Pathways

In this fifth episode on benefits and services for immigrant survivors, Director Leslye Orloff, Assistant Director Rafaela Rodrigues, NIWAP American University Washington College of Law, and Elliott Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council continue their discussion, focusing on victim advocacy and how advocates and attorneys can help survivors navigate the process of applying for benefits and services that...

In this fourth episode on benefits and services for immigrant survivors, Director Leslye Orloff, Assistant Director Rafaela Rodrigues, NIWAP American University Washington College of Law, and Elliott Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council continue their discussion, specifically focusing on benefits for crime victims. Immigration status and the state of residence of the victim are some factors that impact...

In this third episode on benefits and services for immigrant survivors, Director Leslye Orloff, Assistant Director Rafaela Rodrigues, NIWAP American University Washington College of Law, and Elliott Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council continue their discussion on benefits and services, looking at eligibility for state and federal means-tested public benefits by legal immigration status. They discuss t...

In this episode, NIWAP Director Leslye Orloff, Assistant Director Rafaela Rodrigues, NIWAP American University Washington College of Law, and Elliott Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council continue their discussion on benefits and services for immigrant survivors. They begin by discussing the barriers to accessing benefits, the lack of knowledge, and the different eligibility requirements under state law...

In this episode, NIWAP Director Leslye Orloff, NIWAP Assistant Director Rafaela Rodrigues, American University Washington College of Law, and Elliott Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council talk about how to navigate and understand what public benefits and services are available to immigrant survivors through NIWAP’s created tool, the Public Benefits Map. They discuss the reasons behind creating the map t...

In this episode, Patricia Ravenhorst, General Counsel, South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault; Susan Pearlstein from Philadelphia Legal Assistance; Hadar Swerdlow, Family Law Attorney from Atlanta Legal Aid; Judge Ramona Gonzalez from La Crosse County Circuit Court in Wisconsin; Commissioner Loretta Young, New Castle County Family Court in Delaware; Elliott Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth's Attor...

In this episode, Patricia Ravenhorst, General Counsel, South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault; Susan Pearlstein from Philadelphia Legal Assistance; Hadar Swerdlow, Family Law Attorney from Atlanta Legal Aid; Judge Ramona Gonzalez from La Crosse County Circuit Court in Wisconsin; Commissioner Loretta Young, New Castle County Family Court in Delaware; Elliott Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth's Attor...

In this episode, NIWAP Deputy Director, Rocio Molina, immigration attorney, Cora Tekach, and staff attorney for Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Services Council, Elliot Casey discuss criminal convictions for offenses of domestic and sexual violence for immigrant perpetrators. They discuss the impact of immigration status and conviction on potential deportations, and the importance of factual and legal analysis in determining the o...

In this episode, Shannon Archer, Assistant County Attorney, Polk County, Iowa; Christopher Freeman, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Hennepin County, Minnesota; and Elliot Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Services Council continue their discussion on working with the immigrant community to build trust, what steps prosecutors can take to avoid inadvertently sabotaging relationships with victims, and how the U Visa ca...

In this episode, Shannon Archer, Assistant County Attorney, Polk County, Iowa; Christopher Freeman, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Hennepin County, Minnesota; and Elliot Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Services Council discuss the fundamentals of building trust with immigrant victims of crime in the United States. Doing so requires humility and the willingness to be continuously learning, while making sure to lis...

In the last episode of this four-part series, Suzanne Ramos, Victim Advocate at the Reno City Attorney’s Office in Reno, NV, Yvette Richardson from The National Network to End Domestic Violence, Elliot Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Services Council, and Leslye Orloff, Director of NIWAP at the American University Washington College of Law continue their conversation discussing best practices for building and mainta...

In this episode, Suzanne Ramos, Victim Advocate at the Reno City Attorney’s Office in Reno, NV, Yvette Richardson from The National Network to End Domestic Violence, Elliot Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Services Council, and Leslye Orloff, Director of NIWAP at the American University Washington College of Law continue their conversation on the important role victim advocates play in helping immigrant survivors acc...

In this episode, Suzanne Ramos, Victim Advocate at the Reno City Attorney’s Office in Reno, NV, Yvette Richardson from The National Network to End Domestic Violence, Elliot Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Services Council, and Leslye Orloff, Director of NIWAP at the American University Washington College of Law continue their conversation on the role of victim advocates working with immigrant survivors. They discuss...

In this episode, Suzanne Ramos, Victim Advocate at the Reno City Attorney’s Office in Reno, NV, Yvette Richardson from The National Network to End Domestic Violence, Elliot Casey from the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Services Council, and Leslye Orloff, Director of NIWAP at the American University Washington College of Law, talk about victim advocacy, particularly advocacy for immigrant survivors regarding access to public bene...

In this episode, Investigator Michael LaRiviere from the Salem, Massachusetts Police Department, and Tara Patet, Supervising Prosecutor at the City Attorney’s Office in St. Paul, Minnesota, continue to talk about barriers to cooperation and how to overcome them, the rates of underreported elder abuse in immigrant communities, how to take advantage of resources in the community, and what sorts of mechanisms exist to encourage cooper...

In this episode, Rocio Molina, Deputy Director of NIWAP at the American University Washington College of Law, Investigator Michael LaRiviere from the Salem, Massachusetts Police Department, and Tara Patet, Supervising Prosecutor at the City Attorney’s Office in St. Paul, Minnesota, talk about elder abuse, especially in immigrant communities. The guests discuss what encompasses elder abuse and how to identify the different forms of ...

In this episode, Leslye Orloff, Director of NIWAP at the American University Washington College of Law, Detective Shelli Sonnenberg from the Boise, Idaho Police Department, and Investigator Michael LaRiviere from the Salem, Massachusetts Police Department continue their conversation around how law enforcement agencies can effectively use interpreters and translators to ensure successful outcomes in criminal investigations and prose...

In this episode, Leslye Orloff, Director of NIWAP at the American University Washington College of Law, Detective Shelli Sonnenberg from the Boise, Idaho Police Department, and Investigator Michael LaRiviere from the Salem, Massachusetts Police Department talk about best practices for using interpreters and translators when working with limited English proficient (LEP) crime victims and witnesses. The podcast talks about working wi...

In this episode, Leslye Orloff, Director of NIWAP at the American University Washington College of Law, Jane Anderson, an attorney advisor at Aequitas, and Christopher Freeman, a prosecutor from Hennepin County, MN, talk about trial strategies and preparation tactics for prosecutors, law enforcement, and victim advocates in cases involving U Visa witnesses, victims with U Visa applications, or those seeking some forms of U Visa rel...