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Addressing Culture: Systematic Responses to Underserved Immigrant Populations
This presentation addresses systematic responses to underserved immigrant populations. It discusses how culture, religion, and law affect immigrant survivors of domestic and sexual violence. It also highlights barriers like distrust of the legal system, language issues, and lack of cultural sensitivity.
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Immigration Relief for Crime Victims
This presentation reviews how accurate immigration law information promotes just and fair outcomes in family court. The training emphasizes identifying potential relief for parents and children and the court’s role in assisting the parties in accessing immigration relief including VAWA self-petitions, U visas, T visas, SIJS, and DACA, and stresses the role of state courts…
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Voices from the Margins: Effective Advocacy for Immigrant Survivors
This presentation took place on May 14, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana for State STOP Administrators. It was designed to help government grant makers understand the full range of protections for immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence. It helps participant grant administrators better support programs in their states that identify…
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Judicial Leadership, State Teams and Next Steps
This document is a printout of a past NIWAP presentation that covered how NIWAP can help participants who work with immigrant survivors. The presentation detailed who NIWAP provides techncial assistance to and the different types of technical assistance offered.
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Exploring Social, Cultural and Faith Communities as Allies and Barriers for Sexual Assault Survivors
This Victim Rights Law Center training examines how social, cultural, and faith communities can act as both allies and barriers for sexual assault survivors, especially among immigrant and non-citizen populations. It highlights challenges such as language barriers, immigration status, close-knit communities, traditional values, fear, shame, and mistrust of authorities, which contribute to low reporting rates…
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VAWA Confidentiality and Courthouse Immigration Enforcement
This document is a printout of NIWAP’s “VAWA Confidentiality and Courthouse Immigration Enforcement” presentation. The presentation helped participants set parameters with immigration enforcement officals regarding if, when, and in what circumstances immigration enforcement at courthouses should occur. Additionally, participants were informed on how to take action regarding immigration enforcement at courthouses consistent with VAWA confidentiality…
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Multi-State Judicial Training – Access Exercise and Debrief
Slides from the Judicial Training Network’s Multi-State Training in New Orleans. The presentation helped attendees analyze the complex realities faced by immigrants subjected to domestic abuse, sexual assault, child abuse, or human trafficking. Additionally, it detailed how to identify gaps in access to justice in courts and communities, and how to better work with immigrant…
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Louisiana State Laws Regarding Abuse, Endangerment, and Neglect
This document provides an overview of Louisiana State Laws regarding Child Abuse, Abandonment, Child Neglect, Domestic Violence (including Child Abuse and Neglect), Child Desertion, and categories determining best interests for custody determinations.
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Advanced Immigration: Best Practices for Complex U Visa Representation
This document outlines best practices for representing clients in complex U visa cases, including eligibility under the U visa program, and required forms and waivers. It helps people identify potential grounds of inadmissibility for U visa applicants and derivatives, understand the process of relief with the U visa waitlist and deferred action, understand the process…
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Custody, Custody Evaluation, and Immigrant Victims
Slides from a NIWAP presentation on custody, custody evaluation, and immigrant victims. The presentation outlined how guiding principles of custody evaluation include: prioritizing the safety and wellbeing of children and parents, ensuring an informed, fair, and accountable process, and focusing on the individual family. The presentation also detailed guidelines to use when screening and responding…
National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project
State: Louisiana
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Louisiana State Laws Regarding Abuse, Endangerment, and Neglect
This document provides an overview of Louisiana State Laws regarding Child Abuse, Abandonment, Child Neglect, Domestic Violence (including Child Abuse and Neglect), Child Desertion, and categories determining best interests for custody determinations.