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IMMIGRATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT
The Need
Local nonprofit immigration service providers need to develop and share best
practices in program management, advocacy, and fundraising.
CLINIC's Response
The Immigration Management Project provides training to the executive directors and
immigration program directors of more than 260 nonprofit immigration programs.
Local immigration service providers, including Catholic Charities, are challenged both
by the number of newcomers needing assistance and by the complexity of their
cases. The Immigration Management Project (IMP) helps these providers to upgrade
their program management, advocacy and fundraising skills in order to meet those
challenges.
CLINIC partnered with Immigration and Refugee Services of American (IRSA) and
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS) to establish the IMP in 1998. The
IMP was first funded by the Ford Foundation, and is currently funded by the Open
Society Institute and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
In 2007, CLINIC convened local, regional and national partner organizations, including
the Catholic Charities of Colorado Springs, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service,
The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Catholic Charities of
Dallas, Episcopal Migration Ministries, the National Immigrant Justice Center, Justice for
Our Neighbors, and ASISTA to write a new IMP training manual.
This current manual, entitled “Managing an Immigration Program: Steps for Creating
and Increasing Legal Capacity,” is based on best practices used by many of the
country's most experienced nonprofit immigration programs and managers. The
training curriculum covers program design, case selection criteria, case management
systems, fee schedules, alternative funding sources, financial controls, marketing,
staff training, BIA agency recognition and staff accreditation, and legal representation
ethics.
The Need
Local nonprofit immigration service providers need to develop and share best
practices in program management, advocacy, and fundraising.
CLINIC's Response
The Immigration Management Project provides training to the executive directors and
immigration program directors of more than 260 nonprofit immigration programs.
Local immigration service providers, including Catholic Charities, are challenged both
by the number of newcomers needing assistance and by the complexity of their
cases. The Immigration Management Project (IMP) helps these providers to upgrade
their program management, advocacy and fundraising skills in order to meet those
challenges.
CLINIC partnered with Immigration and Refugee Services of American (IRSA) and
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS) to establish the IMP in 1998. The
IMP was first funded by the Ford Foundation, and is currently funded by the Open
Society Institute and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
In 2007, CLINIC convened local, regional and national partner organizations, including
the Catholic Charities of Colorado Springs, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service,
The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Catholic Charities of
Dallas, Episcopal Migration Ministries, the National Immigrant Justice Center, Justice for
Our Neighbors, and ASISTA to write a new IMP training manual.
This current manual, entitled “Managing an Immigration Program: Steps for Creating
and Increasing Legal Capacity,” is based on best practices used by many of the
country's most experienced nonprofit immigration programs and managers. The
training curriculum covers program design, case selection criteria, case management
systems, fee schedules, alternative funding sources, financial controls, marketing,
staff training, BIA agency recognition and staff accreditation, and legal representation
ethics.
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(202) 635-5810
Suite 150
Washington, DC 20017
202.635.2556
202.635.2649 fax
media inquiries:
e-mail me
(202) 635-5810
© Paula Endo
"The Managing for Success training was very
useful, especially as it concerned the
mechanics of creating procedures and
running a program."
-Linda Sherif, Staff Attorney, American Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee, San
Francisco, California
useful, especially as it concerned the
mechanics of creating procedures and
running a program."
-Linda Sherif, Staff Attorney, American Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee, San
Francisco, California
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