Partner Toolkit

Federal Budget “Reconciliation”

As part of this year’s budget debate, Congress is considering legislation threatening health and social services for immigrant families. Proposals would put benefits further out of reach, impose new restrictions on eligibility rules, and punish states and localities that welcome immigrants. Learn more and take action using the resources on our reconciliation page.

Advocates’ Checklist

In anticipation of a year full of attacks by anti-immigrant and anti-safety net politicians, we’ve compiled a checklist of actions that you, your colleagues, and your coalitions can take right now to prepare. These resources are applicable at the local, state, and national level, using examples and resources to fortify your advocacy. We encourage you to treat this as a “menu” of tactics to strengthen your community’s protections for immigrant families.

The checklist is available in English and Spanish. Many thanks to Andrea Kovach of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law for sharing her great content to create much of this checklist, as well as PIF’s State Policy Working Group, which reviewed and added to the document.

We consider this a living document, so we invite you to contribute! You can add comments into the document directly. If you have actions, examples, or resources that you feel should be included, please send them to alicia@pifcoalition.org.

Trump Public Charge Talking Points and Social Samples

Advocates have raised concerns that Trump’s return to power could result in the return of the 2019 public charge policy or similar restrictions. We worked with our Community Education WG members to develop talking points available in English, Spanish, and simplified Chinese. If you use them, we would love to hear how they worked – please share your experience with Alicia Wilson and Ed Walz of the PIF team.

We’ve also prepared some simple social media samples to help you get the word out. This document includes both sample captions and images in English and Spanish.

Negotiating a News Interview for a Family Spokesperson

The Finding Common Ground resource is a guide to negotiating a news interview with a family spokesperson. We are grateful to PIF’s Communications Working Group and Community Education Working Group for their partnership in developing the guide.

Biden Public Charge Final Regulation Toolkit

Updated December 2023

These resources are intended to make it easier for partners to conduct community outreach or advocacy activities. PIF may be able to provide additional support. To learn more or discuss further, please contact pif@pifcoalition.org.