12/18/2023
This well-prepared episode of This American Life showcases many compelling stories and haunting, and at times playful, voices from these migrants and asylum-seeking youth and families. This podcast anonymously and indirectly discusses the CCMH program's response to the growing migrant crisis.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/818/stand-clear-of-the-closing-doors
At the start of Act Four: "The New Kids," you can hear a brief description of how a school counselor reached out to CCMH after several migrant students were sent to his school and how two of our CCMH went to the school and provided group counseling for 11 weekly sessions.
New York City has scrambled to try and provide shelter and services to over 150,000 migrants. We take a look at how that’s going.
