National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project

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State: Massachusetts

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    Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing

    This training session aided participants in better utilizing laws and government publications to advocate for access to transitional housing and emergency shelter for immigrant survivors. Additionally, it aimed to inform participants on how to help immigrant survivors gain access to transnational housing programs that impose self-sufficiency or employment criteria.

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    Advanced Immigration Law Issues in Cases Involving Immigrant Survivors

    The document is a presentation on immigration law issues affecting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. It aims to help the participant to better apply for different forms of immigration protection and Identify new policies and case strategies that will help survivors secure work authorization and/or protection from removal.

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    Improving Access to the Public Benefits Safety Net and Victims of Crime Act Compensation for Immigrant Survivors

    This presentation outlined how to navigate NIWAP’s online benefits map and state-by-state charts to loop up state and/or federally-funded benefits and services that Immigrant crime victims may qualify for. Additionally, the presentation helped participants understand how filing for victim-related immigration benefits enhances acces to public benefits safety net services. Finally, the presentation outlined which publicly…

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    VAWA Confidentiality’s Impact on Discovery in Family and Criminal Court Cases

    This presentation helped participants identify litigants who are victims eligible for VAWA confidentiality protection, and how to anticipate and repsond to discovery requests that violate VAWA confideniality laws. Additionally, the presentation helped participants be able to ensure that discovery in criminal and family court cases are consistent with VAWA confidentiality requirements.

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    Agenda NIWAP Boston Conference August 2023

    Final agenda for the Strengthening Community and Organizational Responses: Serving Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking in-person training that is being hosted by NIWAP, American University, Washington College of Law in Boston with two date options. August 28-29 and August 30-31, 2023. This training is for Office of Violence Against Women and…

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    U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Need to Concentrate the Fight Against an Escalating Blight of Violence Against Women

    This document overviews the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing that was held in Boston regarding the need to concentrate the fight against an escalating blight of violence against women. It includes an opening statement by Senator Kennedy, witness testimony, Q&A, and prepared statements.

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    NIWAP Conference Boston 2023 Flyer

    This two-day in-person interactive training focuses on providing attorneys, law enforcement, prosecutors, and advocates strategies for strengthening their understanding of legal and victim services options for and best practices when working with immigrant survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This training offers diverse learning experiences delivered by a faculty of multi-disciplinary…

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    New Department of Homeland Security Policies and Immigrant Victims: From Secure Communities to the DHS Role in Victim Protection

    This presentation from the June 28, 2012, training in Worcester, MA trained participants on DHS policies for victims of crime.

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    Massachusetts Demographics (2023)

    Demographics of immigrant population in Massachusetts Data from 2021 updated in 2023

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    Massachusetts U Visa Certification Law – Certification for Victims of Violent Crime and Human Trafficking

    Massachusetts state law requires certifiers to adopt a policy for completing and signing nonimmigrant status certification forms. The law also requires a certifying entity to respond to a victim of criminal activity who intends to petition for a nonimmigrant visa under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(U) or from a victim of severe forms of trafficking in persons…