Armed with up-to-date legally accurate information victim advocates, attorneys, and campus based programs and university staff are better able to support campus community members students, faculty, staff, and their family members who are immigrant victims of sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and/or human trafficking. Participants will gain practical skills to better screen, support, and assist immigrant survivors eligible for immigration legal remedies (e.g., VAWA, T visa, U visa) and VAWA’s confidentiality protections. As immigrant survivors of sexual assault file for victim-based forms of legal immigration relief, their ability to access benefits and services expands and there is a significant increase in survivors’ willingness to seek civil protection orders. The webinar will discuss how to design protective measures and accommodates when the survivor is an immigrant, including student visa holders. Participants will learn how to identify which immigrant survivors qualify for which public benefits and services in Colorado using NIWAP’s public benefits map, infographics, and state-by-state charts. Attendees will also be introduced to NIWAP’s technical assistance, materials, tools, directory, web library, and NIWAP’s community of practice for ongoing peer-to-peer learning.
Learning Objectives: By the end of this training participants will be better able to:
- Identify and support immigrant survivors on Campus eligible for VAWA, U visa, T-visa and SIJS legal immigration protections;
- Build and sustain collaborative relationships with law enforcement, prosecutors and court that help notify ICE that the survivor is a victim entitled to VAWA confidentiality’s protections;
- Assist immigrant survivors in obtaining creative protection order remedies; and
- Use NIWAP’s public benefits map to ensure that immigrant survivors and their children apply for and receive all of the benefits and services for which they legally qualify.
NIWAP’s Technical Assistance and COP Flyer
Directory of Service Providers
VAWA Confidentiality
Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality
Videos Explaining How to Use 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
Letters That Promote ICE Compliance With 2025 Policies and Statutes
Sample Letters From Courts for ICE Officers At Courthouses
Sample Law Enforcement Prosecution Letters
Sample Letters for Victim Advocates – Attorneys
Screening
DHS Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims
12 Question Predatory Helpfulness Screener
DHS Brochure: Immigration Options for Victims of Crime
Power and Control Tactics Used Against Immigrant Women (December 3, 2024)
Danger Assessment for Immigrant Women (DA-I) (2013)
Immigration Relief for Victims
Bench Card on Immigration Relief for Battered Spouses, Children, and Immigrant Crime Victims
Chapter 10: U Visas: Victims of Criminal Activity
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?
DHS: U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide
U and T Visa Certification
U Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide (February 28, 2022)
U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist
U-Visas: Victims of Criminal Activity
T-Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide (October 20,2021)
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
U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkits
Trauma Informed Interview Questions
Trauma Informed Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigrant Cases (SIQI)
Sample Question for Identifying Trafficked or Enslaved Persons
Advocate’s and Attorney’s Tool for Developing a Survivor’s Story: Trauma-Informed Approach
Battering or Extreme Cruelty
SPARC Judicial Officer Guide: Responding to Stalking (July 5, 2022) -includes comparison of stallking, coercive control and battering or extreme cruelty
Battered Spouse Waiver (BSW) Webinar and Training Materials
Civil Protection Orders
Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card (March 30, 2019)
Access to Public Benefits
*All State Public Benefits Charts and Interactive Public Benefits Map (2025)
Interactive Public Benefits Map
State by State Infographics and Timeline
Access to State-Funded Public Benefits in Colorado for Survivors
Colorado Benefits – Infographics
Colorado Immigration and Public Benefits Timeline For Immigrant Survivors (July 28, 2026)
Colorado Benefits Infographic – VAWA Self-Petition (July 29, 2026)
Colorado Benefits Infographic – SIJS (July 29, 2026)
Colorado Benefits Infographic – T Visa (July 29, 2026)
Colorado Benefits Infographic – U Visa (July 27, 2026)
Healthcare
Health Care Options for Immigrant Survivors Factsheet (August 5, 2024)
Health Care Access for Lawfully Present Immigrants – Definitions (May 27, 2024)
OVC, A National Protocol for Intimate Partner Violence Medical Forensic Examinations (May 2023)
Healthcare Access for Immigrants who are NOT Eligible to Access the Healthcare Exchanges
Pre-Natal Care for Immigrant Victims – All States
Emergency Medicaid for Immigrant Victims – All States
Coverage for Forensic Costs for Immigrant Victims – All States
Chapter 17: Access to Health Care for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault
State-Funded Public Benefits Comparison Chart (April 12, 2021)
NILC: Medical Assistance Programs for Immigrants in Various States (July 2021)
Trafficking Victim Benefits Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
U-Visa Victim Benefits Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
VAWA Self-Petitioner Victim Benefits Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Collaborations between IAFN (International Association of Forensic Nurses) and NIWAP