Description

This training will address how to screen survivors for eligibility for immigration legal remedies (VAWA, T visa, U visa, and SIJS) while improving survivor safety and economic security. Faculty will highlight trafficking that co-occurs with domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child abuse and will provide an overview of best practices for prosecuting cases involving immigrant victims. Participants will learn strategies to effectively serve and accommodate students who are survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and dating violence on campus and in schools including student visa holders. The training will discuss the important role that the various protection orders available in Kansas play in providing creative remedies that promote safety for immigrant survivors. Additionally, faculty will demonstrate how to use NIWAP’s public benefits maps to help immigrant victims and their children access the public benefits and services they are legally eligible to receive in Kansas.

Advocates-Attorneys Training Materials (August 16, 2025)

PowerPoint

Screening

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

DHS Interactive Infographic on Protections for Immigrant Victims

DHS Brochure: Immigration Options for Victims of Crime

Blue Card: Screening for Victims Who Qualify for Immigration Protective Relief (Squad Car Screening Tool)

Power and Control Tactics Used Against Immigrant Women (December 3, 2024) 

Danger Assessment for Immigrant Women (DA-I) (2013) 

Trauma Informed Structured Interview Questions (SIQI)

Trauma Informed Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigration Cases– includes questions for identifying human trafficking and domestic violence relationships

Advocate’s and Attorney’s Tool for Developing a Survivor’s Story: Trauma Informed Approach (April 27, 2023)

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) -includes comparison of stallking, coercive control and battering or extreme cruelty

Sample Letters

Sample Letters From Courts for ICE Officers At Courthouses 

Sample Law Enforcement Prosecution Letters

Sample Letters for Victim Advocates – Attorneys

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 

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

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

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)

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)

Stories from the Field: The Crime Fighting Effectiveness of the U Visas (August 23, 2021)

U and T Visa Certification State Law Requirements: Review, Comparison, and Trends August 2, 2025

Chapter 04: The U-Visa Remedy for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault and the Need For Multidimensional Collaboration

Prosecutor’s Tools

Victim Witness Resource – Victim Intimidation Brochure (English)

What’s Immigration Status Got to do with It? Prosecution Strategies for Cases Involving Undocumented Victims

Relevancy of a Victim’s Immigration Status in State Criminal Court Proceedings (August 24, 2022)

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

Training Tools for Prosecutors on the U Visa, VAWA and Criminal Court Discovery (June 2023)

Model U Visa Certification for Prosecutor’s Office

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) 

VAWA Confidentiality and Discovery

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

October 14, 2022: “What Judges, Attorneys, and Prosecutors Need to Know About How VAWA Confidentiality Impacts Discovery in Cases Involving Immigrant Survivors

VAWA Confidentiality and Criminal Cases: How Prosecutors Should Respond to Discovery Attempts for Protected Information

Quick Reference: VAWA Confidentiality Protections — Quoting Statutes, Regulations and DHS Policies (May 14, 2025)

Family Court Bench Card on VAWA Confidentiality

How to Argue or Rule on VAWA Confidentiality Protections in Discovery Involving Immigrant Survivors (November 18, 2022)

Discovery and Use of Immigration Information in Court Checklist

National Judicial Network Peer-to-Peer Sessions — Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Confidentiality: Criminal and Family Case Discovery (October 1 & November 12, 2024)

Victims of Human Trafficking

Questions for Identifying Trafficked or Enslaved Persons (June 2011)

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

Civil Protection Orders

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

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

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

Public Benefits – Kansas

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

Kansas Immigration and Public Benefits Timeline

Kansas Benefits Infographic – VAWA

Kansas Benefits Infographic – U Visa

Kansas Benefits Infographic – T Visa

Kansas Benefits Infographic – SIJS

Interpretation and Translation

API Resource Guide for Advocates & Attorneys on Interpretation Services for Domestic Violence Victims (2009) https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/interpretation-resource-guide-apiidv-7-2010/  

Tips: Ensuring Effective and Accurate Interpretation https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/lang-qref-ensuringaccurateinterp2011/  

Bench Card: Court Interpretation in Protection Order Hearings https://niwaplibrary.wcl.american.edu/pubs/ncsc-bench-card-language-access/  

NIWAP Directory

Directory of Programs With Experience Serving Immigrant Victims