What we do

Our Services

We offer a range of engaging and impactful services to strengthen your team's ability to support undocumented and immigrant students.

All of our services and trainings reflect the latest immigration policy changes and are personalized to match the needs of your institution or organization.

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For campus teams

Trainings

These trainings are designed for staff and leadership at K-12 schools, colleges, graduate/professional schools, and other student-serving organizations across the U.S.

We offer the following topical trainings and can curate combinations of these sessions to meet your specific needs.

Our three-part Undocu-Ally training series is our most comprehensive training designed to support campus staff, administration, and leadership on how to effectively support undocumented students, with a focus on college and career success.

  • Federal, state, and campus policies affecting undocumented students
  • Effective strategies for advising undocumented students on access to higher education, post-graduation, and income-generating opportunities
  • Personalized consulting and recommendations for your institution to make programming and services inclusive of undocumented students

Includes pre-training and post-training surveys used to personalize the trainings to your organization's specific needs and highlight areas of knowledge gaps.

A First Gen Empower facilitator leading an Undocu-Ally Training

Our newest training on protecting students in the current political climate covers:

  • Best practices for supporting undocumented students
  • Understanding your students' rights
  • Protecting student data from immigration agencies
  • Responding to ICE on campus
A First Gen Empower training session in progress

The Career Center Trainings cover:

  • How to advise undocumented students and create career plans aligned with their goals and legal realities.
  • Income-generating opportunities without work authorization, such as entrepreneurship, freelancing, independent contracting, and worker cooperatives.
  • Career pathways that are more accessible based on state policies, licensing restrictions, and evolving opportunities like DACA or TPS.
  • Strength-based advising practices to build trust and promote long-term success.
“Bringing FGE to provide training for my team was one of the best decisions we made this year. They provided us with in-depth training on how to serve undocumented students and provided tangible takeaways after the training.”
USC Career Center staff member
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Certification

BRIDGE Certification Program

FGE, in collaboration with the Presidents’ Alliance and CUNY’s Office of Undocumented and Immigrant Student Programs, offers a nine-week, expert-led certification program that equips staff and faculty with the knowledge and tools to support undocumented students within their roles, and in turn, create an inclusive and informed campus.

What the program does:

  • Trains staff on how to make programming inclusive to undocumented students across campus.
  • Standardizes best practices and approaches for working with and developing programs for undocumented students.
  • Offers up-to-date guidance on shifting laws and policies affecting undocumented students and subsequent ways to support them.
  • Provides a certification and connects staff to a nationwide network of allies.
In collaboration with
First Gen Empower Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration CUNY Office of Undocumented and Immigrant Student Programs
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For students

Student-Facing Workshops

We provide workshops directly to students covering:

  • Information specific to the unique needs of first-generation and undocumented students
  • Guidance that is personalized to students' grade/education level
  • Opportunities for students to ask questions and share their experiences
A First Gen Empower workshop facilitator presenting to students

Our current offerings include:

Know Your Rights Entrepreneurship 101 Preparing for Graduate and Professional School Making the Most of Your Time in College Major and Career Exploration Building Your Professional Portfolio
Resume and Cover Letter Workshop Networking and Building Professional Relationships Financial Aid 101 Financial Aid for Undocumented Students College Applications 101
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Beyond trainings

Additional Services

Personalized Consulting

If your needs fall outside of the scope of our trainings or student workshops, we offer personalized consulting services including:

  1. 01

    Assessment of your organization's programs and activities

  2. 02

    Recommendations on making programming inclusive to immigrant students

  3. 03

    Step by step implementation guides to recommendations

“Not only was this training incredibly informative, but it also transformed our organizational culture… The personalized consulting component was invaluable in ensuring that our services are genuinely supportive of undocumented students.”
Napa Valley Education Foundation participant

Policy Alerts

Bi-weekly

Our bi-weekly policy and news alerts will keep your staff informed on most recent changes impacting immigrant students. These updates include:

Concise summaries of key developments on national and state-specific immigration policy

Links or copies to full articles or reports for further reading.

Key news stories organized by federal and state-specific impact

Website Support

Your website should clearly highlight your services and support for immigrant and undocumented students. We'll provide you with:

  • Guidance on how to make your website more accessible and informative for immigrant students
  • Content and resources for a dedicated resource hub on your website for undocumented students' college and career journey
  • Collaborative consulting sessions to ensure vision alignment
A campus resource hub webpage for undocumented students
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