2022 Impact Report

2022 by the Numbers

2022 Highlights:

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• Our Executive Director Rachel was named a 2022 L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honoree! Project Libertad received a $20,000 grant to support our mission, and HBO Max produced a documentary about our work.
  
• Rachel and Board Treasurer Stella Knapp attended the 2022 Women of Worth Celebration in Los Angeles, California​, where Rachel and her fellow honorees participated in panel discussions about their impactful work. 
• ​We launched the Jóvenes Fuertes: Strong Youth Program in partnership with Immigrant Psychology Network. Jóvenes Fuertes is a culturally-responsive social-emotional learning (SEL) program created by a Latinx immigrant psychologist to support the mental health of Latinx newcomers in schools. The program is offered in collaboration with partner school districts and focuses on teaching newcomer students social and emotional skills, promoting resilience, strengthening assets, and increasing coping skills.
• We launched Juntos para Jóvenes: United for Youth, a project that provides direct case management services to newcomer immigrant youth and their families.
• ​We expanded our global footprint serving youth from around the world, including Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Haiti, Brazil, Vietnam, China, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Colombia, and more!
• 2,047 volunteer hours contributed in 2022
• ​1,006 total individuals served in 2022

Asylum Win!

In May, we celebrated an asylum approval for our deserving client!

This snap was captured at the moment when she learned the good news. Cheers to our client and a new life of safety and security!

Learn more about how we support asylum seekers through the Immigrant Children's Defense Project.

Newcomer Support Programs

Our Newcomer Support Programs served 232 students in 2022!

• My students love the time that is just their own - special - [with Project Libertad’s Newcomer Support Program,] and they often tell me how much they enjoy it. As a teacher, I see the results of their vocabulary lessons, oral practice, games, SEL lessons, community building, and self-esteem practices shown later in my classroom. There is a noticeable change in my students after attending the weekly support groups. [S]tudents report feeling safer, more connected to their peers, and having fun (which we know lowers cortisol levels in the brain and allows them to relax; learn better). Project Libertad is very needed as our population continues to grow and change in beautiful diversity…Project Libertad is essential to our learners and their families."
• -- English Language Development Teacher
  

Immigrant Children's Defense Project:

• In 2022, we represented 80 immigrant youth in 127 immigration cases!*
  
• Including: 
  
  • ​46 Asylum cases
  • 51 Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Cases 
    
  • Visas for survivors of serious crimes and human trafficking 
    
  • Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) cases 
    
  • Legal Permanent Residency (Green Card) 
    
  • And more! 

​​​*Some youth may have more than one legal case opened for them.