[pdf] Child Custody Newsletter (October 27. 2021) (+)

This newsletter includes information on the legal rights of immigrant parents in state court custody proceedings and the common misconceptions surrounding immigration status and child custody. It includes a 2021 update that links to documents that track how state court judges need to be aware of legally correct information on which immigrants are are not likely to be removed based on immigration enforcement priority policies issued by the US Department of Homeland Security.

[pdf] September 2018 Newsletter (+)

This issue includes:
– Upcoming Webinars
– Take the UNHCR and Center on Migration Studies 10-minute survey on the stateless population in the United States
– View NIWAP’s Memo on how the 2018 Gender-based Asylum policies do not affect survivors’ access to VAWA immigration remedies
– New Practices Advisory on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Applications Published
– View the report: Vulnerable But Not Broken: Psychosocial Challenges and Resilience Pathways among Unaccompanied Children from Central America
– The Center on Immigration and Child Welfare issued important publications describing the impact that parental detention has on children in immigrant families
– Save the date: NIWAP will hold a national training for OVW grantees and potential grantees in August of 2019

[pdf] October 2018 Newsletter – Clarifications on Medicaid and SNAP Eligibility and the 5-Year Bar (October 13, 2018) (+)

This issue includes: – Information for the Georgia Legal Services Program – No 5 Year Bar to Federally Funded Medicaid for Immigrants who Entered the U.S. before 8/22/1996 – New NTA Policy Memo Description – New Resources from NIWAP – Upcoming Conferences and Webinars

[pdf] September 2014 Newsletter (+)

This newsletter provides information and links to resources on a number of issues including gender based asylum and access to legal services corporation funded representation for immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking and the parental interest directive policy through which DHS officials are required to facilitate participation in court cases involving their children for detained immigrant parents.

[pdf] Immigrant Survivor’s Access to Healthcare Newsletter (April 2015) (+)

Newsletter covering access to healthcare for immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abuse and other U visa covered criminal activities. This Newsletter addresses the following topics:
*General Information Regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and immigrant survivors
*Immigrant Crime Victims Who Are Eligible to Access the Healthcare Exchanges to purchase health insurance on the state and federal healthcare exchanges
*How to Immigrant Survivors Access the Healthcare Exchanges?
*Access to Healthcare Subsidies for Immigrant Survivors and Their Children
*Healthcare Access for Immigrants Who are NOT Eligible to Access the Healthcare Exchanges
*Applicability of Public Charge and Deeming Rules to Immigrant Survivors and their Children Eligible for Healthcare Subsidies

*All NIWAP Newsletters

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[pdf] OVW Child Custody newsletter (+)

This newsletter provides an overview of legal rights of immigrant parents in state custody proceedings, common misconceptions by the Department of Homeland Security for immigrant parents and families. We will also discuss tips for obtaining custody of children for immigrant survivors of domestic violence.

[pdf] May 22, 2018 newsletter (+)

In this issue NIWAP announces its’ search for prosecutors and law enforcement to join their national faculty in the Train the Trainers program.