropriate School Behaviors

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:23:48 UTC

US Department of Ed: Family Engagement Learning Series

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:24:31 UTC

Harrisburg's International Student's Guide to American Culture & Etiquette

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:25:56 UTC

Acculturation in Adolescence

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:26:20 UTC

American Academy of Pediatrics: Parents' Guide to Well-Visits with Pediatrician

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:27:14 UTC

Learning & Thinking about Differences

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:29:14 UTC

Understood.org (ADHD, dyslexia, others)

MDE's Special Education webpage

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:29:48 UTC

Schedule of Well Visits for Pediatrics

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:30:37 UTC

Medicaid for Children / Immigrant (new 2022)

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:35:00 UTC

MIRC's guidance for health care for Immigrants (older resource, 2013)

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:35:50 UTC

Health care coverage for lawfully present immigrants overview

kelseywitt — 2025-02-05 14:37:01 UTC

Abriendo Puertas / Opening Doors - free parenting videos (ages 0-5)

kelseywitt — 2025-02-18 14:41:48 UTC

How Undocumented Students can apply to college

kelseywitt — 2025-02-18 14:42:33 UTC

Michigan data on immigrant students in college and beyond

kelseywitt — 2025-02-18 14:43:02 UTC

Adaptive Recreation Resource Guide (Oakland County winter 2025)

kelseywitt — 2025-02-18 14:44:43 UTC

Oakland County Resources

kelseywitt — 2025-02-18 14:45:09 UTC

Samaritas Refugee School Impact Program

kelseywitt — 2025-02-26 01:31:22 UTC

Shared with the network on 2/25/25

Strangers No Longer

kelseywitt — 2025-02-26 01:31:57 UTC

shared with network on 2/25/25

DACA (information from the AFT)

kelseywitt — 2025-03-31 19:53:22 UTC

Oakland County Mental Health School Navigators

kelseywitt — 2025-04-09 12:37:31 UTC

You can use the Oakland County Mental Health School Navigator. Their job is to help families navigate this process. Just email SchoolNavigator@oaklandchn.org and provide the parent's contact information and they will reach out to the parent.

Samaritas School Impact Program for Refugees

kelseywitt — 2025-04-09 15:49:35 UTC

contact Rawan Alramahi (RAlra@samaritas.org), she can support connecting family/educator with a Samaritas school liaison. Will help do referrals if family/student is not eligible.

FindHelp.org

kelseywitt — 2025-04-16 16:16:31 UTC

search by zip code and need, make sure to check the date of the resource you're looking at to verify it is recent/relevant still.

Red Cross Restoring Families

kelseywitt — 2025-04-16 18:24:43 UTC

Leann.leriematta@redcross.org - Red Cross Restoring Family Links reuniting families through FREE Red Cross searches throughout the world using secure, private, safe Red Cross resources and data management not shared with other agencies. Please refer your clients to me if they express they cannot reach a loved one; we will assist them

Oakland Thrive

kelseywitt — 2025-04-16 18:25:37 UTC

supports small business and helps them with services like IT, advertising etc. non profit organization.

Immigration & Refugee Resettlement 101

kelseywitt — 2025-04-16 19:19:02 UTC

Guide to Vehicle Ownership

kelseywitt — 2025-04-16 19:19:34 UTC

US Dept. of Ed Newcomer Toolkit

kelseywitt — 2025-04-24 17:02:22 UTC

Ch 5 is family engagement

tinyurl.fecdirectory

kelseywitt — 2025-04-28 13:24:31 UTC

Oakland Schools' Family Engagement Collaborative Directory

Culturally Responsive Family Engagement with Immigrant Families: webinar

kelseywitt — 2025-05-05 17:32:59 UTC

Hosted by Stronger Together

MDE's Family Engagement resources

kelseywitt — 2025-05-05 19:11:42 UTC

WIDA Family Engagement Resources

kelseywitt — 2025-05-05 19:12:05 UTC

National Association family/school/community engagement credential program

kelseywitt — 2025-05-05 19:13:02 UTC

Project Zero Visible Thinking Routines

kelseywitt — 2025-05-05 19:27:42 UTC

Project Zero Visible Thinking Routines

kelseywitt — 2025-05-05 19:28:00 UTC

Welcoming Week

kelseywitt — 2025-05-05 19:31:31 UTC

Welcoming America's toolkit and resources (September)

Michigan Language Access rights

kelseywitt — 2025-05-19 12:41:08 UTC

Recording of presentation for language access rights in Michigan, Handout about Michigan's language access law, I Speak booklet

WIDA Mapping Community Assets tool

kelseywitt — 2025-09-10 19:26:15 UTC

WIDA's Family Questions in multiple languages

kelseywitt — 2025-09-10 19:26:38 UTC

Centering Voices (WIDA)

kelseywitt — 2025-09-10 19:28:06 UTC

What does meaningful engagement looks like directly from multilingual learners, families, community members and educators?

Gathering Community Information (WIDA)

kelseywitt — 2025-09-10 19:28:53 UTC

Educators can use this tool as a guide to (a) gather community information; (b) reflect on what they are learning about the multilingual learners they serve, along with their families and communities; and (c) use what they learn in the classroom environment and instruction.

Monthly Coffee Chats (WIDA)

kelseywitt — 2025-09-10 19:30:35 UTC

This resource offers guidance for starting and sustaining monthly coffee chats with families of multilingual learners. Educators can use the information to get started with coffee chats in their context or to reflect on similar activities they already do. This resource was created in collaboration with Pushpanjali Sengupta, Multilingual Facilitator and WIDA Fellow, who has developed and implemented coffee chats in her district. These coffee chats have been instrumental for building trust with multilingual families in her context.

Stress vs. Anxiety

kelseywitt — 2025-10-10 15:31:52 UTC

Helping Someone in Distress

kelseywitt — 2025-10-10 15:32:22 UTC

Helping Children and Teens cope with traumatic events

kelseywitt — 2025-10-10 15:32:43 UTC

Skilled Immigrant Inclusion Program (SIIP)

kelseywitt — 2025-10-17 01:01:20 UTC

MichiganWorks! Refugee & Immigrant Navigator (RAIN)

kelseywitt — 2025-10-17 01:01:54 UTC

MichiganWorks! slides from 10-16-25

kelseywitt — 2025-10-17 15:12:16 UTC

Family Emergency Plans (any occassion)

kelseywitt — 2025-10-23 15:54:41 UTC

Preparing your Family for Immigration Enforcement (7 languages) - MIRC

kelseywitt — 2025-10-23 15:55:04 UTC

Food Banks (Fall 2025)

kelseywitt — 2025-10-31 15:42:12 UTC

Closet / Family Help

kelseywitt — 2025-10-31 15:43:25 UTC

The Oakland County Foster Closet is AMAZING! You can access the Agency Referral Form Here. In addition to children in foster care, they provide resources for low-income families

Michigan Immigrant Rights Center: Policy Updates running document

kelseywitt — 2026-01-05 18:07:29 UTC

Information about food stamps and health care benefits for Michigan Non-Citizens: how federal changes are impacting these benefits

kelseywitt — 2026-01-05 18:08:28 UTC

Recent Federal Policy impact on Non-Citizen benefits in michigan (SNAP/Medicaid)

kelseywitt — 2026-01-05 18:09:19 UTC

Zoom Family / Activities

kelseywitt — 2026-01-23 15:00:06 UTC

For Kids: What to do if you're worried about ICE

kelseywitt — 2026-01-23 15:00:41 UTC

Mental Health Resource List

kelseywitt — 2026-01-23 15:03:07 UTC

Chaldean Community Foundation

kelseywitt — 2026-01-23 20:01:46 UTC

La Casa Amiga (Pontiac)

kelseywitt — 2026-01-23 20:02:23 UTC

Centro Multicultural La Familia (Pontiac)

kelseywitt — 2026-01-23 20:02:52 UTC

ACA (Chinese & AAPI)Cultural Center (Madison Heights)

kelseywitt — 2026-01-23 20:03:52 UTC

Talking with Children about What's Going on in the World (8 Tips)

kelseywitt — 2026-01-26 15:38:48 UTC

Slides for Caregivers

Talking with Children about What's going on the world resource list

kelseywitt — 2026-01-26 15:39:39 UTC

Resources for Caregivers

Getting started with the Seal

kelseywitt — 2026-02-24 15:34:36 UTC

Seal of Biliteracy Guidance

kelseywitt — 2026-02-24 15:34:47 UTC

Immigrant Youth Mentoring

kelseywitt — 2026-02-24 15:37:18 UTC

This program will launch in early 2026, if you are interested in mentoring or would like to share the opportunity with young people ages 18-26 to receive mentoring, please find details in this flyer.

How Recent Federal Changes may Impact Non-Citizens in Michigan

kelseywitt — 2026-02-24 15:38:37 UTC

Organizations from the Protecting Immigrant Families – Michigan coalition (PIF-MI) have compiled this resource on how and when changes will impact immigrant and refugee access to public benefits in Michigan. This resource will be updated as information becomes available, so check back often to make sure you have the latest version. This includes information around SNAP/EBT Benefits and Health Insurance Benefits.

MSU Extension

kelseywitt — 2026-02-24 15:41:29 UTC

Many online classes and programs for adults and children

Template to make your own summer activities powerpoint for families

2026-04-28 14:25:35 UTC

You will make a forced copy of the google slide deck to edit with local resources and opportunities most relevant to your families

CAFE - supporting those impacted by ICE

kelseywitt — 2026-05-05 12:31:58 UTC

CAFE has a 24 hour bilingual Spanish hotline phone number to provide supports for families impacted by ICE actions. Oakland County based non profit organization.

248-340-3775

2-1-1 Michigan Newcomer Resources

kelseywitt — 2026-05-05 12:33:17 UTC

https://mi211.org/newcomers

text your zip code to 898-211

Call 2-1-1