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THE RODRIGUEZ FAMILY CASE STUDY
Brief Family Background: The Rodriguez family consists of a mother, a father, three children, a dog, and a grandfather. They live in one household in Phoenix, Arizona. They are originally from Mexico.

The mother’s name is Maria Rodriguez and she is 36 years old. She runs a daycare from their home and is otherwise unemployed. The father’s name is Nico Roriguez and is 38 years old. He worked as a construction worker and provided the only stable form of income for the entire family. However, he was recently detained by ICE during a surprise raid at work. As a result, the family has lost their main source of income which was barely supporting them in the first place.

In the house, there are their three children, Nico Jr., who is the oldest child (20 years old) who is currently attending college. The next child is Isabella who is 12 years old, followed by Sofia who is 7 years old. Beyond that, Maria’s father also lives with them in the house. They also have a small chihuahua to care for by the name of Poncho.

Maria and Nico met and became parents at a very young age, which was not planned. They immediately seeked a home in the United States, where Nico could pursue a job to support their slowly growing family. However, they were never able to receive documentation for their citizenship despite applying. Since the children were all born in the states, they are documented unlike their parents. The father has been unable to receive his documentation in part due to his criminal background. When he was younger, he was charged in a bar fight.

Family Strengths:

Despite having children at a young age and being immigrants, the parents have a very strong and healthy relationship. The family can commonly be seen doing activities together when they can afford it. They also share a family dinner almost every night where everyone can talk about their days at work/school. They all strongly trust and love each other and would do anything for one another.

Family Needs:

They do not own their home and are renters. They need to have a sustainable income in order to pay their rent each month so that they all have a shelter. They also need to eat. In addition, they need school supplies for all of the children.

Family Challenges:

Since the father is no longer able to support the family, they no longer have a stable source of income. This has led them to being unable to fully meet the needs of all of the individuals. They are unable to buy a sufficient amount of groceries or meet the nutritional needs of everyone in the house. Upon losing their father to ICE, they also lost an emotional supporter for the children and Maria is left to handle everything for the whole family very unexpectedly.