LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM | WISE
Provides essential legal services for survivors of gender-based violence who need legal support with immigration and/or family law. Legal services include assistance in divorce and parenting matters for survivors, consultations to assess an individual's eligibility for humanitarian immigration status or for other benefits under U.S. immigration law and provides legal assistance to eligible survivors. The law protects migrants who are victims of domestic violence/ sexual assault crimes including human trafficking, or who have suffered persecution before fleeing their home country. Services also include direct advice and referrals to individuals and organizations. They also offers workshops for entities that have contact with immigrants, such as medical centers and health clinics, public school English Language Learning educators, law enforcement, and social service providers.
Last Assured
03/14/2024
Physical Address
38 Bank Street, Lebanon, NH 03766
Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:30am-4:30pm
Voice
Fax
(603) 448-2799
Application process
By Telephone, By Chat; By Text. Referrals to their legal services team are made through WISE advocacy only. To access legal support, connect with a WISE Advocate.
Fee
Free
Eligibility
Survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, trafficking, foreign born individuals and humanitarian immigrants.
Agency info
WISE
WISE is a non-profit organization that provides crisis advocacy and support for people and communities affected by domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and trafficking within 23 towns of the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. WISE offers support to survivors through its interconnected programs: Advocacy, Community Education, Youth Violence Prevention, Forensic Interviewing, and Immigration and Family Law Services. WISE also supports people through the 24-hour crisis line, on-site emergency housing and housing advocacy, legal services, safety planning, groups, and in-person advocacy at the WISE Program Center, police stations, courthouses, hospitals, social service agencies, and at Dartmouth College.