
ALL IN for Safe Schools is a California-based campaign that brings together early childhood and K-12 education non-profit leaders to support educators and providers in creating welcoming, inclusive, and affirming learning environments—especially for children in immigrant families and LGBTQ+ students.
Led by The Children’s Partnership and Californians Together, the campaign is powered by a core team of advocacy and education partners, including ACLU of Southern California, Equality California, Teach Plus California, Early Edge California, and California School-Based Health Alliance.
Our work centers four key priorities:
1. Direct support, technical assistance, and trainings to educators
2. Coordination with state leaders
3. Centralized sharing of tools and resources
4. Support for aligned policy and advocacy efforts
While our campaign responds directly to the ongoing political, economic, and cultural attacks on children in immigrant families and LGBTQ+ youth, our vision is broader. We stand in deep solidarity with multi-racial, multi-issue movements led by Black and Indigenous communities to dismantle criminalization in schools, affirm the dignity of children with disabilities, and uplift the power of multilingualism and language equity. Together, we’re building safe schools where every child feels free to learn, belong, and thrive.
Creating Safe Schools for Children in Immigrant Families
- Promoting a Safe and Secure Learning Environment for All: Guidance and Model Policies to Assist California’s K-12 Schools in Responding to Immigration Issues, California DOJ-Office of the Attorney General, December 2024.
- Guide from California to equip local educational agencies with the updated information and resources necessary to continue to provide safe, welcoming environments for all students and to safeguard the rights and privacy of students and their families.
- Supporting Immigrant Students and Families Toolkit, Los Angeles County Office of Education, 2025
- Great toolkit that includes resources and guidance for schools.
- Teach Plus AB 699 Policies Audit Guide
- Use this audit guide to review and update adopted board policies (BP) and administrative regulations (AR).
- Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff, AFT, NILC, and CLASP, May 2025
- Includes a printable, one-pager on what to do if ICE comes to your door.
- Comprehensive Guide on Immigration for Schools & Safe Zone School Resolution Guide, NEA
- The comprehensive guide on safe zones includes a model resolution.
- The Legal Authority for Sanctuary School Policies, NILC, August 2018
- Provides background on the rights of schools related to immigrant students and families, and provides guidance for creating sanctuary policies in school settings.
- CA Governor’s Webpage on Immigration & CA Families
- FAQ resource for Education Providers, NILC
- This resource provides guidance for education providers on supporting immigrant students and families and understanding their rights in the face of immigration enforcement.
- Warrants & Subpoenas: What to Look Out for and How to Respond, NILC
Creating Safe Schools for LGBTQ+ Children and Youth
- Equality California Institute’s Safe and Supportive Schools Research Center, Equality California
- The Safe and Supportive Schools Resource Center serves as a central hub for the Safe and Supportive Schools Report Card, educator resources, and efforts in combating forced outing and other policies that make schools less safe for LGBTQ+ and all students.
- LGBTQ+ Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training, Equality California
- Safe Spaces Guide for Early Childhood Providers, Updated April 2025, CLASP
- This guide provides practitioners, advocates, and policymakers with information and resources to design and implement “safe space” policies that safeguard early childhood programs against immigration enforcement.
- Guide: What to do if Immigration Comes to your Workplace, NELP and NILC
- Nonprofits Guidance-Regarding-Immigration-Enforcement, NYLPI
- FAQs on Nonprofit and Small Business Rights with Respect to Immigration Enforcement (ICE), Public Counsel
- Public Counsel provides free legal assistance to child care providers and small businesses in LA County
- Education Providers and Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights & Your Students’ Rights, NILC
- Warrants & Subpoenas: What to Look Out for and How to Respond, NILC
- The Threat of Immigration Enforcement: How Expanded Learning Can Support Students and Families, Partnership for Children and Youth, 2025
- Guide: What to do if Immigration Comes to your Workplace, NELP and NILC
- Nonprofits Guidance Regarding Immigration Enforcement, NYLPI
- FAQs on Nonprofit and Small Business Rights with Respect to Immigration Enforcement (ICE), Public Counsel
- Public Counsel provides free legal assistance to child care providers and small businesses in Los Angeles County
- Presentation: Rights of Businesses & Nonprofits when Interacting with ICE & Slides, Public Counsel
- Education Providers and Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights & Your Students’ Rights, NILC
- Warrants & Subpoenas: What to Look Out for and How to Respond, NILC
- Health Coverage Toolkit for Educators, The Children’s Partnership
- This toolkit is created for schools, ECE providers, and other child and family champions to help share information about health coverage and public benefits available to them regardless of their immigration status.
- 9-8-8 Fact Sheet for Educators, TCP & Partners
- Offering practical guidance on how schools can implement 988 as part of their suicide prevention and mental health policies and protocols.
- Healthy Mind, Healthy Future: Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families, TCP & CIPC
- The report shines a spotlight on promising programs and practices in California that demonstrate how many schools, clinics, and community-based organizations in the state are taking matters into their own hands to help mitigate the increased fear and anxiety among immigrant families.
- Legal & Mental Health Resources, Abriendo Puertas
- A comprehensive webpage that includes additional mental health resources you can share with students and their families.
- Creating connection and belonging at your school, Resource Library, Re-Imagining Migration
- A comprehensive resource collection, featuring over 500 carefully curated materials designed to transform how schools and educators approach migration, inclusion, and belonging.
- Supporting Resilience and Social-Emotional Learning, Californians Together
- Supporting Resilience and Social Emotional Learning is designed to equip educators with instructional practices to provide students a foundation in social-emotional well-being.
Immigrant Rights
- Free Legal Services in California, CDSS
- Step-by-Step Family Preparedness Plan, Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- My School My Rights website, ACLU
- Learn more about student rights and what you can do to protect your rights if your school violates them!
- What to do if you Encounter ICE, ACLU SoCal
- Red Cards, ILRC
- Public Charge Roadmap for Families, CA-PIF Coalition
LGBTQ+ Rights
- Equality Brief: Community Resources, Equality California
- Your Rights in California in Response to Recent Executive Orders, May 2025, Equality California and Partners
- Know Your Rights: Gender and Restrooms, ACLU NorCal
- Queer and Transgender Immigrant Health Brochure, CA-PIF Coalition
Health & Mental Health
- Health Coverage Factsheet 2024-2025
- Infant & Child Mental Health Resources, TCP & Partners
- Youth Mental Health Fact Sheet on Minor’s Rights to Consent, TCP & Partners
- Mental Health Resources for Undocumented People, Immigrants Rising
- Stay Connected! Sign up for updates from ALL IN
- Monitor and stay informed of existing and emerging safe school policy initiatives
- Read TCP’s Safe Schools Policy Explainer: This document will be updated regularly to include new information and advocacy opportunities related to Safe Schools policies.
- Join the national campaign Education for ALL
- Report Immigration Enforcement Actions
- Share enforcement activity in your community! When sharing details of ICE activity, it’s important to include key details to prevent spreading fear and keeping community members separated and isolated. Report to your local Rapid Response Network: California Rapid Response Networks
- The National Immigration Legal Responders Alliance (NILRA) has created a Provisional NILRA Enforcement Actions Form to capture information on enforcement actions. This form will help to map locations and permutations of raids and enforcement actions in the coming days and weeks.
- Join local efforts in your area to unite parents and educators
- Coming Soon!
- California Early Care & Education Safe Spaces Webinar
- This one-hour presentation by The Children’s Partnership & The Center for Law and Social Policy includes an overview of key components of safe spaces policies for early learning settings and steps ECE providers can take to support children in immigrant families.
- Watch the Recording: English Recording Spanish Recording
- View the Slides: Webinar Slides
- This one-hour presentation by The Children’s Partnership & The Center for Law and Social Policy includes an overview of key components of safe spaces policies for early learning settings and steps ECE providers can take to support children in immigrant families.
- Rights of Business & Nonprofits when Interacting with ICE
- In this presentation, Public Counsel cover the rights and responsibilities of nonprofits and small businesses in the event of an ICE visit to their office, business, or facility.
- Watch the Recording: English Recording
- View the Slides: Webinar Slides
- In this presentation, Public Counsel cover the rights and responsibilities of nonprofits and small businesses in the event of an ICE visit to their office, business, or facility.
Our network of educators, community leaders, advocates and lawyers offer a variety of trainings to support educators and community members across California. To view the menu of trainings available and requesting a presentation for your school district, your school or your community groups please fill out the request form below.
Email requests to Liza Davis at ldavis@childrenspartnership.org. Request form coming soon.