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The IRC Center For Well-Being, with locations in Phoenix and Tucson, is a unique resettlement agency-based program that provides a wide array of mental health services to refugees and asylees. Services include in-home well-being promotion, individual and group psychotherapy, including alternative therapies, and intensive case management for survivors of torture.

The IRC Center For Well-Being, with locations in Phoenix and Tucson, is a unique resettlement agency-based program that provides a wide array of mental health services to refugees and asylees. Services include in-home well-being promotion, individual and group psychotherapy, including alternative therapies, and intensive case management for survivors of torture.

Partnerships for Trauma Recovery (PTR) joins the global movement to reduce the mental health gap by addressing the psychosocial impacts of trauma caused by war, torture, forced displacement, human trafficking, and persecution due to identity and beliefs. We strive to narrow the gap by increasing the availability of culturally aware, trauma-informed, and linguistically accessible mental health services; and reducing the factors that cause trauma with trauma-informed policy advocacy. Our model is built on three complementary components: mental health care for international survivors of human rights abuses; clinical training for globally-minded clinicians; and policy advocacy for efforts aimed at reducing trauma.

CJA works to stop torture and other serious human rights abuses around the world by helping the survivors of such abuses hold their perpetrators accountable, especially those perpetrators who live in or visit the United States. CJA offers survivors and their families an integrated approach in their quest for justice that combines legal, medical, psycho-social and other services, as needed.

NCHRC is a clinic within Alameda Health System that primarily provides forensic medical and psychological evaluations (including FGM/C evaluations) for people seeking asylum and other forms of relief from deportation (e.g. protection under the Convention Against Torture, U-visas, etc) who reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of our patients are referred by immigration attorneys but we are happy to be directly contacted by people who think they could use our services.  We also strive to link all patients we see with primary medical care, psychological services, and social services as needed.

Survivors of Torture International in San Diego, California, is a multidisciplinary service organization of providers who include medical and mental health workers, as well as other professionals. SURVIVORS also hosts regular trainings for students and professionals about how to appropriately identify, refer, and serve survivors of torture. Torture treatment services were established in 1997.

IRC in Sacramento will leverage its existing holistic service structures to effectively serve torture survivors in and around Sacramento, California who are refugees, asylees, asylum seekers, or who are seeking other forms of humanitarian protection so they and their families can attend to their health, build community support networks, and function effectively. IRC in Sacramento will coordinate and integrate services across multiple sectors so that survivors have improved access to quality services, physical and mental health, legal protection, social connectedness, and economic stability over each project period. This will be done through the implementation of the following objectives annually: increase access to and engagement with effective, holistic, strengths-based, trauma-informed, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services for 225 survivors, and maintain and grow a strong and sustainable national network of 80 culturally responsive specialized service providers.

The Center for Survivors of Torture is a multidisciplinary program of the Asian Americans in Community Involvement in San Jose, California; They provide psychological and medical evaluation and treatment and social services to survivors of torture from all countries.

Survivors International is a torture treatment organization in San Francisco, California, with a satellite office in Oakland. Their network of providers, which includes many volunteers, offers services in the fields of medicine, law, psychology, social work, public health, human rights and psychology. Their Web site includes a “Community Manual” for those working with immigrants and refugees who may be impacted by the effects of torture. Torture treatment services were established in 1989.

The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles’ Torture Survivors Project attends to the needs of immigrants who were victims of torture in their countries of origin. It involves both outreach and legal assistance to this diverse community of asylees and refugees.

The Program for Torture Victims (PTV) is a social services and health agency serving Los Angeles and Orange County, California that assists asylum seekers and refugee survivors of torture, persecution or other human rights abuses. PTV provides trauma responsive and culturally sensitive therapeutic mental health and medical care, therapeutic case management support, legal assistance, forensic psychological and medical evaluations and expert witness testimony in court and limited assistance with basic needs. PTV organizes peer group support networks, offers survivor leadership capacity building and engages immigrant communities in expressive arts healing. PTV is available to provide training and consultation services to professionals (physicians, mental health providers, attorneys) on topics related to serving survivors of torture. PTV was founded in 1980 -- the first torture treatment center in North America.

The Program for Torture Victims (PTV) is a social services and health agency serving Los Angeles and Orange County, California that assists asylum seekers and refugee survivors of torture, persecution or other human rights abuses. PTV provides trauma responsive and culturally sensitive therapeutic mental health and medical care, therapeutic case management support, legal assistance, forensic psychological and medical evaluations and expert witness testimony in court and limited assistance with basic needs. PTV organizes peer group support networks, offers survivor leadership capacity building and engages immigrant communities in expressive arts healing. PTV is available to provide training and consultation services to professionals (physicians, mental health providers, attorneys) on topics related to serving survivors of torture. PTV was founded in 1980 -- the first torture treatment center in North America.

The IRC in Denver’s Survivor Wellness Center promotes full rehabilitation for primary and secondary survivors of torture, with integrated holistic services that use a strengths-based approach. Services for survivors include in-house case management to address basic needs, build community awareness and connect to resources; psychosocial support to cultivate strong social support mechanisms and address cultural adjustment, stress management and trauma processing needs; legal assistance through pro bono providers to pursue asylum and other forms of legal protection; and assistance with referrals and navigation to access primary and specialty medical care, individual therapy and group therapy. Operating within the context of a resettlement agency, in addition to survivor-specific supports, the Survivor Wellness Center is able to assist eligible survivors in tapping into an array of wraparound services that contribute to their ability to stabilize and achieve longer-term community integration.

Khmer Health Advocates is a West Hartford, Connecticut, agency whose primary focus is to care for the health needs of survivors of the Mahandorai (Cambodian holocaust) and their families. They offer psychotherapy and health consultations, as well as training related to cross-cultural health for those interested in working with Cambodians. Torture treatment services were established in 1984.

At its Bridgeport office, the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI) offers legal, mental health, and case management services to refugees and asylum seekers. 

Located in Washington, DC, TASSC is the only organization founded by and for torture survivors. The mission of TASSC is to end the practice of torture wherever it occurs and to empower survivors, their families and communities wherever they are.

AsylumWorks was established in 2016 to reduce health disparities to ensure equal access to justice for asylum seekers and other underserved newcomers. AsylumWorks provides culturally and linguistically appropriate services to help newcomers protect and promote their health, participate in immigration legal proceedings, and access opportunities needed to integrate into their new communities. Services are provided by bilingual, bicultural staff under three core programs: Health & Wellness, Legal Navigation, and Employment & Education. Direct client services are free and available to individuals and families living in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia, regardless of language, country of origin, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and/or gender expression. Since 2016, AsylumWorks has served nearly 3,000 newcomers from over 55 countries. AsylumWorks clients are predominantly asylum seekers, asylees, or humanitarian parolees, including Afghan Allies.

AsylumWorks does not accept walk-ins. Prospective clients should visit the “Become a Client” page on AsylumWorks’ website to add their name to the waitlist, which is available in English, Spanish, French, Amharic, Pashto, and Persian/Dari. Given high demand for services, AsylumWorks closes its waitlist periodically to ensure existing clients are served promptly. If the waitlist is closed, clients should check back again on the first of each month. AsylumWorks is a member of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs.

As part of Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services (offices in Clearwater and Miami, Florida), the Florida Center for Survivors of Torture works in collaboration with agencies that include Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Lutheran Services of Florida, and World Relief. Affiliated with the University of South Florida's Medical School and School of Public Health, they offer health, psychiatric, psychological, social services and legal assistance for torture survivors living in Pinellas, Pasco, and Hillsborough counties. Torture treatment services were established in 2000.

As part of Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services (offices in Clearwater and Miami, Florida), the Florida Center for Survivors of Torture works in collaboration with agencies that include Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Lutheran Services of Florida, and World Relief. Affiliated with the University of South Florida's Medical School and School of Public Health, they offer health, psychiatric, psychological, social services and legal assistance for torture survivors living in Pinellas, Pasco, and Hillsborough counties. Torture treatment services were established in 2000.

In 2016, CVT opened a healing center for survivors of torture in Atlanta, Georgia. Here, CVT extends rehabilitative care to refugees and asylum seekers, incorporating the specialized care that is most effective for survivors of torture who have fled their countries to the U.S. in search of safety and a new beginning. CVT Atlanta uses a holistic model of care that incorporates psychotherapy, clinical case management, and professional interpretation to address the unique needs of clients in a safe therapeutic space. We also work to support human rights and the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in the state of Georgia, engaging in policy advocacy to enable clients to rebuild their lives and restore their hope after surviving torture. In addition to policy advocacy, our external relations work also includes fund development and communications/community relations.

In 2015, the Center for Global Health & Healing expanded with the introduction of the Program for Survivors of Torture (PSOT). At PSOT, we recognize the complex consequences of unimaginable acts of politically-sponsored physical and psychological torture. For these survivors and their families, PSOT offers interdisciplinary, wrap-around services, free of charge. These services include service coordination, mental health counseling, primary health care, maternal and infant health care, legal assistance with U.S. Naturalization, and integrative services such as massage, yoga, and art therapy. PSOT also provides local training for clinicians, individuals and agencies working with similar populations to improve their understanding of the experiences of torture and its psychological impact on the person, so that treatment and services can be optimized.

The Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture is a program of The Heartland Alliance in Chicago, Illinois. Kovler Center is one of the first torture treatment centers in the United States. Since 1987, Kovler Center has provided integrated, high-quality mental health, medical, and social services to survivors of politically-sanctioned torture and their families. A volunteer network of professionals provides psychotherapeutic and physical rehabilitation treatment services to survivors of torture. In addition to transforming the lives of individuals recovering from the complex consequences of politically-sanctioned torture, Kovler Center also trains and educates service providers locally and globally and advocates for the end of torture worldwide.

The Survivors of Torture Services (STS) program is a comprehensive service to refugees and immigrants who have experienced torture in their home countries. We provide a safe, welcoming, confidential, trauma-informed and culturally-appropriate setting where survivors can begin the healing process.  Our services include: direct mental health and psychiatric services, social service and medical care coordination, and legal service referrals.

The Survivors of Torture Services is a program within the Family Health Centers (FHC) Refugee Health department. In 2012, the STS began as the Survivors of Torture Recovery Center (STRC) under the University of Louisville’s Kent School of Social Work, with federal grant funding from the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. In January 2019, the STRC transferred to the Family Health Centers and became the Survivors of Torture Services. Housed on the campus of the Americana Community Center and adjacent to the FHC-Americana site, the STS provides holistic, integrated, individualized care for this highly traumatized population.

Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE) in collaboration with HEAL Refugee and Asylum Collaborative (HEAL) and the Intercultural Counseling Connection (the Connection) provides comprehensive services to survivors of torture and their families to help restore health, community, agency, and economic well-being, while also enhancing local and national capacity to address the long-term, complex needs of survivors.

HIAS and AsylumWorks have designed an integrated model that serves refugees, asylum-seekers, asylees, SIVs, immigrants, and other vulnerable populations who survived state-sponsored torture in their countries of origin. Our agencies have joined together to form the Capital Area Healing Coalition to support integrating our engagement, assessment, planning, monitoring, evaluation, and advocacy throughout the greater D.C. area. HIAS is leading and managing the Coalition and providing SOTs with legal services. AsylumWorks provides trauma-informed clinical case management services, employment assistance, and community support.  AsylumWorks also provides training and technical assistance for SOT service providers and other helping professionals. 

The Lowell Community Health Center serves the many communities of Greater Lowell with multi-lingual staff who speak over 25 languages. The Multicultural Connections for Health Program (MCCH), funded by the United Nations, offers multi-disciplinary services to survivors of torture. The program serves primary and secondary victims of torture in partnership with local community based agencies.

De Novo provides free civil legal assistance and affordable psychological counseling to low-income people. Our services combat the effects of poverty and violence by helping clients and their children meet basic human needs for safety, income, health and housing. De Novo draws on the expertise of 130 dedicated volunteer professionals to serve our community’s most vulnerable members.

The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma is a multidisciplinary program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which partners with the Medical School, School of Public Health, School of Education and Massachusetts General Hospital. They offer clinical, training, research, and policy services. Their Web site provides access to screening and clinical instruments for working with refugee trauma.

The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights aims to provide comprehensive health care for refugees and survivors of torture and related trauma coordinated with legal aid and social services; to educate and train agencies and professionals who serve these communities; to advocate for the promotion of health and human rights in the United States and worldwide; and to conduct clinical, epidemiological, and legal research for the better understanding and the promotion of health and quality of life for survivors of torture and related trauma.

ACCESS is a torture treatment program in Dearborn, Michigan, that serves a multi-ethnic clientele of primarily Middle-Eastern descent. Their multidisciplinary team provides psychological, medical, social, and legal services. Torture treatment services were established in 2000.

Since 1985 CVT has provided multidisciplinary healing services to torture survivors worldwide. In healing clinics psychotherapists work with clients to heal emotional wounds. Nurses and doctors coordinate medical care to restore the body. Social workers help clients regain their independence. Through research and outreach programs, CVT shares its knowledge of the impact of torture and the importance of healing. CVT's Washington office does advocacy work that supports the mission to end torture worldwide, and capacity-building work.

Operated by Monarch Immigrant Services, this partnership - now in its third decade of providing services to the most vulnerable immigrant and refugee populations in the St. Louis area - supports a holistic, established, integrated care program for survivors of state-sanctioned torture in the greater St. Louis area.  With in-house legal, counseling, case management, and an attached psychiatry clinic, this free-standing program continues to help the region’s survivors heal and find footholds in St. Louis.  Monarch Immigrant Services is a proud member of the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs and currently serves in the NCB Advisory Group.

The Las Cumbres WINGS Program, Walking IN Grace with Survivors of Torture, provides relational, culturally and linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, holistic, and community-integrated care to survivors of torture and their families in New Mexico. The program also develops and strengthens community systems of care in the state, expanding the capacity of providers and organizations to provide effective, evidence-based services to survivors and their families. The program promotes healing for survivors and their families, enabling them to recover and thrive in their communities.

The Survivors of Torture Program in Jewish Family Services, Western New York (JFSWNY) Refugee and Immigrant Center for Healing provides immigrants and refugees, asylum-seekers, and other survivors of torture and trauma and their families with holistic healing and recovery supports that help them to rebuild their lives.

The SOT Program at JFSWNY began in 2014 to address the consequences of refugee trauma and political and state-sponsored torture experienced by survivors living in Western New York. SOT is an intensive, strength-based, client-centered, care coordination model that supports individuals and their families in their healing process and empowers them through community-based collaboration. With the help of our partners, Journey’s End Refugee Services, University at Buffalo Family Medicine and the student-led Human Rights Clinic at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine, SOT clients are provided with the care coordination, legal, medical, forensic and other therapeutic services needed to promote their healing process.

The Mount Sinai Human Rights Program (MSHRP)is part of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and seeks to advance health, dignity, and justice, by providing comprehensive, pro-bono, medical evaluations to survivors of torture and human rights abuses, both in the community and in immigration detention centers. The program also addresses the long term needs of individuals by providing linkages to social services and continuity medical and mental health care, both within the Mount Sinai health system and through community-based collaborations. Through trainings and engagement in advocacy, the MSHRP educates healthcare professionals, students, and the broader community on issues of health and human rights and the care of survivors of human rights violations.

The Libertas Center for Human Rights, Elmhurst Hospital provides comprehensive services to survivors of torture, including medical, mental, legal and social services. and legal support. It is located at Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, New York.

HealthRight International is a health and human rights organization with the mission to ensure equitable access to healthcare for marginalized communities globally. HealthRight’s Human Rights Clinic project, based in New York, works in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to train and deploy volunteer clinicians who provide expert clinical evaluations, affidavits, and telephonic testimony that document physical and psychological scars of abuse for immigrants seeking relief in the United States. We also provide information to help connect survivors to follow-up medical care, mental health care, community support, and social services.

The Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture in New York City, New York, is affiliated with Bellevue Hospital Center and New York University School of Medicine. Their primary focus is to identify, assess, and treat survivors of torture. They work as a interdisciplinary team of medical, psychological, social, and legal service providers. They also offer training to physicians, psychologists, lawyers, resettlement workers, students and community members across the country on issues related to torture and torture treatment. Torture treatment services were established in 1995.

The Ohio Center for Survivors of Torture (OCST) provides holistic, strengths-based, trauma-informed services to survivors of torture. The OCST is a multidisciplinary team of lawyers, social workers, licensed mental health providers, employment specialists, and a partnership of community organizations. The OCST services are available to any individual who has experienced torture outside of the United States. This includes:RefugeesAsyleesAsylum seekersImmigrants / Displaced personsUS citizens tortured abroadServices can be extended to family members and others affected by torture according to individual case composition.If you have questions about the program, eligibility requirement, are working with clients who have disclosed a history of torture, or are interested in learning more about the Ohio Center for Survivors of Torture program, please contact us.

The Torture Treatment Center of Oregon is part of the Intercultural Psychiatric Program at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. It offers multidisciplinary services including psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, and medical care, case management, vocational rehabilitation, and assistance with asylum. As part of the University hospital, emergent and inpatient care is easily accessible. Torture treatment services were established in 1998.

Since 1921, Nationalities Service Center (NSC) employees have helped approximately 4,000 individuals from over 90 countries. The organization’s mission - to help immigrants and refugees participate fully in American society – is enhanced through the work of The Survivors of Torture Collaborative. The Collaborative (an NSC led partnership between NSC, HIAS Pennsylvania, and Lutheran Children and Family Service) provides comprehensive case management, legal, medical, social, community mental health and clinical mental health services to survivors of torture and their families. 

The Carolina Survivor Clinic is a comprehensive, holistic model of care for survivors of torture and the more general refugee community in South Carolina. Patients establish care with primary care doctors also trained in Infectious Diseases, and connected to therapeutic services, medication, and community activities including tutoring for children and English language classes.

The Center for Survivors of Torture (with centers in Austin and Dallas, Texas), provides specialized rehabilitation services to survivors of torture and their families. Torture treatment services were established in 1997.

The Center for Survivors of Torture (with centers in Austin and Dallas, Texas), provides specialized rehabilitation services to survivors of torture and their families. Torture treatment services were established in 1997.

The mission of THRIVE Center for Survivors of Torture is to promote the health and well-being of the world’s torture survivors. At the core of torture, the trust between two human beings is destroyed. Our services focus on restoring trust and helping a survivor rebuild emotional, physical, social, and spiritual bonds. Our work also aims to prevent the effects of intergenerational trauma. THRIVE was founded in 2003 in response to the unmet needs of torture survivors in our community. Today, THRIVE is the only organization in Utah that specializes in serving torture survivors. To date, we have served over 4,000 individuals and we serve over 350 individuals each year: men, women, and children who have fled their homes because of torture and severe war trauma.

The Connecting Cultures/NESTT program represents a partnership between Connecting Cultures at the University of Vermont (UVM), the Vermont Law Schools South Royalton Legal Clinic, physical therapy through UVM, and psychiatric service via a Resilience Practice. Survivors of Torture (SOTs) receive comprehensive psychological, social work, legal care, and physical therapy, as well as psychiatric consultation and medical referral services. We also conduct psychological asylum evaluations for individuals seeking asylum.

The Program for Survivors of Torture and Severe Trauma (PSTT), is a program of Northern Virginia Family Service’s (NVFS) Multicultural Center in Falls Church, Virginia. NVFS’ Multicultural Center provides a wide range of immigration legal, mental health, and case management services, particularly for individuals and families new to the United States. Services are linguistically sensitive, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed. Torture treatment services were established in 1998.

IRC in Seattle (IRC-Sea) will partner with Harborview Medical Center (HMC) and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) to provide comprehensive social, physical, and mental health services, legal services, as well as housing, systems navigation, and community support to survivors of torture in Washington State. Through this partnership, IRC’s Survivors of Torture program will focus on the special needs of torture survivors providing trauma-informed and strength-based supports as they rebuild their lives in the U.S.