July 29, 2015: New Orleans, LA “Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Immigrant Survivors of Abuse”

Training for OVW grantees, grant partners, and STOP sub-grantees was held July 29-30, 2015 in New Orleans.

Training Packet Materials:
  • Agenda for “Community of Responders: A Holistic Approach to Immigrant Survivors of Abuse” Training
  • Table of Contents for Print Materials
Plenary I: Best Practices for Working with Immigrant Survivors in Rural Communities
Plenary II: Strengthening Immigrant Survivors and Working with Immigrant Clients in Crisis: Trauma Informed Approach
Plenary III: Sexual Violence In the Workplace: Immigrant Survivors in Rural Communities
Plenary IV: Bridging the Gap Building Partnerships: How Law Enforcement and Advocates Can Work Together on U Visa Certifications
Session 1A: Trauma Informed Approach to Attorney/Client Relationships and Collaborations: Strategies for Divorce, Custody, Protection Orders, and Immigration Cases
Session 1B: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Explained: Obtaining Family Court Orders for Under 21 Year Old Family and Sexual Violence Survivors
Session 1C: U Visa 101: Nuts and Bolts of the Application and Certification
Session 2A: Trauma Informed Approach to Attorney/Client Relationships and Collaborations: Strategies for Divorce, Custody, Protection Orders, and Immigration cases
Session 2B: Creative Language Access Advocacy: Removing Language as a Barrier to Justice in Rural and Urban Communities
Session 2C: How to Obtain U Visa Certification in Family and Criminal Courts
Session 3A: U Visas, Crime Fighting Tool: Tips, Tools, and Certification for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors Working With Immigrant Survivors
Session 3B: Evidence of Coercive Control: Proof of Extreme Cruelty in Immigration Cases and Power and Control Dynamics in Family Law Cases
Session 3C: Complex Issues that May Arise When Filing a U Visa Application: Inadmissibility, Derivative Applications, and Waitlists
Session 4A: Language Access at Crime Scenes: Improve Successful Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions
Session 4B: Right to Privacy: Understanding Immigrant Survivors’ Protections Under VAWA Confidentiality Laws
Session 4C: U Visa Consular Processing: How to Get Qualifying Family Members to the U.S. and How to Effectively Use Humanitarian Parole to Reunify Families

Published July 29, 2015

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