The U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, in partnership with the National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project (NIWAP), are hosting a two-day training: Addressing Culture: Systematic Responses to Underserved Immigrant Populations.
This two-day training will focus on assisting OVW grantees recognize and address cultural and language barriers immigrant survivors face in seeking services and effective justice system responses. Through an interactive process, participants will develop holistic and creative approaches to assist immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking and other crimes in a trauma informed manner.
Session 1: December 12-13, 2016
Session 2: December 15-16, 2016
New Orleans, Louisiana
Participants: This two-day training is open to advocates, attorneys, family lawyers, law enforcement (federal, state, local, and campus), and prosecutors, funded through OVW, STOP, Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV), Campus, Culturally and Population Specific, Rural, and Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies (Arrest). All other grantees and grant partners must receive prior approval from their OVW Program Specialist to attend. This training is open to grantees and grant funded partner agencies. We encourage our colleagues with disabilities and Deaf colleagues to attend.
Registration: Limited to 90 persons per session; attendees may be limited to two attendees per organization. Registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis. Once capacity has been reached, a waitlist will be created. The training is free and participants are responsible for covering the costs of travel, meals, and accommodations. A limited number of travel scholarships will be available only for STOP subgrantees who do not have travel funding in their grant budgets.
Draft agenda:http://niwaplibrary.wcl
Online registration: http://www.niwap.org/training/
Application for STOP Scholarships:http://www.niwap.