DHS
US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Working for Immigration Programs : USCIS is responsible for administering benefits and services activities including adjudication of applications for benefits such as petitions for the immigration of relatives and workers, work authorizations, adjustments of status, requests for asylum, and naturalization
Idealist.org
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW Ste 200, Washington DC 20036
(202) 797-2105 FAX: (202) 347-2576
President and CEO: Lavinia Limon
Email: llimon@uscridc.org
http://www.refugees.org
Church World Service & Witness/Immigration and Refugee Program
475 Riverside Dr., Room 652, New York, NY 10115
(212) 870-3300/2167 FAX: (212) 870-2132
Director: Reverend Wendy Pomeroy
E-mail: wpomeroy@ncccusa.org
http://www.ncccusa.org
Episcopal Migration Ministries/Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society
815 Second Ave., New York, NY 10017
(212) 716-6252 FAX: (212) 972-0860
Director: Richard Parkins
E-mail: rparkins@dfms.org
http://www.dfms.org
Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC)
1038 S. Highland St., Arlington, VA 22204
(703) 685-0510 FAX: (703) 685-0529
Director: Tsehaye Teferra
E-mail: ecdc@erols.com
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Inc. (HIAS)
333 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001-5004
(212) 967-4100 FAX: (212) 760-1833
Executive Vice President: Leonard Glickman
E-mail: info@hias.org
http://www.hias.org
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
122 E. 42nd Street, New York, NY 10168-1289
(212) 551-3000 FAX: (212) 551-3180
President: Reynold Levy
E-mail: irc@intrescom.org
http://www.intrescom.org
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)
700 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21230
Executive Director: Ralston H. Deffenbaugh, Jr.
E-mail: lirs@lirs.org
http://www.lirs.org
United States Catholic Conference/Migration and Refugee Services, (USCC/MRS)
3211 4th St., NE, Washington, DC 20017
(202) 541-3352 FAX: (202) 541-3399
Executive Director: Mark Franken
E-mail: mrs@nccbuscc.org
http://www.nccbuscc.org/mrs
World Relief Corporation
7 E Baltimore St Baltimore, MD 21202
(443) 451-1900
Fax: (443) 451-1965
Vice President of U.S. Operations
email: worldrelief@wr.org
http://www.wr.org
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Services for Survivors of Torture Program
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/programs/torturep.htm
The Torture Victims/Survivors Program provides treatment for all victims of torture regardless of their immigration status. Services may include mental health and psychological services; legal and social services; and research and training for health care providers outside of treatment centers or programs.
The Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (TVRA), provides funding for a comprehensive program of support for survivors of torture. The TVRA recognizes that a significant number of refugees, asylees, and asylum seekers entering the United States have suffered torture. These torture survivors, now living in the United States, should be provided with the rehabilitative services which would enable them to become productive members of our communities. Grants to programs in the United States fund the following services:
Rehabilitation of victims of torture, including treatment of the physical and psychological effects of torture.
Social and legal services for victims of torture.
Research and training for health care providers outside of treatment centers, or programs for the purpose of enabling such providers to provide the services described in paragraph.
Harris, David Alan (2007). Dance/movement therapy approaches to fostering resilience and recovery among African adolescent torture survivors. TORTURE Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, 17(2), 134-155.
The author was a clinician and trainer with CVT in Sierra Leone.
James M. Jaranson, MD, MPH, James Butcher, PhD, Linda Halcon, PhD, MPH, RN, David Robert Johnson, MD, MPH, Cheryl Robertson, PhD, MPH, RN, Kay Savik, MS, Marline Spring, PhD and Joseph Westermeyer, MD, PhD, MPH (2004) Somali and Oromo Refugees: Correlates of Torture and Trauma History. American Journal of Public Health. 94 (4) 591-598.
Holtan, N., K. Antolak, D. Johnson, L. Ide, J. Jaranson and K. Ta. (2002) Unrecognized Torture Affects the Health of Refugees. Minnesota Medicine, 85 (5), 35-39.
Hubbard, J., Miller, K. E. (2004). Evaluating Ecological Mental Health Interventions in Refugee Communities. In K. Miller & L. Rasco (Ed.), The Mental Health of Refugees (pp. 337-374). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Jon Hubbard is CVT's Director of Research.
Dross, Peter. (2000). Survivors of Politically Motivated Torture: A Large, Growing and Invisible Population of Crime Victims. Office of Victims of Crime OVC Report, U.S. Department of Justice.
Johnson, D. (1998). Healing Torture Survivors as a Strategic Advancement of Human Rights (PDF). TORTURE Journal, Volume 8.
The author is the executive director of CVT.
McCullough-Zander, K. and S. Larson. (2004) The Fear Is Still in Me: Caring for Survivors of Torture, AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 104 (10): 54-64.
This article, by nurses who have been or are nurses at CVT, discusses how to identify, assess and treat those who have endured torture. The article is also available in PDF format.
The Refugee Mental Health Program (RMHP) originated in the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA) in 1980. The basic mission of the RMHP was to provide mental health assessment, treatment, and consultation to Cuban and Haitian migrants, and their providers. In 1992, in conjunction with the reorganization of ADAMHA, the activities of the RMHP were transferred to the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). In 1995, the original Cuban/Haitian activities of the RMHP were transferred to the Department of Justice. Concurrently, the consultative activities of the RMHP were retained in SAMHSA, CMHS.
Since 1995, through an Intra-Agency Agreement with the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), the RMHP provides refugee mental health consultation and technical assistance to Federal, State, or local agencies. Priority is given to ORR-funded programs. There is no cost for these services. Specific RMHP services and activities include:
- on-site and distance consultation
- community assessments, program development and dissemination of technical assistance documents
- development and provision of workshops and training programs for resettlement staff, mental health personnel, or other providers.
- special missions as assigned by the Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement
Contact Information
Program Director
Captain John J. Tuskan, Jr., USPHS
E-mail: john.tuskan@samhsa.hhs.gov
Office Tel: 240-276-1845
Fax: 240-276-1890
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Mental Health Services
Refugee Mental Health Program
1 Choke Cherry Road
Room 6-1099
Rockville, MD 20857
Office of Refugee Resettlement
The mission of the Office of Refugee Resettlement is to help refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, asylees, and other beneficiaries of our program to establish a new life that is founded on the dignity of economic self-support and encompasses full participation in opportunities which Americans enjoy.
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
The Fund was established by General Assembly resolution 36/151 of 16 December 1981 to receive voluntary contributions from Governments, non-governmental organizations and individuals for distribution to non-governmental organizations providing humanitarian assistance to victims of torture and members of their family.
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) is an independent, international health professional organization that promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and works for the prevention of torture worldwide.
Ammesty International
Amnesty International’s site contains upwards of 10,000 documents pertaining to human rights. AI is also a world leader in the fight to eradicate torture.
Derechos Human Rights
Derechos Human Rights, the first internet-based human rights organization, works for the promotion and respect of human rights all over the world and against impunity for human rights violators.
Doctors of the World
Doctors of the World is the autonomous U.S. affiliate of the French medical relief organization, Médecins du Monde, founded by Bernard Kouchner in 1980. The organization is part of an international network of twelve Doctors of the World/Médecins du Monde delegations in Europe and the Americas, whose joint aim is to provide medical assistance to the world's most vulnerable populations.
Human Rights Internet
Founded in 1976, HRI is a leader in the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community. Launched in the United States, HRI has its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. From Ottawa, HRI communicates by phone, fax, mail and the Internet with more than 5,000 organizations and individuals around the world working for the advancement of human rights.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigates and exposes human rights violations occurring worldwide. Their website provides an extensive listing of country reports documenting human rights abuse.
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.
Refugee Mental Health Academic Links
- Carnegie Endowment's International Migration Policy Program
http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/IMP/IMP_Home.ASP
A leading source of analysis on migration and refugee issues. It bridges the worlds of research and policy-making and brings an independent voice to US and international policy debates.
- Center for Multicultural Human Services
http://www.cmhsweb.org/
Assists mental health workers in meeting the needs of clients who have a culture and/or language barrier to treatment. The Center is dedicated to bridging the gap between diverse client populations and mainstream mental health provider organizations.
- Center for Refugee Studies
http://www.yorku.ca/crs/
The Center conducts research on refugee issues; informs public discussion, policy development and practice innovation by international, governmental, advocacy and service organizations; and supports teaching in refugee and migration studies.
- Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
http://www.hprt-cambridge.org
The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) is a multi-disciplinary program that has been pioneering the health and mental health care of traumatized refugees and civilians in areas of conflict/post-conflict and natural disasters for over two decades.
- Immigration and Refugee Services of America
http://www.refugeesusa.org/
IRSA provides real, workable solutions, and brings hope and opportunity to the lives of thousands of refugees who are in crisis.
- International Catholic Migration Commission
http://www.icmc.net/
Works in the area of forced migration, and serves uprooted people. Responds to the immediate needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and forced migrants, and focuses on the most vulnerable within these populations.
- National Coalition for Haitian Rights
http://www.nchr.org/
A coalition of Haitian religious, labor and human rights organizations whose aim is to assure that Haitian asylum applicants receive fair hearings in the United States, and to educate the U.S. public about the political and economic causes of the Haitians' flight from their homeland.
- National Immigration Forum
http://www.immigrationforum.org/
Advocates and builds public support for public policies that welcome immigrants and refugees and that are fair and supportive to newcomers in the US.
- Refugee Studies Centre
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/
The Centre's objectives are to carry out multidisciplinary research and teaching on the causes and consequences of forced migration; to disseminate the results of that research to policy makers and practitioners, as well as within the academic community; and to understand the experience of forced migration from the point of view of the affected populations.
- Refugees International
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/
A private advocacy organization serving refugees, displaced populations, and other vulnerable groups around the world.
- ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
An electronic clearinghouse for those needing timely information on humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters -- designed specifically to help the humanitarian community improve its response to emergencies.
- TESOL
http://www.tesol.org/
Program for teachers of English to speakers of other languages. A service for non-English speaking refugees and immigrants.
- U.S. Committee for Refugees
http://www.refugees.org/
Founded in 1958 to coordinate the United States' participation in the United Nations' International Refugee Year (1959), USCR has since worked for refugee protection and assistance in all regions of the world to defend the rights of all uprooted people regardless of their nationality, race, religion, ideology
National Mutual Assistance Associations
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Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC)
Tsehaye Teferra, Ph.D.,
President
901 S. Highland Street
Arlington, VA 22204
Tel: (703) 685-0510
Fax: (703) 685-0529
Email: info@ecdcinternational.org
Web: www.ecdcinternational.org
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Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND)
Sky Salzavak-Hotrich,
Executive Director
1112 16th St. NW, Suite 110,
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 463-2118
Fax: (202) 463-2119
Web: www.hndinc.org
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The Iraq Foundation (TIF)
Mr. Rend Al-Rarim,
Executive Director
1012 14th St., NW, Suite 1110
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 347-4662
Fax: (202) 347-7897
Web: www.iraqfoundation.org
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Kurdish Human Right Watch (KHRW)
Dr. Pary Karadaghi,
Executive Director
10560 Main Street, Suite 207
Fairfax, VA 22030
Tel: (703) 385-3806
Fax: (703) 385-3643
Email: parykaradaghi@khrw.org or
jwilson@khrw.org
Web: www.khrw.com
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National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies (NAVASA)
Huy V. Bui,
Executive Director
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 310,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: (301) 587-2781
Fax: (301) 587-2783
Email: navasa@navasa.org
Web: www.navasa.org
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Refugee Women's Network, Inc. (RWN)
D. BryAnn Chen,
Executive Director
4151 Memorial Drive, Suite 103F
Decatur, Georgia 30106
Tel: (404) 299-0180
Fax: (404) 296-9118
Email: director@riwn.org
Web: www.riwn.org
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Somali Family Care Network (SFCN)
Raqiya D. Abdalla,
President
2724 Dorr Avenue, Suite 102
Fairfax, VA 22031
Tel: (703) 560-0005
Fax: (703) 560-9523
Email: Raqiya@somalifamily.org
Web: www.somalifamily.org
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Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Max Niedzwiecki, Ph.D.,
Acting Executive Director
1628 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009-3099
Tel: (202) 667-4690
Fax: (202) 667-6449
Email: searac@searac.org
Web: www.searac.org
Church World Service (CWS)
Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC)
Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)
Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS)
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
World Relief Corporation (WR)