• Legal rights of immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking:
  
  o To access public benefits for themselves and/or for their children;
  o To access housing;
  o To attain legal immigration status;
  o Under family law;
  o Under state protection order laws;
  o As a victim in the criminal justice system; and
  o To access shelter, rape crisis, domestic violence and social services
  
  
• Provision of culturally competent services to immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking.

• The research data and information on the dynamics of domestic violence experienced by immigrants.
  

• Legal advice, consultations and assistance to advocates, attorneys and other professionals on individual cases;
• Development and discussion of legal strategies;
• Basic information about the immigration legal rights of immigrant victims of violence against women;
• Information for advocates and attorneys helping immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking about VAWA and U and T visa immigration relief;
• Review of pleadings and filings;
• Assistance in preparing cases for appeal and filing of amicus briefs on appeal;
• Referrals to immigrant rights, battered immigrant women's, battered women's, and sexual assault victim advocates and to attorneys in each state who can work together on cases of immigrant victims;
• Assistance with justice system advocacy with regard to systemic problems and barriers encountered by immigrant victims;
• Assistance with public benefits and housing systems advocacy for immigrant victims
• Assistance with accessing victim's services, social services and health care by immigrant victims
• Provision of training materials and power point presentations that can be used in local trainings,
• Provision of legal memoranda that can be used in local family court cases and public benefits cases; and
• Providing callers access to research findings on the dynamics of domestic violence experienced by immigrant women and children.

Immigrant Women Program staff are available to serve as faculty for trainings on a variety of topics including:

• Battered immigrant and sexual assault victim's options for attaining legal immigration status including the immigration provisions of the Violence Against Women Act and the new U and T visas for crime victims and trafficking.
• Public benefits access for immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking and their children.
• Special issues in family law and with regard to protection orders in cases of battered immigrants and immigrant victims.
• Working in a culturally competent manner with immigrant victims of violence against women in the criminal justice system.
• Training on the legal rights of immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking for judges, police and prosecutors.
• Trainings for advocates and non-immigration lawyers on immigrant victims' legal rights.
• Trainings for advocates for immigrant victims on provision of a broad range of services to immigrant victims.
• Trainings for immigrant survivors on legal rights
• Training for health professionals on their role in working with battered immigrant women and battered women.
• Improving the cultural competency of the services offered to battered immigrants and immigrant victims of sexual assault.
• Battered immigrant's and immigrant crime victim's legal rights to access domestic violence, sexual assault and other services necessary to protect life and safety.
• Funding programs that serve immigrant victims with cultural competency

Sponsored by the Immigrant Women Program of Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), this list serve is for domestic violence and family law attorneys and advocates working with immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking who seeking help from the family courts or who are parties in family court proceedings. The list serve covers a full range of family court issues immigrant victims encounter particularly when seeking protection orders, custody, child support and divorce. Topics discussed also include the intersection between family law and immigration law issues. Legal services providers are encouraged to join.

Sponsored by the Immigrant Women Program of Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund), this list serve is for advocates and attorneys helping immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking access public benefits, health care and the full range of victim services. Topics discussed include immigrant victim access to TANF, Medicaid, SCHIP, health care, state based benefits, child care, Food Stamps, housing, shelter and crime victim assistance. Listserve participants learn strategies for accompanying immigrant victims applying for benefits and services and for filing complaints and appeals when immigrant victims are turned away from or denied benefits and services for which they or their children qualify.