Each Step Home is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the damage caused by cruel and negligent treatment arising from American immigration policy. Our work is wide-ranging and evolves to meet the needs of children and families whose lives are dramatically shaped by our country’s constantly shifting immigration policies. We support and protect children and families whose mental and physical wellbeing is being threatened by an inhumane immigration system. We empower families by providing critical information and resources, connecting children with family caregivers, assisting with access to medical and psychological treatment, and helping them to make difficult decisions about immigration, sponsorship, and care. We advocate for families by advising lawmakers on the consequences of current policies and the changes required to safeguard the mental and physical wellbeing of children fleeing violence.We do this work in partnership with community and national civil rights organizations. We educate the public about current and past U.S. immigration policies and their impact on vulnerable children and families fleeing violence. In partnership with research centers and universities, we create data-driven media, articles, and presentations.

But before any of that, when we see children separated and thrown into detention centers we do whatever is necessary to get children released from government custody and back to the families who love them. We get them out. And then we hold their hand, each step home.

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