This workshop was part of the 2017 National Alliance to End Homelessness conference. It covered the housing options available for immigrant crime victims.
Training Materials
Legal Rights Overviews and Brochures
- Multilingual Materials for Victims and Advocates
- DHS Infographic: Protection for Immigrant Victims (January 12, 2107)
- Immigration Options for Victims of Crime – DHS Brochure
Access to Public Benefits and Services for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Overviews, Bench Cards, Chapters Multiple Benefits
- Public Benefits Toolkit
- Programs Open to Immigrant Victims and All Immigrants without Regard to Immigration Status
- Anti-Discrimination Provisions that Apply to Programs Receiving Federal Funding Serving Victims of Violence against Women Crimes
- Chapter 16.1 Appendix: HHS Funded Programs Open to All Immigrants
- Family Court Bench Card on Immigrant Crime Victim Access to Public Benefits and Services
- U Visa Victim Benefits Eligibility Process
- VAWA Public Benefits Eligibility Process
- Bench Card on Trafficking Victim Benefits Eligibility Process
- Chapter 16: Access To Programs And Services That Can Help Victims of Sexual Assault
- Chapter 04.1: Access to Programs and Services that Can Help Battered Immigrants
- Chapter 04.2: Public Benefits Access for Battered Immigrant Women and Children
- Chapter 4.3 Barriers to Accessing Services: The Importance of Advocates Accompanying Battered Immigrants Applying for Public Benefits
Housing – Shelter and Transitional Housing
- Webinar-Immigrant Crime Victim Access to Federally Assisted Housing (February 22, 2017)
- Joint Agency Letter on Shelters and Transitional Housing
- HUD-HHS-DOJ Letter Regarding Immigrant Access to Housing and Services
- HUD, SNAPS, The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 and HUD’s Homeless Assistance Programs (Aug. 16, 2016)
- NIWAP, Brochure for Transitional Housing
- NIWAP, Fact Sheet: Immigrant Access to Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing (Oct.23, 2016)
Housing – Public and Assisted
- Access to Public and Assisted Housing VAWA Self-Petitioners –Webpage (January 26, 2017)
- HUD Memo: Eligibility of VAWA Self-Petitioners for Financial Assistance Under Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (December 15, 2016)
- HUD, Notice PIH 2017-02 (HA), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petitioner Verification Procedures (Jan. 19, 2017)
- NHLP, Memo: HUD Housing Covered by Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act
- NHLP, Chart on Federally Assisted Housing and Immigrant Eligibility (Feb. 2017)
- NIWAP, How to Advocate for Public and Assisted Housing for Your Battered Immigrant or Trafficking Survivor Client (Feb. 8, 2017)
- NIWAP & Legal Momentum, HUD Programs and Immigrant Eligibility, Chapter 16.2 (Feb. 8, 2017)
VAWA Confidentiality and Immigration Enforcement
Webpages and Webinars
- VAWA Confidentiality Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims in the Context of Immigration Enforcement (Webpage) (February 23, 2017)
- VAWA Confidentiality Webinar (February 9, 2015)
- Enhanced Safety Planning for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Webinar: Early Identification of Victims and VAWA Confidentiality (February 24, 2017)
Statutes
Congressionally Mandated Implementing Policies
- VAWA Confidentiality Statutes, Legislative History and Implementing Policy (2.23.17)
- All DHS Directive on VAWA Confidentiality Implementation which included and explains the annual requirement for training taking the FLTEC and DHS developed on line course ‘VAWA Confidentiality and Immigration Relief
- All DHS VAWA confidentiality instruction
- DHS Broadcast Code of Admission for VAWA confidentiality protected cases the DHS computerized red flag system for cases that have already been filed
- ICE and OPLA VAWA confidentiality operations memos
- DHS Civil Rights Civil Liberties Complaint instructions for violation investigations
- CRCL Complaint form (general use)
- Memorandum: Non-disclosure and Other Prohibitions Relating to Battered Aliens: IIRIRA §384
- Executive Office of Immigration Review EOIR: VAWA Confidentiality Procedures for Immigration Court
Training Materials
- Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality
- Chapter 3.2: VAWA Confidentiality and Breaches of Confidentiality
- Service Provider Confidentiality Safeguards: Best Practices
- Advocate’s Guide to Immigrant Survivors’ Rights and Protections (2013)
- Chapter 3 of Empowering Survivors: VAWA Confidentiality, History, Purpose, DHS Implementation, and Violations of VAWA Confidentiality Protections
- Newsletter on VAWA Confidentiality
- Family Court Bench Card on VAWA Confidentiality
Legal Services Corporation Funded Assistance for Immigrant Victims
- Legal Services Access for All: Implementing the Violence Against Women Act of 2005
- Legal Services Corporation Immigrant Representation Regulations 45 C.F. R. 1626, April 18, 2014
- Legal Services Corporation Program Letter 14-3
Immigration Options for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
- Family Court Bench Card on Immigration Rights of Battered Spouses, Children and Immigrant Crime Victims
- Chapter 3.3 VAWA Self-Petition (2013)
- Chapter 10 U-Visas: Victims of Criminal Activity (2013)
- Immigration Protection Screening Checklist: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
- U-Visa Evidence Checklist
- U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist
- U-Visa Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors
- U-Visa Certification Tool Kit for Federal, State and Local Judges, Commissioners, and Magistrates (February 3, 2014)
- Comparison Chart of U visa, T Visa, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Self-Petition, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
- U-Visa Quick Reference
- VAWA Red Flags
- Human Trafficking and the T-Visa
- Sample Questions for Identifying a Trafficked/Enslaved Person