Trainings

Immigrants and Public Benefits

Training INFORMATION – PLEASE REGISTER BY MaY 5, 2008!

(download pdf registration form here)

Date:  Thursday, May 15 (Training on Immigrants and Public Benefits), all day

Place:  State Bar of New Mexico, 5121 Masthead NE, Albuquerque, NM  87109

Time:    May 15: 8:30 a.m. ­ 5:00 p.m.  (Registration & light breakfast 8:30-9 a.m.)

Training Topics:

 May 15th:

• Overview of immigrants’ eligibility for federal and state public benefits
• An overview of the rights of mixed status households to receive benefits
• Participatory Exercises and Case Studies
• An overview of barriers that prevent immigrants and their eligible children from enrolling in benefits (e.g. public charge, fears of INS, unnecessary demands for SSNs)
• A presentation on methods for immigrants to address Medical Debt
• Strategies on how best to advocate for non-citizen clients seeking benefits
• Regional resources
  

Register on or before May 5, 2008

$40 (price includes box lunch & materials)

Scholarships Available

Please make your check payable to New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty and mail it to Pauline Sargent at the NM Center on Law and Poverty, 720 Vassar Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, or you can fax this registration form to NM Center on Law and Poverty at (505) 255-2778. 

For more information about this training contact Pauline Sargent at NM Center on Law and Poverty (505-255-2840 or pauline@nmpovertylaw.org). 

(Please be aware that the Center is not able to accept credit card payments)