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Friday February 28
2025
 The Public Charge Doctrine (2-28-25)

A common misconception persists: any noncitizens who receive public benefits will be deported. This persistent myth creates fear that drives people further into poverty, even when the actual public charge rules may not even apply to the individual circumstances. In this training, we will explore the public charge doctrine and its outsize effect on communities of color and low-income individuals and families. We will examine the current "law" and regulations, and we will establish a framework for determining when people are likely NOT to be subject to the public charge doctrine. Learning objectives include: . Understand and define the “public charge” doctrine . Learn how to identify noncitizens who should not be affected by public charge concerns . Identify some categories of noncitizens who may potentially be affected by public charge

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  • When
    Friday, February 28, 2025
    10:00 am - 12:30 pm
  • CLE Credits
    Ethics and Professionalism: 0.50
    Skills: 1.00
    Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias: 0.05
  • Format
    Webinar: Questions Allowed During Program
  • Practice Area(s)
    Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
  • Price: $0
  • Duration: 01:30
  • Materials
    Contains 1 training item(s)

About the Faculty

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    Rebecca Smith (Speaker)

    Becky Smith, LCSW- Supervising Social Worker- Public Benefits and LGBTQ Advocacy Units ? Bronx Legal Services Becky Smith, LCSW, is a Social Work Supervisor with the Public Benefits and LGBTQ+ Advocacy units at Bronx Legal Services. Through this role, she coordinates the NYCBenefits project, which provides technical assistance to ten community-based organizations across New York. Prior to this position, she worked as a Staff Social Worker with the Immigrant Rights and Advocacy Project at BxLS on an interdisciplinary, legal-social work team that provides holistic, trauma-informed legal services to families in removal proceedings for over four years. She holds a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago and has completed post-Master's training in Advanced Clinical Studies and Advanced Assessment and Diagnosis from the University of New York. Becky regularly administers training and outreach for organizations across New York on the topic of public benefits access for undocumented New Yorkers and sits on the Steering Committee for the Bronx Immigration Partnership. Prior to joining LSNYC, she worked in Mexico organizing migrant workers and day laborers and has worked with immigrant survivors of violent crime across the United States & Mexico for over a decade. She is fluent in Spanish.
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    Jack Newton (Speaker)

    Jack Newton (he, him, el) is the Director of Public Benefits & LGBTQ Advocacy at Bronx Legal Services. Jack co-authored the chapter entitled, "Public Assistance and Housing: Navigating Difficult Benefits Systems," in the Lawyer's Manual on Domestic Violence: Representing the Victim (6th ed., 2014). Prior to joining LSNYC, Jack worked at The Legal Aid Society in family, immigration, benefits, and housing matters. He was a member of the FEPS litigation team and counsel in Pena v. Doar and Velez v. Roberts. Jack earned his law degree from the University of Texas and a Master's of Social Work from Columbia University.
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    Isabel Heine (Speaker)

    Isabel Heine Supervising Attorney Public Benefits & LGBTQ+ Advocacy Units Bronx Legal Services Isabel Heine (she/her) is a Supervising Attorney with the Public Benefits Unit and LGBTQ+ Advocacy Project where she oversees a Medical Legal Partnership addressing the legal needs of Bronx residents in a clinical setting. Ms. Heine is a 2014 graduate of Seton Hall Law School where she pursued a Concentration in Health Law and was honored for her outstanding contribution to the Immigrants’ Rights and International Human Rights Clinic at Seton Hall’s Center for Social Justice. Thereafter, Ms. Heine joined Bronx Legal Services. In her practice, Ms. Heine addresses the borough’s residents’ social determinants of health through legal advocacy with a focus on survivors of trauma, the LGBTQ+ population, and individuals affected by Opiate Use Disorder. Previously, Ms. Heine focused primarily on immigration and family law matters, including orders of protection and custody and visitation cases, as well as asylum, U/T visas, VAWA self-petitions, SIJS petitions, and many other forms of immigration relief in an affirmative and defensive posture. Ms. Heine regularly conducts community outreach throughout the Bronx and provides a wide range of trainings on issues affecting the immigrant population.