This training will provide For All Seasons staff and collaborative partners with current best practices for professionals who assist immigrant survivors of human trafficking, domestic and sexual violence, child abuse, and stalking. Participants will learn how to screen survivors for immigration legal remedies (VAWA, U visa, T visa, and SIJS), what state and federal benefits immigrant survivors of crime and their children are entitled to, and the importance in cases of immigrant victims of identifying human trafficking, including of children, that often co-occurs with sexual and family violence.   Faculty will provide an overview of NIWAP resources, including toolkits, screening brochures, interview tools, infographics on immigration options available to victims of crime, it’s newly created visual tools on public benefits and resources developed to assist professionals working with immigrant survivors of crime.

VAWA Confidentiality

Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality

Letters That Promote ICE Compliance With 2025 Policies and Statutes

Bench Card on Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Confidentiality

Advocate’s Guide to Immigrant Survivors’ Rights and Protections

Screening

DHS Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims

Immigration Options for Victims of Crime-Information for Law Enforcement, Healthcare Providers, and Other Front-Line Workers

Immigration Relief for Abused, Abandoned, or Neglected Children Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification

Blue Card: Screening Tool for Victims Who Qualify for Immigration Protective Relief

Immigration Relief for Victims

Bench Card on Immigration Relief for Battered Spouses, Children, and Immigrant Crime Victims

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)

Preparing a VAWA Self Petition

T-Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide (October 20,2021)

Certifying Early: When Should You Sign a U or T Visa Certification for a Victim?

U visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors (August 30, 2021)

U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Federal, State, and Local Judges, Commissioners, Magistrates and Other Judicial Officers (June 17, 2021)

DHS: U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide

Child Protective Services Agency Toolkit: U Visa Certification, T Visa Declaration, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and Violence Against Women Act Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrant Children (December 31, 2024)

U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Adult Protective Services (APS) (October 19, 2023)

U-Visa Certification

Maryland U-Visa Certification Law (Effective October 1, 2025)

Maryland U Visa Quick Reference Guide (October 1, 2025)

U Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide (February 28, 2022)

U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist 

U-Visas: Victims of Criminal Activity

Model U Visa Certification for Prosecutor’s Offices

• Hennepin County Attorney’s Office U Visas and T Visas Certification Policy (Full Policy) (January 8, 2024)
• Hennepin County Attorney’s Office U Visas and T Visas Certification Policy (March 7, 2024)

Toolkits and DHS Resource Guide

U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkits

T-Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide (October 20,2021)  

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Center for Countering Human Trafficking, Continued Presence Resource Guide (September 2023)  

Office of Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)

National Judicial Network & HHS’ Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) 2023 Sessions

HHS OTIP -Child Eligibility Benefits Handout (February 20, 2024)

Trauma Informed Interview Questions

Trauma Informed Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigrant Cases (SIQI)

Sample Question for Identifying Trafficked or Enslaved Persons

Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Relationships

Domestic Violence and Involuntary Servitude as Human Trafficking

Let’s Put Science First: Assessing Predatory Helpfulness and Coercive Control to More Accurately Understand Domestic Abuse and Sex Trafficking Webinar

*National Judicial Network Webinar – Readily Identifying and Effectively Responding to Stalking in Family Court: A Resource for Judicial Officers (March 7, 2023) 

Protection Orders and Custody

National Judicial Network Peer-to-Peer Session – State Protection Orders: A Civil Remedy for Victims of Human Trafficking (March 4, 2025) 

Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card (March 30, 2019)  

Family Court Bench Card on Issues that Arise in Custody Cases Involving Immigrant Parents, Children, and Crime Victims (October 13, 2013, Updated November 30, 2021) 

Civil Protection Order Webinars For Judges, Court Staff, Attorneys and Victim Advocates – National Judicial Network (2023 & 2024)

Healthcare

Health Care Options for Immigrant Survivors Factsheet (August 5, 2024)

Coverage for Forensic Costs for Immigrant Crime Victims (August 2, 2024)

Health Care Access for Lawfully Present Immigrants – Definitions (May 27, 2024)

Chapter 17.3: Post Assault Healthcare and Crime Victim Compensation for Immigrant Victims of Violence (May 24, 2024)

Access to Public Benefits for Trafficking Victims

Interactive Public Benefits Map

Access to State-Funded Public Benefits in Maryland for Survivors (May 15, 2019, updated January 19, 2025) 

Maryland Public Benefits Screening Chart for Immigrant Survivors and Refugees by Forms of Immigration Relief (last updated January 19, 2025)  

Programs Open to Immigrant Victims and All Immigrants Without Regard to Immigration Status

Public Benefits – Maryland

Maryland Public Benefits Chart (2025)

Benefits for Immigrant Crime Victims: Technical Assistance on Eligibility for Maryland (November 13, 2024)

Maryland Benefits – Infographics

Timeline Public Benefits for Immigrant Survivors

T-Visa Timeline

U Visa Timeline

SIJS Timeline

VAWA timeline

NIWAP Directory
Directory of Programs With Experience Serving Immigrant Victims