Description

This virtual training for victim advocates across the Maryland area, features ways practitioners can enhance victim safety through various legal immigration remedies and public benefits. This training highlights the role of victim advocates in identifying and working with immigrant survivors eligible for immigration relief who are victims of domestic or sexual violence, stalking, child abuse and/or human trafficking. Participants will learn how to screen survivors using a trauma informed approach to ensure survivors qualify and receive protections like VAWA Confidentiality, civil protections, U and T visa certifications, protection orders, other federal or Maryland specific state benefits.

Presentation

Post-Training Evaluation Survey

Technical Assistance

If you would like to receive technical assistance, please call NIWAP at (202) 274-4457 or email us at info@niwap.org. 

VAWA Confidentiality

Letters That Promote ICE Compliance With 2025 Policies and Statutes

Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality

Resources for Victim Advocates and Attorneys on VAWA Confidentiality Under U.S. Immigration Laws

Bench Card on Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Confidentiality

Advocate’s Guide to Immigrant Survivors’ Rights and Protections

VAWA Confidentiality and Discovery Materials

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

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

U-Visas: Victims of Criminal Activity

U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist 

Battering or Extreme Cruelty

Battering or Extreme Cruelty: Drawing Examples from Civil Protection Order and Family Law Cases (September 12, 2015)

SPARC Judicial Officer Guide: Responding to Stalking (July 5, 2022)

• ( look at pages 20-21 for extreme cruelty definition chart )

Family Law

Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault

The 2025 ICE Detained Parents Directive Vs. the 2022 ICE Parental Interests Directive

State Laws on Civil Protection Orders for Victims of Human Trafficking (December 31, 2024)

Types of Civil Protection Orders Available By State Chart (December 31, 2024)

Access to Civil Protection Orders for Victims of Human Trafficking: State-By-State CPO Tables (December 31, 2024)

Immigrants and Protection Orders Bench Card (March 29, 2019) * (12499)

Bench Card: Impact of Divorce on Immigration Status (December 28, 2021)

Victims of Human Trafficking

Questions for Identifying Trafficked or Enslaved Persons (June 2011)

Domestic Violence and Involuntary Servitude as Human Trafficking (August 17, 2023) 

• Tool on how to identify human trafficking in family relationships

Public Benefits and Services

All State Public Benefits Charts and Interactive Public Benefits Map (2025)

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

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

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

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

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

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

U and T Visa Resources

U-Visa: “Helpfulness” Checklist

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

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