If you are a forensic nurse, healthcare provider, victim advocate, attorney, judge, or other professional working with an immigrant victim and you would like to receive case-specific technical assistance on access to publicly funded benefits and services that an immigrant crime victim or immigrant child would be eligible to receive in your state, please call NIWAP for technical assistance.  (202) 274-4457 or email us at info@niwap.org.  For more detailed information, you can also visit the public benefits section of NIWAP’s web library http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/topic/public-benefits/ 

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Public Benefits Interactive Maps and State Charts

• Interactive Public Benefits Map
• All State Public Benefits Charts
• A Guide to Public Benefits Map for Immigrant Survivors of Crime
• State-Funded Public Benefits Comparison Chart (July 7, 2022)

Webinars

• Healthcare: Understanding the Affordable Care Act and How it Affects Immigrant Survivors
• All NIWAP Webinars

Immigration Legal Rights Overviews, Brochures, Tools Chapters

• Multilingual Materials for Victims and Advocates (1317)
• World Language Identification Guide: I Speak (Raksha) (2419)
• DHS Infographic: Protection for Immigrant Victims (January 12, 2017) (1688)
• Immigration Options for Victims of Crime – DHS Brochure (118)
• Information on the Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the United States and Facts about Immigrating on a Marriage-Based Visa (318)  
• Pathways to Immigration Relief for Students (June 20, 2014) (156)
• 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) (December 30, 2021)
• Chapter 3.3 VAWA Self-Petition (2013) 
• Chapter 10 U-Visas: Victims of Criminal Activity (2023)
• Human Trafficking and the T-Visa
• Chapter 08: Immigration Relief for Child Sexual Assault Survivors
• Chapter 13: When Foreign Students or Their Family Members Are Sexually Assaulted: Immigration Implications of the Student and Exchange Visitor System
• VAWA Red Flags 
• USCIS Brochure: Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (January 27, 2017)
• USCIS and Blue Campaign Continued Presence Pamphlet (February 28, 2020)
• Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality

Dynamics & Barriers for Immigrant & Refugee Survivors

• Dynamics of Domestic Violence Experienced by Immigrant Victims http://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/cult-man-ch1-1-dynamicsdomesticviolence2016/
• Dynamics of Sexual Assault and the Implications for Immigrant Women
• Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault: The Important Role of SART Teams

Trauma-Informed Assistance

•  How to Prepare Your Case Through a Trauma Informed Approach:  Tips on Using the Trauma Informed Structured Interview Questionnaires for Family Court Cases (SIQI) (August 23, 2021)
• Trauma-Informed – Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigration Cases (SIQI)(April 27, 2023)
  • Spanish
• • Russian
• • Chinese

• Advocate’s and Attorney’s Tool for Developing a Survivor’s Story: Trauma-Informed Approach (July 20, 2017)
  • Spanish: Herramienta para defensores y abogados para desarrollar la historia de un/a sobreviviente: Enfoque informado por el trauma (4/24/23)

Resources on Stalking

• Judicial Officer Checklist for Common Behaviors Associated with Stalking (March 2, 2023)
• Understanding Stalking for Immigrants (March 1, 2023)
  • English
  • Spanish 
• Judicial Officer Guide Responding to Stalking (July 14, 2022)
• Judicial Officer Bench Card: Stalking (July 14, 2022)**
• SPARC offers more useful information on stalking on their Resources page SPARC offers more useful information on stalking on their Resources Page https://www.stalkingawareness.org/resources/ +

Public Benefits and Services for Immigrant Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence

• Forensic Exam Coverage (August 2, 2024)

Bench Cards, Flow Charts and Evidence Check Lists

• Public Benefits Flow Charts: VAWA Self-Petition and Cancellation, U-Visas, T-Visas and SIJS (192)
• Evidence Checklist For Battered Immigrant Women Seeking Public Benefits (2014) (382)  
• Family Court Bench Card on Immigrant Crime Victim Access to Public Benefits and Services (5) 
• Bench Card on Trafficking Victim Benefits Eligibility Process (18)
• Bench Card on U Visa Victim Benefits Eligibility Process (8)
• Bench Card on VAWA Public Benefits Eligibility Process (9) 
• Bench Card for State Court Judges on Common Issues that Arise From Parties’ Immigration Status: Economic Remedies (March 10, 2022)

Overviews and Chapters, Multiple Benefits

• 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 (100)
• Chapter 16.1 Appendix: HHS Funded Programs Open to All Immigrants (12476)
• Chapter 16: Access To Programs And Services That Can Help Victims of Sexual Assault (351)
• Chapter 04.1: Access to Programs and Services that Can Help Battered Immigrants (347)
• Chapter 04.2: Public Benefits Access for Battered Immigrant Women and Children (348)
• Chapter 4.3 Barriers to Accessing Services: The Importance of Advocates Accompanying Battered Immigrants Applying for Public Benefits (357)
• HHS Administration for Children and Families Trafficking Victim Adult Certification Handout (12557) 
• HHS Administration for Children and Families Trafficking Victim Child Certification Handout

Only Certain Law Enforcement and Benefits Workers Under Limited Circumstances Are Required Under Federal Law to Report Immigrants to DHS

• Privacy Protections for Immigrant Applying for Public Benefits (191)  
• NILC, Privacy Protections in Selected Federal Benefits Programs  
• NILC, Model Letter and Appendix on Privacy Protections in Selected Federal Benefits Programs

Legal Services Corporation Funded Assistance for Immigrant Victims

• Access to Publicly Funded Legal Services for Immigrant Survivors

Driver’s Licenses, State Funded Health Case Subsidies, TANF, Food Stamps

• State-Funded Public Benefits Comparison Chart (July 7, 2022)

Health Care

• Healthcare Access for Immigrants who are NOT Eligible to Access the Healthcare Exchanges (394) 
• Immigrants’ Access to Programs and Services Necessary to Protect Life and Safety and Post-Assault Health Care (405)
• Pre-Natal Care for Immigrant Victims – All States (355)
• Post Assault Healthcare and Crime Victim Compensation for Immigrant Victims and Children– All States (354)
• Emergency Medicaid for Immigrant Victims – All States (352)
•  Coverage for Forensic Costs for Immigrant Victims – All States (353)
• Chapter 17: Access to Health Care for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault (356) 
• Domestic Violence Factsheet: HHS (12561)
• State-Funded Public Benefits Comparison Chart (April 12, 2021) (2585)
• NILC:  Medical Assistance Programs for Immigrants in Various States (July 2021) (12564)  
• Eligibility Under the Affordable Care Act for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Trafficking, and Other Serious Crimes
• 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)
• Health Care Options for Immigrant Survivors Factsheet
• Forensic Exam Coverage (August 2, 2024)
• To find an HHS funded community health center (Federally Qualified Health Center), interested individuals should go to http://bphc.hrsa.gov/
• To find a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funded Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic go to https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/program/ccbhc-success-center/ccbhc-locator/.

Housing

• List of Supporting Documents For Training- Housing Rights for Immigrant Survivors (September 23, 2021)
• Safe Housing for Immigrant Survivors-Legal Resources  
• Safe Housing Partnerships: Federal Safe Housing Funding Resources – CARES Act (April 22, 2020)
• Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition: Frequently Asked Question: Eligibility for Assistance Based on Immigration Status (May 5, 2020)

Housing – Shelter and Transitional Housing

• Joint Agency Letter On Shelters and Transitional Housing (Web Page August 12, 2016) (412)
• The Law: Immigrants are Legally Eligible for Transitional Housing (February 22, 2017)  
• Webinar-Immigrant Crime Victim Access to Federally Assisted Housing (February 22, 2017) (1319)
• What Shelter and Rental Housing Assistance are Available to Immigrant Survivors During COVID-19? (September, 2021) (12563) 
• LIHTC and the Violence Against Women Act – NHLP

SNAP- Food Stamps

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):  Guidance on Non-Citizen Eligibility (455)

Family Law

Custody

• Child Custody and Immigration-Related Abuse: Myths and Best Practices National Webinar (December 13, 2021)
• Bench Card: DHS Enforcement Priorities Information for State Court Judges

Civil Protection Orders

• Chapter 05.1: Battered Immigrants and Civil Protection Orders
• Chapter 14: Protection Orders for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault
• Creative Methods in Protecting Battered Immigrants (June 20, 2014)

Divorce

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

Economic Relief

• Bench Card for State Court Judges on Common Issues that Arise From Parties’ Immigration Status: Economic Remedies (March 10, 2022)
• Chapter 06.4: Ensuring Economic Relief for Immigrant Victims Through Family Law Proceedings: Child Support and Spousal Support (July 1, 2013)

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