Tools for advocates

Here's a round-up of recent reports, websites, and other resources that you might find useful in your work on behalf children and families:

• Better Schools Manual, from the Education Equity Project, is an easy-to-use guide for filing and following up on Williams complaints (a tool that helps parents and other advocates get problems fixed at schools).
  
  
• A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States, from the Pew Hispanic Center, finds that about 10% of California K-12 students are the children of undocumented immigrants. Also finds that nearly three-fourths of the children of undocumented immigrants are U.S.-born citizens -- and a third of the children of undocumented immigrants live in poverty.
  
  
• Foreclosure-Response.org, from the Center for Housing Policy and other organizations, provides information on state and local policy solutions related to foreclosure prevention and neighborhood stabilization.
  
  
• Unemployment LifeLine, from Working America, is a guide that links workers to the resources in their area, from unemployment offices to veterans' services to child care. It also offers the opportunity to talk to others and share support.
  
  
• LEARN WorkFamily, from the Labor Project for Working Families, is an online labor education and resource network to help unions build a family friendly workplace culture.