Assistance for Torture Victims

$68,052,727

Total Assistance, FY 2008 to Present
Agency: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Assistance Type: F001 - Grant
Popular Name: Services for Survivors of Torture
Assistance Listing Number
93.604

Objectives: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) funds the Services for Survivors of Torture Program which includes Direct Services for Survivors of Torture (DS SOT) funding opportunity and Technical Assistance to Survivors of Torture Program (TA SOT) funding opportunity. The aim of DS SOT is to help survivors and their families overcome the severe, pervasive, and long-lasting effects of torture and achieve sustained physical, social, emotional, and economic well-being. To achieve this aim, ORR seeks to 1) increase survivors' access to and engagement with effective, holistic, strengths-based, trauma-informed services; and 2) to maintain and grow a strong national network of trained service providers. The aim of TA SOT grant award is to fund a healing torture and trauma initiative that includes 1) a national center to coordinate education, training, and research efforts, and 2) a strong national network of organizations serving survivors of torture.

*TAGGS reports awards based on the primary Assistance Listing. Assistance Listings exclusively at the transaction level are reported under the primary Assistance Listing on this page.
 
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