Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Development

Refugee Mental Health Links

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
This Web site provides information to introduce you to the new Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It also provides information about various administrative and management functions and responsibilities now within the DHS that were once in the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
http://www.state.gov/g/prm/
Coordinates U.S. international migration policy within the U.S. Government and through bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. The Bureau has responsibility for formulating policies on population, refugees, and migration, and for administering U.S. refugee assistance and admissions programs.
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
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.
Immigrant & Refugee Mental Health
http://ww2.mcgill.ca/psychiatry/transcultural/immig.html
Research on the mental health of ethnocultural communities in Montreal. It is part of the Montreal Center of Excellence in Immigrant Studies, sponsored by Citizenship Canada and the Social Science Research Council of Canada.
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/docs/en
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.
Kurdish Human Rights Watch
http://www.khrw.com/
Programs and activities related to the displacement of Kurds. Includes refugee, immigrant and mentoring services.
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
http://www.lirs.org/
Mobilizes action on behalf of uprooted people, to see that they receive fair and equal treatment, regardless of national origin, race, religion, culture or legal status.
Migration & Refugee Services, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://www.nccbuscc.org/mrs/refprog.htm
Resettles nearly one-fourth of all refugees admitted to the U.S. each year through a concerted effort of program support and assistance to a network of over 100 diocesan refugee resettlement offices, and collaboration with other national resettlement and governmental agencies.
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.
Office of Refugee Resettlement Home Page
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/orr/
ORR advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to refugee resettlement, immigration, and repatriation. ORR plans, develops and directs implementation of a comprehensive program for domestic refugee and entrant resettlement assistance. This site indexes ORR regulations, information on welfare reform, and Medicaid information.
Refugee Health ~ Immigrant Health
http://www.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/refugee_health.htm
Online guide for consumers and professionals that includes health information and some excellent summaries of various refugee cultures.
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/cgi-bin/ri/index/
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.
Southeast Asian Resource Action Center
http://www.searac.org/
Facilitates the relocation of Southeast Asian refugees into American society and the development of nonprofit organizations led by and for Southeast Asians.
TESOL
http://www.tesol.org
A service for non-English speakers.
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, or social group.