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Topic: Advocacy and Best Practices

[pdf] Immigrant Survivors and Their Children Assisting Survivors With Immigration Case Filings and Addressing Issues That Arise in Family Court Cases (+)

Description of the information that will be provided on the December 8, 2021 training, “Immigrant Survivors and Their Children: Assisting Survivors With Immigration Case Filings and Addressing Issues that Arise in Family Court Cases.”

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July 30, 2020: “Best Practices for Screening and Serving Immigrant Victims of Crime: A Webinar for Victim Advocates” (Webinar)

  NIWAP, in partnership with the Southern Maryland Center for Family Advocacy presented a virtual training on public benefits for victim advocates (nonprofit or government agency), attorneys, and other professionals who encounter immigrant victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking in Charles, St. Mary’s, and Calvert Counties in Maryland.  If […]

Published July 29, 2020

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July 9, 2020: “Domestic Violence and Housing Technical Assistance Consortium COVID-19, Housing, Health Care, Benefits and Victims”

If you are a victim advocate, attorney, judge, or other professional working with an immigrant victim and you would like to receive case specific technical assistance on access to publically funded benefits and services that an immigrant crime victim or immigrant child would be eligible to receive in you state, please call NIWAP for technical […]

Published July 20, 2020

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[pdf] Maryland Service Providers Training and Meeting Handout (+)

This handout complements the PowerPoint presentation for the Training and Meeting on Best Practices, Legal Rights, and Protections for Immigrant and Limited English Proficient Crime Victims. The material covers dynamics and barriers immigrant survivors encounter, protections survivors are legally eligible to access, and assisting victims in a trauma-informed manner.

Published 9/27/2019 by

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[pdf] VAWA Immigration Protections for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Human Trafficking, Stalking, and Child/Elder Abuse (+)

This presentation includes how to identify adult and child victims who qualify for the forms of immigration relief created by Congress to protect victims and improve their access to justice as well as how facilitating early filing for immigration relief increases offender accountability and officer, community and victim safety. Finally this PowerPoint emphasizes working facilitating […]

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July 15-16, 2019: Columbia, MO “Legal Protections and Help for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence and Their Children: The Central Role of Advocates and Attorneys”

This training involved multiple sessions covering dynamics of domestic and sexual violence experienced by immigrant survivors in Missouri, VAWA confidentiality, and immigration options for immigrant survivors and their children. Information about immigration relief, public benefits, and trauma-informed evidence collection and collaboration were major topics in the context of Missouri, and NIWAP faculty discussed public benefits […]

Published July 15, 2019

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March 26-27, 2018: Portland, OR “Best Practices: Immigrant Crime Victims, Language Access, and the U & T Visa

The training covers the best practices and recommendations based on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations, policies and training materials on U and T visa certification and includes a discussion of the benefits for law enforcement and prosecutors in following DHS’s recommendations for certification early in the case including in cases that are not ultimately […]

Published February 23, 2018

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October 7, 2016 – 2016 Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Conference Materials

Presentation: Building a Community of Practice: Creating a Culture of Social Equity for Immigrant Women and Children   Additional Materials: Herstory: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Public Policy Timeline Highlighting Accomplishments on Behalf of Immigrants and Women of Color Collecting Stories to Illustrate the Need for Proposed Reforms to Aid Immigrant Victims Understanding and Participating […]

Published October 13, 2016

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[pdf] Violence Against Women Act: Current Protections and Future Possibilities for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence (+)

Sponsored by Peace Over Violence, Los Angeles, CA. Topics Covered: History and purpose of the Violence Against Women Act’s immigration protections, safety planning and deportation, services open to undocumented victims, legal rights of immigrant victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, VAWA confidentiality, how immigrant women will benefit from Comprehensive Immigration Reform and the International Violence Against Women Act.

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[pdf] Keynote: Best Practices and Collaborations That Promote Safety for Immigrant Crime Victims (+)

Presentation delivered as the Keynote at the Advocacy in Action Conference.

This keynote address discusses the dynamics of domestic and sexual violence and child abuse experienced by immigrant adults and children and the important role of language access in serving limited English proficient victims. An overview of immigration relief available to immigrant victims and current and newly released Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies and priorities regarding crime victim protection will be highlighted. These policies affect best practices for safety planning in work with immigrant survivors and impact case planning in victims’ family court cases. The presentation concludes with a discussion of what evidence based research tells us about best practices and successful victim advocate, attorney, law enforcement collaborations that result in offering effective life-saving assistance to immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and human trafficking.

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February 15, 2013: “Lessons Learned from Law Enforcement: How Collaborations That Result in U Visa Certifications Support Safer Communities” (Webinar)

“Lessons Learned from Law Enforcement: How Collaborations That Result in U Visa Certifications Support Safer Communities.” Webinar on strategies for collaborating with law enforcement. PowerPoint Presentation Lessons Learned from Law Enforcement: How Collaborations That Results in U Visa Certification Support Safer Communities Materials The Importance of the U-visa as a Crime-Fighting Tool for Law Enforcement […]

Published February 15, 2013

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July 31, 2012: Denver, CO “Helping Immigrant Survivors: Options and Challenges in an Age of Immigration Enforcement”

PowerPoint Presentation  Helping Immigrant Survivors: Options and Challenges in an Age of Immigration Enforcement Benefit Materials Emergency Medicaid Chart Coverage Forensic Costs Chart Post Assault Health Care Chart Pre-Natal Care Chart HHS Funded Programs Open to all Immigrants HUD Programs and Immigrant Eligibility HUD Funds Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing Violence Against Women Act 2006 […]

Published July 31, 2012

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June 28, 2012: Worcester, MA “Advocacy for Immigrant Survivors in an Age of Immigration Enforcement” and “New Department of Homeland Security Policies and Immigrant Victims: From Secure Communities to the DHS Role in Victim Protection”

Workshop Presentations with Jane Doe, Inc., The Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence PowerPoint Presentations Advocacy for Immigrant Survivors in an Age of Immigration Enforcement New Department of Homeland Security Policies and Immigrant Victims: From Secure Communities to the DHS Role in Victim Protection Materials Collecting Stories to Illustrate the Need for Proposed […]

Published June 28, 2012

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October 5, 2011: “Law Enforcement and Advocates Partnering to Better Serve Immigrant Crime Victims” (Webinar)

Webinar: Law Enforcement and Advocates Partnering to Better Serve Immigrant Crime Victims. This webinar is produced through the National Immigrant Victims’ Access to Justice Partnership, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Vera Institute of Justice, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit center for justice policy and practice, and Legal Momentum, […]

Published October 5, 2011

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October 28, 2010: Indianapolis, IN “Culture and Compassion Conference”

“Public Benefits and Issues of Language Access” and “Using the Law to Empower Victims,” presented by Leslye Orloff, Michelle Gutierrez, and Katy Berringer.  The conference covered an overview of VAWA, T and U visa immigration options for immigrant victims of domestic vioelnce and sexual assault. Discussion of DHS policies on humanitarian release from detention and […]

Published October 28, 2010

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