CIMH Resources

#LetsTalkFacts Toolkit

We need your help to spread the message! This Let’s Talk Facts Social Media Toolkit gives you everything you need to join this initiative. Inside, you’ll find:

  • Ready-to-share graphics for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bluesky, etc.

  • Sample social media posts to help you craft your message for #LetsTalkFacts and donations

  • Best practices for using #LetsTalkFacts to engage your community.

Our team is another resource as you reach out to your communities, and we are here to support you! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us: info@ourcimh.org.

Together, we can amplify truth. Let’s talk facts–will you join us?

Policy Reports

  • Winter 2024

    Policy and Advocacy Workgroup Updates. Debunking Common Misconceptions about Immigrant Communities.

  • Winter / Spring 2024

    Policy and Advocacy Workgroup Updates. Updates on USCIS Filing Fees, Federal bills and related policy reports and advocacy tools are also provided.

  • Summer / September 2023

    Policy and Advocacy Workgroup Updates. Updates on TPS, DACA, and the IL Migrant Reception Plan are provided.

  • May / June 2023

    Policy Workgroup Updates: IL HB3882 License and state ID bill, HB2866 Temp Worker Fairness and Safety Act, IL Action Alert: Pausing enrollment on Health Benefit for Immigrant Adult (HBIA, and more.

  • April 2023

    Policy Workgroup Updates: IL HB 3882, HB 2719, New Way Forward Act (HR 2374), Immigrants Mental Health Act (HR 2480) and Asylum & DACA Updates

  • February 2023

    Policy Workgroup Updates: Public Charge, Title 42 & Transit Ban, and the Afghan Humanitarian Parole Program

  • January 2023

    Policy Workgroup Updates: Public Charge, Title 42 & Transit Ban, USCIS Application Fees, and The Welcome Corp.

Free Online Course –

Free Online Course –

Reimaging Mental Health Support for Migrants

This course is designed for non-mental health providers and focuses on the foundational level of mental health training.

A comprehensive online course that CIMH created in partnership with Anne and Robert L Hurie Children’s Hospital and the University of Chicago Crown Family School. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) funded this project.

Support for Immigrant Youth and Families in Illinois

Developed by CIMH and Lurie Children’s Hospital’s Center for Childhood Resilience, this updated resource packet offers critical support for immigrant, refugee, migrant, asylum-seeking, and other newly arriving families during a time of heightened uncertainty.

The packet includes information on available benefits regardless of immigration status, strategies for professionals working with immigrant youth, guidance for parents and caregivers, and key crisis resources.