National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project

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State: New Jersey

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    New Jersey: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process (Excel chart)

    Excel spreadsheet version of the New Jersey family law jurisdiction and service of process chart, for sorting and filtering. PDF version: New Jersey: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process

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    Part 2: Legal Rights of Immigrant Survivors: Immigration Relief and Public Benefits

    This New Jersey webinar explains legal rights and public benefits for immigrant survivors, covering protections under federal and state law, including VAWA, U visas, T visas, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. It outlines available services, anti-discrimination protections, and noncitizen eligibility for benefits regardless of immigration status.

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    Federal Register: Final Legal Services Corporation Regulations and Preamble

    These final rules create a special path to attain legal representation by LSC funded agencies. This document includes in the preamble to the regulations a discussion of the comments provided and LSC’s conclusions in issuing the final regulation.

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    Part 1: Training on Best Practices to Support Immigrant Victims, and Increase Participation in the Criminal Justice System

    This March 31, 2022, presentation in Middlesex, New Jersey, covers best practices for supporting immigrant victims of domestic and sexual violence. It outlines the unique barriers immigrant survivors face, such as fear of deportation, language barriers, lack of knowledge of legal rights, and distrust of authorities and how those barriers relate to screening victims. The…

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    Youth Empowered for Success (YES) Atlantic County NJ Pilot Program

    The Atlantic County NJ Youth Empowered for Success (YES) Pilot Program coordinates services for court-involved youth, treating them as victims rather than defendants, through a multidisciplinary team formalized by a Memorandum of Understanding. The program connects at-risk youth to essential services like housing, trauma-informed care, legal support, and drug treatment.

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    State Courts and the Protection of Immigrant Crime Victims and Children Workshop

    In this training, participants learned the importance of accurate information regarding immigration law to ensure just and fair outcomes in custody/protection order cases including legal immigration status and protection from deportation/low priority for removal. Participants also learned how to make findings necessary for SIJS cases and understand Congressional authorization for judges to sign U visa…

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    New Jersey Demographics

    Basic demographic information on immigrant population in New Jersey – 2021 Data. Updated 2023.

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    New Jersey Language Identification Guide

    A language identification guide including a list of languages that are spoken by people who have needed interpreters in New Jersey’s Courts. These languages are spoken by 10 million or more persons and languages which a registered agency can provide competent court interpreters on.

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    New Jersey: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process

    This document contains texts of state family law statutes governing jurisdiction and service of process, including any alternative service rules, across all types of family law cases. in the state. Also available as an Excel spreadsheet: New Jersey: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process (Excel chart)

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    New Jersey Public Benefits Screening Chart

    New Jersey – This public benefits screening chart helps immigrants, refugees, judges, victim advocates and attorneys quickly understand which state and federal public benefits an immigrant or refugee qualifies for in each state. Eligibility varies by state, by immigration status, by victim-based legal immigration application filed, by date of entry into the U.S. and by benefits program. This tool…