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2018WWW.SUPPORTKIND.ORG Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL KIND 2018 Table of Contents Letter from Board Chair Brad Smith 4 Voices That Matter Most 20 KIND Facts 5 Central America and Mexico Programs 22 Partnerships 6 European Initiative and Kids in Need of Defense UK 25 KIND’s Ongoing Response to Family Separation 8 Coming Together for Children Alone 27 Holistic Services Through Trauma- Providing Technology Solutions 30 Informed Care 12 Leadership 31 KIND in the Media 13 2018 Donors 34 Donor Support 14 2018 Financials 37 Robust Advocacy to Preserve Vital Protections 18 Partners 38 KIND VisionKIND’s and Vision: AMission world in which children’s rights and well-being are protected as they migrate alone in search of safety. KIND’s Mission: KIND 2018 ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL Ensuring that no child appears in immigration court without high quality legal representation. Advancing laws, policies, and practices that ensure children’s protection and uphold their right to due process and fundamental fairness. Promoting in countries of origin, transit, and destination durable solutions to child migration that are grounded in the best interests of the child and ensure that no child is forced to involuntarily migrate. 3 2019 Barra, (C) Lori from Letter Board Chair Brad Smith KIND celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2018 – a decade of changing the lives of unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children, giving them hope, safety, and a chance to fulfill their dreams. Our accomplishments have surpassed our wildest dreams – more than 18,000 children referred, 41,000 attorneys, paralegals, and law students trained, and partnerships with over 600 law firms and corporations. Ninety-six percent of KIND’s completed cases result in legal relief. We continue to grow nationally and internationally, expanding our work in Central America, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, and launching in Europe. KIND has become a world-renowned expert and advocate for unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children. We were well positioned to address the myriad challenges we faced in 2018 as the United States imposed significant barriers to children seeking protection, including impeded access to the U.S. to apply for asylum and forcing children to stay in dangerous conditions in Mexico. KIND reacted quickly to the family separation crisis, creating a team that assisted 800 individuals. We sent attorneys to the Port Isabel Detention Center in Texas to help separated parents understand their legal options and re-connect with their children. Our sexual and gender-based violence prevention programming reached hundreds of children in Guatemala, and our reintegration program continued to help returning children in Guatemala and Honduras reintegrate successfully into their families and communities. ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL Kids in Need of Defense UK has provided legal representation to nearly 150 children with great rates of success. KIND is also launching a new effort in Europe to provide legal services to unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children using KIND’s innovative pro bono model. KIND 2018 Last, but certainly not least, KIND gained hundreds of thousands of new supporters, many of whom organized fundraisers and other events to benefit KIND and the children we serve. The goal of KIND 10 years ago was to create a national movement on behalf of unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children. Together, we have achieved this—and much, much more. But we have only just begun. The challenges before us may appear daunting, but case by case, child by child, we make the difference. Thank you. Brad Smith KIND Board Chair & Co-Founder “Even if you feel overwhelmed by an atmosphere of hate in America, I hope you always remember that here are countless people thinking about you every day, admiring your resilience and hoping for your speedy and successful transition into this country we call home.” “A”, donor from Washington State KIND: 10 Years Old! In 2018 we celebrated 10 years of helping over 17,000 unaccompanied children find the legal services they so desperately need; 10 years of working with our dedicated and compassionate pro bono partners, including volunteers from corporations, law firms, bar associations, and law schools, and 10 years of cultivating a community of KIND 2018 supporters who are engaged and willing to stand up for these vulnerable children! We have much for which to be thankful. ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL 2018 157,968 Donated Hours: Attorneys donated 157,968 hours Facts: working on children’s cases in 2018, and more than 712,413 hours since 2009. 10,700 Trained: $90 Million in Pro Bono Legal KIND trained 10,700 attorneys, Services: paralegals, and law students in 2018 KIND received nearly $90 million in and has trained over 41,000 since 2009. pro bono services in 2018, for a total of nearly $374 million in services since 2,175 New Cases: 2009. 2,175 children were referred to KIND in 2018, and more than 18,500 have been 96% Success Rate: referred since 2009. 96 percent of KIND’s completed cases resulted in legal relief. 60 New Partners: KIND gained 60 new partners in 2018. 72 Countries: Overall, we have more than 600 law KIND has worked with children firm, corporate, bar association, and from 72 countries. law school partnerships. 5 Partnerships KIND’s pro bono partnerships grew to Townsend & Stockton LLP, Morgan Stanley, nearly 600 law firms, corporations, law and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. schools and bar associations in 2018. We gained over 60 new pro bono partners KIND continued to keep our pro bono throughout the year, including Boston network informed of the increasingly Scientific, Square Inc., Santander Bank, complex changes in the law affecting Genentech, Occidental Petroleum unaccompanied children’s cases, including Corporation, Turner Broadcasting issuing practice advisories, holding national Corporation, Jones Walker LLP, and calls, and conducting in-depth trainings on Bressler, Amery & Ross P.C. We expanded specific issues and case strategies. relationships to new cities with over 40 pro bono partners, including Holland & Knight LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Kilpatrick ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL “I am a daughter of immigrants. I am a college graduate because I had opportunities that [my parents] afforded me through their sacrifices. These families’ dreams are no different….” KIND 2018 “J”, donor from California Innovative approaches to pro bono recruitment and collaboration KIND launched a multi-site pro bono with Kirkland & Ellis LLP. KIND’s Houston initiative with over 100 attorneys from office brought United Airlines and Amazon and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP together. In Los to provide legal representation in Special Angeles, KIND partnered Gibson Dunn Immigrant Juvenile cases in Los Angeles, & Crutcher LLP with AIG SunAmerica Newark, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Mutual Funds, and Bryan Cave LLP with and Washington, DC. the Association of Corporate Counsel. In New York, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius KIND’s San Francisco office matched LLP paired with Colgate Palmolive and LinkedIn with Cooley LLP, Uber with Guggenheim Funds. O’Melveny & Myers LLP, and Facebook 6 In response to the family separation crisis, Uber offered KIND clients and staff unlimited free rides and Uber Eats meals. These donations have provided much needed transportation to KIND clients who struggle to travel to immigration court and attorney meetings, as well as much welcome nourishment for clients and their families. KIND 2018 ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL The children pictured on this page were able to get to KIND offices thanks to Uber’s ride share donations. 7 In recognition of their commitment to unaccompanied children, KIND’s partners received awards for their partnerships with KIND. The Boston Bar Association honored Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts with the Thurgood Marshall Award. Other accolades included awards given by Venable LLP to two of their attorneysAwards in recognition of their extraordinary pro bono work with KIND’s Baltimore office and an award given to a Blank Rome LLP partner for his work with KIND’s Houston office. KIND was honored by the Hispanic National Bar Association with the Pro Bono Organization of the Year award, which was bestowed at the HNBA annual conference. KIND’s to the Family Ongoing Response Separation Crisis KIND to the Border ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL Shortly after the Administration began implementing its zero tolerance policy and forcibly separating children and parents, KIND sent emergency teams of lawyers and paralegals to assist separated parents held at the Port Isabel Processing Center KIND 2018 (PIDC) in Texas. KIND helped more than 200 parents at PIDC reestablish contact with their children, prepare for their initial screenings for asylum, and establish eligibility for reunification and release from detention. Staff also provided follow-up support to children and families transferred to the Karnes and Dilley family detention centers. Alicia, 17, grew up in a home in Guatemala filled with violence. After threats to the family by gang members, and after enduring years of abuse, Alicia fled for the U.S. Alicia quickly learned English and graduated high school early. She is now attending community college. She plans to transfer to a 4-year college and become an immigration attorney! 8 Family Separation Response Team KIND’s Family Separation Response Team was created in summer 2018 to serve the more than 400 separated children referred to KIND. Most of these children, whose average age is 10, are deeply traumatized by being taken from their parents and have difficulty trusting legal service providers; they greatly need psychosocial support. Family separation and detention compounds existing trauma and stress that children and families have already experienced in their home country or on their journey to the United States. KIND is representing KIND 2018 a 9-year-old boy separated from his father who is not speaking, for example. KIND is looking for new ways to enhance our trauma-informed care REPORT ANNUAL approach for this particularly sensitive population.

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