This course is unique to the field of immigration services and is being presented for the first time. The curriculum contains vital information of interest to executive directors and program directors providing immigration legal services in addition to funders interested in supporting immigration. The four-week course identifies complex human needs created by global migration and how U.S.-based nonprofit immigration legal programs respond to such needs with varying services delivery models, legal and otherwise.  The course reveals the wealth of data immigration programs collect about their services and client outcomes.  Different program evaluation methods are presented that can be tailored to fit any immigration program’s desire to improve its practices.   Examples are shared as to how day-to-day data points can be turned into compelling stories about immigration successes locally and nationally in order to gain more stakeholder support and community donations. For a detailed course outline, including the dates and times of the live webinars, click here. This is a detailed look into a nonprofit immigration legal program’s service delivery models and data collection habits revealing how legal services effectively responds to global migration needs strengthening families, local communities and the United States. This course is appropriate for executive directors, program managers, immigration legal representatives, policy advocates and community organizers from a wide range of nonprofit settings.  Funders of immigration services will also benefit from this course as it will reveal the many ways in which philanthropic donations are wisely invested in the U.S.’ ongoing, successful immigrant integration story.

About the Course:
The trainers for this course are members of CLINIC’s Capacity Building section: Jeff Chenoweth (Section Director); Laura Burdick, Nathaly Perez, and Leya Speasmaker (Field Support Coordinators); and Rommel Calderwood (Project Coordinator).  For questions about the course content, please contact Jeff Chenoweth at jchenoweth@cliniclegal.org. The course starts on October 20 at 2:00 pm (Eastern) and will be held each subsequent Thursday ending November 3 for a total of four, 90-minute sessions. Once you receive your user name and password, you may participate in a variety of activities for self-directed learning, including reading assignments, sample materials to review, and quizzes.  The course will be interactive, with opportunities for online and real-time discussion among students, and between students and instructors.  Although we encourage participants to attend the live webinars each week, each 90-minute presentation and discussion time will be recorded so students may listen to archived sessions and still complete the course. Course participants will receive a course completion certificate if they (a) attend or view recordings of the weekly course webinar and (b) complete each weekly course quiz.   You have up to two weeks after the last live webinar in the course to meet these requirements.

Registration:
Click here to register. The course is for staff of community-based organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status.  Your registration will be confirmed.  All registration changes or cancellations are subject to an administrative charge of $70.00.  Please note that CLINIC can only issue refunds for an e-learning course until one week prior to the first day of the training. Please provide the full name and a working email address for each individual taking this course.  We will communicate with each registrant via email only, so it is very important that we have the correct name and email address for each registrant listed on the registration form. The deadline for registration is October 13. For registration information contact Jon Braswell at jcbraswell@cliniclegal.org.