{"id":21371,"date":"2024-01-18T08:26:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=21371"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:51:11","slug":"salud-mental-migrantes-crisis-chicago-grupos-de-apoyo-orgs-comunitarias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/01\/18\/mental-health-migrants-crisis-chicago-support-groups-community-orgs\/","title":{"rendered":"La salud mental de los inmigrantes, la pr\u00f3xima crisis en ciernes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0f1c0dbab9\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><em>This story was originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/migrants-in-chicago-mental-health-care-services\/696bbb6e-8bd9-442e-8e4c-2173fd0271f7?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA75itBhA6EiwAkho9e0YVpCTz1HnBy58cRq4SxYHqVrVR1QRLjc1fVgbjh4hR8F9a8YVAeBoCwWwQAvD_BwE\">WBEZ Chicago.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jorge Rubiano is a haunted man.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For months, he has tried to find steady work. For months, he has slept in a shelter, worrying about his wife and mother he left behind in Colombia. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are they safe? Did I make the right decision?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is haunted by his journey to Chicago, a trip of more than 2,000 miles, during which he says he was kidnapped for a month, then escaped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He left his country because he says the government threatened his life. There were nights when all he could do was cry in anger. He recalls a phone call with his wife in Colombia, cut short when the bus she was riding on was being robbed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still in between two dangers,&#8221; Rubiano said in\u00a0Spanish. &#8220;If I return it\u2019s very possible they kill me, and if I stay I don\u2019t know what can happen here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0f1c0dd639\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0f1c0de2ed\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0f1c0deb5a\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/40thward.org\/cirr\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 30,000<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> migrants and asylum seekers have arrived mostly from South and Central America <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/texas-buses-dozens-of-migrants-to-chicago\/e8720259-8c19-4de0-a793-f9feb1ebbe05\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">since late August<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of 2022. They are fleeing the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rescue.org\/article\/what-happening-venezuela\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collapse of their economies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the lack of jobs and food, and as one social worker puts it, \u201cmisery.\u201d Many came here on a bus from Texas, where Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Chicago and other sanctuary cities that embrace immigrants would provide <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-announces-first-bus-of-migrants-arrives-in-chicago\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">much-needed relief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cto our small, overrun border towns.\u201d The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/chicago-migrants-wont-be-forced-to-leave-shelters-in-extreme-cold\/ca84aa2a-4a5b-48ac-b377-0bbde51f26c3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">buses haven\u2019t stopped<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WBEZ interviewed more than 30 people to understand the emotional toll migrants face, the army of helpers who are filling in the gaps of a frayed mental health system, and what\u2019s at stake. Some of those helpers\u2019 efforts are catching the attention of leaders in other big cities where migrants are heading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many, the journey here was harrowing. A young girl who fell into a river as her pregnant mother struggled to hold on to her small hand so the current wouldn\u2019t whisk her away. Women who paid to move on from country to country not just in cash, but with their bodies. People who walked over the dead in the jungle and are wracked with guilt over the sick and injured left behind. Families separated once they got to the U.S. border, not knowing when they would see each other again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their stories have unfolded across Chicago in the quiet space of a therapist\u2019s office, at a healing circle in the back of a storefront, with a nurse at a folding table propped up outside a police station so relatives inside couldn\u2019t hear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others, like Rubiano, keep their trauma and pain to themselves. For many migrants, taking care of their mental health might not be a priority \u2014 if they even want to. After all, for months they have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/how-chicago-is-helping-migrants-build-a-new-life\/d15250cd-90d2-4ccf-9603-c3625d8e3d77\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">living in tents outside<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> amid Chicago\u2019s brutal weather, in police station lobbies or in shelters with little privacy. They are dependent on strangers for everything from their next meal to clothes for their children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey\u2019re in survival mode,\u201d said Sharon Davila, a school-based social worker who has screened migrant families. \u201cThey need their basic needs met. The number one thing is they\u2019re looking for jobs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just getting in front of a therapist or a social worker can be extremely difficult for even the most savvy and persistent. With a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/illinois-has-a-shortage-of-mental-health-workers-what-can-help\/95ee56f0-23d8-471d-b131-915b0273c7e1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shortage of mental health workers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, wait lists for an appointment can be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/kids-in-crisis-face-long-waitlists-as-they-struggle-to-get-appointments-for-therapy\/46544073-0d01-4e54-8e2c-7680bdccf460\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">months long<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Layer on being new to this country, speaking a different language, having no health insurance or a permanent place to live, and trying to find a mental health provider who understands the culture and world you come from. Getting help can seem impossible. And that\u2019s if you know help exists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTheir stories are starting to unravel,\u201d said Susie Moya, a therapist in Pilsen who has worked with migrants on the Lower West Side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019s worried about a brewing mental health crisis among migrants. Emotional scars can be invisible, yet simmer under the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRight now it\u2019s on the back burner,\u201d Moya said. \u201cBut I\u2019m thinking a year from now when these families are settled in. Who is going to be providing that support?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-healing-circle-offers-hope\">A healing circle offers hope<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a Monday night in November in the back room of an insurance agency on the Southwest Side, about 20 migrants gather chairs in a circle. Each person takes a turn describing how they feel on a scale of one to 10, as social worker Veronica Sanchez gently encourages them to share why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warm homemade chicken soup and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">arepas <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">await them for dinner as the group lays out their frustrations and glimmers of hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A woman says her husband got deported. She\u2019s heartbroken that she left her children behind. A man says he worked several days that week, but never got paid. Another says he is grateful to God for bringing him to America. But he misses his mom, dad and brothers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sanchez soaks it in. She listens, then offers feedback with a smile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding work and reuniting with family is important, she tells them. But it\u2019s their mental health she\u2019s concerned about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason we make these circles \u2026 [is] more than anything to truly know how you are and to open a safe space where you can share your emotions, your despairs and your questions,&#8221; Sanchez said in Spanish. &#8220;Maybe we have answers. Maybe we don\u2019t. But when you open up a safe space where you can share your sorrows, they feel better shared because you don\u2019t feel so alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating community and connections among each other can empower them, she says. Sanchez sees how easily immigrant children can become friends, but not so much their parents. They tend to put up walls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She encourages the group to visualize their future, when they would think back and remember this difficult moment. She ticks off other cultures of immigrants who have come to the U.S. before them \u2014 the Irish, Mexican and Italian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sanchez understands their desperation to work and to see their loved ones. She is one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sanchez comes from a long line of pottery makers in Mexico. When the economy crashed and the government changed at one point, her father left to work in suburban Cicero. She was just 4 years old. She didn\u2019t see her father for almost seven years. He sometimes worked two to three jobs in a factory to help support his family. Her parents wrote each other letters, so many they filled a shoebox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sanchez recalled being more worried about her mom and how she felt. She would dream of her father sitting by a pine tree covered in snow, a reflection of the photograph he mailed to the family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, her father was able to reunite with his wife and kids, bringing them all to Cicero. His sacrifice, and her own, is a reflection of where Sanchez says migrants today can get.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen I was talking to them, it really came from the heart,\u201d Sanchez said of the healing circle. \u201cI was seeing the migrants\u2019 faces, that they were so scared.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure my parents went through that same process of not knowing what was going to happen, not knowing if he was going to come back, not knowing if he was going to find a job, not knowing if he was going to have enough to send money back to us for us to survive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Informal support groups like the one Sanchez led have popped up around the city in shelters, storefronts, churches and schools. They\u2019re often driven by volunteers, advocates and mental health providers who see the grief and fear in the migrants they\u2019re helping \u2014 or they want to prevent it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But in some cases the relief has been temporary, popping up for a few to several weeks, then dismantling as helpers burn out, migrants prioritize other needs or places where the city housed asylum seekers change. All of this raises questions about the sustainability of these efforts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, the support groups are an attempt to fill gaps in a frayed and understaffed system. Illinois is among states with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/other\/state-indicator\/mental-health-care-health-professional-shortage-areas-hpsas\/?activeTab=map&amp;currentTimeframe=0&amp;selectedDistributions=total-mental-health-care-hpsa-designations&amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the greatest shortage <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of mental health workers, according to KFF, a nonprofit health policy research group. Last year, only <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/other\/state-indicator\/mental-health-care-health-professional-shortage-areas-hpsas\/?currentTimeframe=0&amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Percent%20of%20Need%20Met%22,%22sort%22:%22desc%22%7D\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about 22%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the need for mental health providers in Illinois was met, based on the number of psychiatrists available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/assessment-chicagos-mental-health-care-model-has-too-many-barriers\/3f96cca1-6e4f-4d20-9597-eab8a262791d\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recent assessment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> underscored the lengthy wait times in Chicago \u2014 one to seven months \u2014 at many of the clinics the city partners with to create what city leaders have heralded as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor\/press_room\/press_releases\/2023\/february\/ExpansionCitywideMentalHealthNetwork77Neighborhoods.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cno-barrier\u201d access<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to mental health services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen we think about what the need for mental health services truly is (among migrants), I don\u2019t think we even can begin to even fully understand the depth and scope of that because individuals are still in their trauma,\u201d said Steph Willding, CEO of CommunityHealth, a free health center that has been treating migrants. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be a lot of things that come to the surface with time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-lasting-impact-of-trauma\">The lasting impact of trauma<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some volunteers and mental health providers emphasize that not every migrant might be experiencing severe trauma, or that for many, establishing a connection with another person could be enough to help them get through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But for others, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/news\/publications\/neuroscience\/researchers-reveal-how-trauma-changes-the-brain\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trauma can have a lasting impact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It can change the wiring in your brain and make a person more vulnerable to depression and anxiety. That can pass down from generation to generation, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura Pappa, a psychologist in Chicago. Even daily or ongoing stressors can be what Pappa calls <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201clittle t\u201d trauma, like not feeling welcomed right away.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0f1c0e1864\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1281\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_03-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Laura Pappa, a psychologist with Erie Family Health Centers, on Nov. 22, 2023. She says trauma can have a lasting impact that can pass down from generation to generation.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Manuel Martinez\/WBEZ<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0f1c0e2ad9\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chronic stress can change a person\u2019s physical health, potentially impacting a child\u2019s growth and development, for example. Young children can be inconsolable, defiant even, and have trouble separating from their parents, said Rebecca Ford-Paz, a child psychologist at Lurie Children\u2019s Hospital of Chicago. They can start to regress. A potty-trained kid might suddenly wet the bed or return to sucking their thumb. As kids grow up, they could have a hard time forming relationships and trusting other people. They may be explosive and quick to anger, Ford-Paz said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as thousands of migrants arrive and try to acclimate to a new world, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">setting their trauma aside could have ripple effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA lot of people come here seeking the American dream and they realize that that\u2019s not there,\u201d said Pappa, who came to the U.S. from Argentina as a teen. \u201cA lot of people were not expecting that, how hard it is on this side. I\u2019ve had a lot of parents who\u2019ve come alone and ask themselves, was it worth it? Was it worth it to leave my kids? That\u2019s not necessarily something I can answer, but I can totally empathize with the pain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social worker Amy Hill <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">specializes in working with kids who are refugees and asylum seekers. She sees a range of emotions in her patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMaybe they\u2019re getting picked on in school and that\u2019s really what\u2019s their biggest concern right now,\u201d Hill said. \u201cOr they see their parents stressed out and worried and they\u2019re worried for their parents, right? Or they have a crush on a boy and that\u2019s what they want to talk about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She offers solace inside her office, a former nun\u2019s bedroom tucked upstairs in an old convent on a quiet street. It\u2019s the opposite of a sterile doctor\u2019s office. There\u2019s a world map on the wall for kids to point out all the places they have been and survived. There are meditation balls from Hill\u2019s late mother that help her feel at home and comfortable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hill has launched support groups for Ukrainian students who struggled to fit in. As children went back to school last fall, she said she got more calls from school counselors and teachers who work with children who speak different languages asking how to help migrant children adjust.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help kids cope, Hill focuses on the strengths that helped the children make it this far. They practice deep breathing exercises to calm their bodies when they get overwhelmed. It\u2019s about putting their traumatic experiences in the past, and not something causing them distress in the present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou have no culpability in what happened to you,\u201d Hill tells them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be hard to sway migrants to even seek help, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a stigma about the need for mental health care in many immigrant communities. That\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nami.org\/Your-Journey\/Identity-and-Cultural-Dimensions\/Hispanic-Latinx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">especially prevalent in Latino cultures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and among Latino men in particular, Pappa said. She mentions Latino patients in their 60s who are only now dealing with depression they have had for years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI do see a lot of parents,\u201d Pappa said. \u201cI see it in their face that when their kiddos say, you know, I am depressed or I am sad or I have suicidal thoughts. The parents just tear up not only because their kid is feeling that way, but also because they feel shame. They feel they didn\u2019t do a good job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pappa felt this stigma as a girl. She remembers being \u201ca very emotionally attuned kid.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI would be like, \u2018Mom, I\u2019m a little sad today.\u2019 I would use words that were a little bit ahead of my age to describe my feelings,\u201d Pappa recalled. \u201cMy mom was like, \u2018Oh, my God, don\u2019t talk like that.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a very young age she got the message: being overly emotional about negative feelings is bad. Reel it in and control it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That stigma is changing, Pappa says, as talking about emotions is becoming more common.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"chicago-could-be-a-model-for-other-cities\">Chicago could be a model for other cities<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the dearth of mental health providers, there\u2019s a big effort to find other ways to give migrants at least some emotional help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health along with University of Chicago\u2019s Crown Family School and Lurie Children\u2019s Center for Childhood Resilience are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcimh.org\/cimhspotlight\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">training hundreds of people <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who are on the front lines where migrants are staying.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They include case managers, shelter supervisors, outreach workers \u2014 not people with a medical background \u2014 who learn how to lead <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caf\u00e9 y Comunidad charlas<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or coffee and community talks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides building community, the idea behind these support groups is trying to prevent the most extreme outcomes and to help migrants feel less isolated. Being detached from family and unable to work is \u201csort of a recipe for hopelessness, helplessness, all those suicide risk factors that we\u2019re concerned about,\u201d said Ford-Paz from Lurie and a leader in the coalition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In December of 2022, a newly arrived immigrant from Venezuela whose sister said her mental health was deteriorating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2023\/1\/27\/23553779\/chicago-illinois-immigration-mental-health-asylum-seekers-texas-colorado-shelter-wellness-trauma\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took her own life<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Her family is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2023\/3\/7\/23627779\/chicago-illinois-rona-rozo-nefer-rozo-venezuela-immigration-migrants-hotel-new-arrivals-lawsuit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pushing to understand why <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more wasn\u2019t done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have to help people the minute they arrive,\u201d said Aimee Hilado, an assistant professor at UC\u2019s Crown school who chairs the coalition. Hilado and Ford-Paz spearheaded the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">charla<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program together. \u201cThat\u2019s actually going to promote healing down the line.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0f1c0e7f62\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1281\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/240117_Migrant-Mental-Health_Web_02-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Rebecca Ford-Paz (left), a child psychologist at Lurie Children\u2019s Hospital of Chicago, and Aimee Hilado, an assistant professor at University of Chicago\u2019s Crown Family school, are leaders in the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health, on Nov. 15, 2023. They spearheaded a program to train people to lead Caf\u00e9 y Comunidad charlas, or coffee and community talks, in city-run migrant shelters. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Manuel Martinez\/WBEZ<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0f1c0e8ecf\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Case managers Angie Arbelaez and Albert Ayala have led a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">charla <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2023\/5\/5\/23712715\/standard-club-asylum-seekers-migrants-shelter-housing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shelter in the former Standard Club<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> downtown. Inside the ballroom of the club, migrants sit in a circle and are encouraged to stand when they share what\u2019s on their mind. Sometimes 60 to 80 show up. Some are so overcome with emotion they leave.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are ice breakers \u2014 playing \u201chot potato\u201d with a football \u2014 and moments of joy, such as when a woman said she was searching for love and hands shot up hoping to catch her attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They say they\u2019ve seen a shift in the demeanor around the shelter since the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">charlas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> began, and have watched migrants who arrive scared and shy blossom after attending the group sessions. Ayala is Mexican American.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69e0f1c0e98c1\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-20884\" class=\"post-20884 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-investigation tag-pilsenshelter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/23.12.11_Shelter_Web_02-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Investigation: Migrants Describe Inhumane Conditions at Chicago\u2019s Largest Shelter<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/mauricio-pena\/\" title=\"View all posts by Mauricio Pe\u00f1a, Katrina Pham, Nissa Rhee\">Mauricio Pe\u00f1a, Katrina Pham, Nissa Rhee<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2023\/12\/14\/investigation-chicago-migrant-shelter-pilsen-dangerous\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">diciembre 14, 2023<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe try to tell them we\u2019re no different from you,\u201d Ayala said. \u201cWe all have a story and we can relate to you to some extent, right? It\u2019s kind of like \u2026 your dream is possible. But you have to make sure that you have the right mindset.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They tell the migrants to vent, that crying is good, not to hold their emotions in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI know this season coming up, Christmas, is gonna trigger a lot of people,\u201d Arbelaez, who is Colombian, said before the holiday. \u201cHopefully these <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">charlas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> help them at least brighten up their days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But transition is a constant. Arbelaez has since left her job, according to Ayala.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This program could be a model for other cities. Hilado said leaders in Philadelphia and San Jose have reached out asking how to replicate the effort. In New York, there has been a similar push to train people who aren\u2019t mental health specialists to identify signs of distress and link migrants to services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-happens-next\">What happens next?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rubiano, the 43-year-old migrant from Colombia, has kept busy working on his English skills, and he recently got a full-time job in a supermarket.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He longs for his family, for the chance to bring them here, once there is a stable life he can offer them. His hope waxes and wanes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are days when you say, \u2018I won\u2019t give anymore, I\u2019ll leave,\u2019&#8221; Rubiano said in Spanish. &#8220;There are other days in which you reflect and say, \u2018Come on and take stock and say, not everything is bad. 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