This flyer describes the technical assistance and training available to attorneys, victim advocates, judges, law enforcement, prosecutors, and other professionals who encounter immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, child abuse, dating violence, and human trafficking in their work. The flyer also contains links to register for one of the four Communities of Practice that NIWAP runs which are: the National Judicial Network (for judges and judicial officers only); our Roundtable for Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and their agency’s victim witness staff; a Family Lawyer’s Community of Practice and Victim Advocates Community of Practice. All provide ongoing peer-to-peer learning and educational opportunities for professionals working with immigrant victims and their children.
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[pdf] Technical Assistance and Training Flyer – Law Enforcement and Prosecutors (August 17, 2023) (+)
This set of flyers advertises the availability of training on language access, and U and T visa certification by law enforcement and prosecutors and working with immigrant and LEP victims. The second page of this set of flyers advertise the training and technical assistance offered by NIWAP, American University, Washington College of Law to courts, judges, law enforcement officials, prosecutors, victim advocates, and attorneys working in family law, domestic violence, immigration and legal services agencies covering a wide range of topics that are important to professionals who encounter immigrant crime victims and immigrant children in their work. Trainings are designed to meet the needs of the local jurisdiction or state requesting the training and involve both NIWAP staff and a national team of experts, law enforcement, prosecutor and judicial trainers. The first page of this flyer summarizes special training offered to law enforcement officials, prosecutors and their agency’s victim witness staff. The second discusses the full list of training and technical assistance open to all professionals working with immigrant survivors and the last flyer discusses the trainings NIWAP offers for judges and court staff.
[pdf] Technical Assistance for Judges and Courts: Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence, Child and Elder Abuse/Neglect, Sexual Assault, Stalking, Dating Violence and Human Trafficking (August 17, 2023) (+)
NIWAP offers technical assistance, training, training materials and legal research publications for judges, law clerks, court staff, state court educators, and state court administrators on topics that assist courts in family, juvenile, civil and criminal court cases involving foreign born victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, child and elder abuse, and human trafficking. We specialize on how immigration laws intersect with state family, protection order, custody, child support, public benefits, criminal, civil, and language access laws. This set of flyers describes the training and technical assistance available to judges and state courts, followed by a flyer on the range of topics of training and technical assistance offered by NIWAP. The last flyer in this set discusses the training and technical assistance NIWAP offers state and local law enforcement and prosecution officials and their agency’s victim witness staff.
[pdf] Technical Assistance and Training on Legal Rights of Immigrant Crime Victims (August 17, 2023) (+)
This set of flyers advertise the training and technical assistance offered by NIWAP, American University, Washington College of Law to courts, judges, law enforcement officials, prosecutors, victim advocates, and attorneys working in family law, domestic violence, immigration and legal services agencies covering a wide range of topics that are important to professionals who encounter immigrant crime victims and immigrant children in their work. Trainings are designed to meet the needs of the local jurisdiction or state requesting the training and involve both NIWAP staff and a national team of experts, law enforcement, prosecutor and judicial trainers. The first page of this flyer summarizes the topics of technical assistance and training offered. This page is followed by flyers aimed at trainings for law enforcement officers, prosecutors and their victim witness staff and trainings NIWAP offers for judges and court staff.
[pdf] Rural TA Grantees Orientation PowerPoint Presentation (January 18, 2023) (+)
[pdf] Naturalization of VAWA, SIJS, U and T Visa Recipient Survivors PowerPoint Presentation (September 23, 2022) (+)
[pdf] ICJR Orientation with BWJP 12.14.20 (+)
During this webinar, we explored the wide range of topics and various ways NIWAP can support your work with immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. We also discussed how you can hold offenders more accountable by using the U Visa certification as a crime-fighting tool, by enhancing domestic/sexual violence/stalking victim & community safety […]
[pdf] Free Technical Assistance and Resources for All Professionals Serving Immigrant and Refugee Women and Children (June 2019) (+)
The National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP, pronounced new-app) is a national provider of training, legal and social science research, policy development and technical assistance to advocates, attorneys, pro bono law firms, law schools, universities, federal, state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, court staff, social services and health care providers, justice system personnel and other professionals who work with immigrant women, children and crime victims. We offer assistance on a broad range of issues including access to services, safety and legal rights.
[pdf] Flyer Offering Training on Best Practices: Immigrant Crime Victims, Language Access and the U-Visa (June 14, 2019) (+)
Flyer advertising the availability of training on language access, and U and T visa certification by law enforcement and prosecutors and working with immigrant and LEP victims. The reverse side of the flyer contains information about the technical assistance available to law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, attorneys and other professionals working with immigrant crime victims.
[pdf] 2021 Flyer – Directory of Service Providers With Expertise Serving Immigrant Survivors (+)
Flyer describing NIWAP’s directory of service providers with expertise and experience serving immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, dating violence and child abuse. With instructions on how to include your agency in the directory, update and complete your agency’s directory entry, and to inform NIWAP about other agencies who should be included in the directory or provide corrections on directory entries.
[pdf] Supporting Your Work With Immigrant Survivors: Technical Assistance From Asista (+)
PowerPoint presentation for the “Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Assistance Grant Program Orientation” and the “Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Orientation” in Washington, D.C.
BUILDING LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY TO SERVE IMMIGRANT VICTIMS
Table of Contents U-Visa “Helpfulness” Checklist CATEGORY: MANUAL DHS U and T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide Updated 11.30.15 Glossary of Terms for Work with Immigrant Survivors (November 15, 2017) U Visa Helpfulness Case Scenarios Collection of U-Visa News Articles Immigrant Crime Victims and U Visa Certification – What is it and Why Should Judges […]