NIWAP INC

Programs

1. Training and technical assistance: trained 807 attendees by offering 16 live trainings and 4 virtual training events hosted in 8 states, reaching national and statewide audiences. Trainees at the virtual events included: judges, law enforcement, prosecutors, victim advocates, legal services, pro bono attorneys, social services and non-profit organizations, state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions leadership and staff, and other government agency staff. Niwap's trainings included: a training for shelter directors in maryland; board and staff trainings for the ohio domestic violence network on vawa protections; a workshop at the annual maryland state victim advocacy convening on immigrant legal rights; a training for d.c. Victim advocates and attorneys on vawa confidentiality and u visa certification; a training on wisconsin safety net services; a training on vawa protections and immigration relief in san antonio; a q&a session in spanish on safety planning for valor; and a training for forensic nurses serving the rio grande valley. Niwap also had the opportunity to present a several conferences in 2025, including multiple sessions at the institute on violence, abuse,…

   $33,105 spent
   65% of program spending

2. Publications & training materials development, social science research: over the course of 2025, niwap developed a series of infographics illustrating the timeline to immigration relief and public benefits for immigrant crime victims who file for immigration protections offered to victims who suffered crime and/or abuse in the united states under the t visa, u visa, sijs, and vawa programs. The series serves as a quick reference guide containing step-by-step information for both adult and child survivors. Additional noteworthy efforts include creating vawa confidentiality tools for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, attorneys, and advocates that promote safe access to immigration relief for immigrant victims. Niwap also devoted significant time to translating know your rights publications on a range of topics helpful for immigrant survivors of domestic violence, child and elder abuse, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking into over 16 different languages. These include publications produced by the department of homeland services; niwap, the stalking, prevention, awareness, and resource center; freedom network usa; the office for victims of crime; texas rio grande…

   $18,067 spent
   35% of program spending

3. Amicus briefs and policy advocacy: in 2025, niwap served as lead amicus on a brief in cardenas v. Attorney general submitted to the third circuit u.s. Court of appeals that the court relied upon in reaching its precedential opinion holding that a spouse or child who is or has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a spouse, parent or stepparent, is eligible to self-petition regardless of when their abuser gained lawful permanent residency. Victims who have been abused in the past need not continue to be abused through filing, and a victim qualifies if the abuser is a lawful permanent resident at the time of filing. If abuse occurred, victims qualify without regard to when the abuser attained lawful permanent residency. Niwap also provided expert assistance to human rights watch on an investigative report they published titled "'we need u' how the u visa builds trust, counters fear, and promotes community safety". Lastly, niwap was asked to provide expert advice and testimony submitted to the maryland state legislature as it considered improvements to maryland's u visa certification law. The submission included a 75-page report on all u visa and t visa state law…

   $64 spent
   0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,236.