Visit the State's website for the Emergency Planning Guide for Families made by the Office of Attorney General. Click to view the guides in English, Kreyòl Ayisyen (Haitian Creole), Español, and Português.
The guide explains care and custody options, such as:
- caregiver authorization
- temporary agent authorization
- guardianship of a minor.
The guide explains the process for setting up each arrangement. It also has a checklist of documents that should be available to the child and their caregivers when needed.
CIRC can offer KYR trainings at your organization, business, school, place of worship, apartment building, etc.
Contact the CIRC Office at 617-349-4396 or CIRC@Cambridgema.gov at least three weeks before a KYR Training. Let us know your proposed location, desired date(s) and time for the training (allow at least 1.5 hours).
Your host site should be large enough for your intended audience. It should have a projector, screen and laptop for use by the trainer. The host site should be accessible to persons with disabilities. A contact from the host organization must be present during the event. If the training is during the evening, the host should consider providing food and childcare. CIRC will arrange for the trainer, provide outreach materials and “Red Cards.” CIRC can also provide a .pdf of an event poster for use by the host organization.
Immigration officials use a "public charge test" to decide if a person can enter the U.S. or get a green card. Officials look at a person's income, employment, health, education, skills, and family situation. They can see whether a sponsor signed a contract, called “affidavit of support” promising to support the person. Officials can also look at whether a person has used specific benefit programs.
Note: The public charge test does not apply to green card holders who are applying for U.S. citizenship.
Check the Protecting Immigrant Families website website for updates about changes to immigration policies.Click here to learn more on how to navigate the Public Charge Rule change.
Click here for the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) webpage with localinformation and resources.
Contact the Cambridge Police Department’s Office of the Legal Advisor. Contact Legal Advisor James Mulcahy at jmulcahy@cambridgepolice.org or (617) 349-3344.