Social programs

Our innovative social program assists survivors of violence at horizontal – individual, family, and community levels, as well as vertical -health, economic, and social levels. Many survivors of violence and migration encounter barriers of accessible and culturally competent health care and face a stigma against mental health and trauma. We directly address these barriers through our 5 programs, driven by clinical experience and empirical research.

Our innovative programs targets intergenerational violence while influencing physical and mental health, as well as social, economic, and community well- being that works for people of all cultures and countries. we provide services throughout 5 communities in 3 states. Our comprehensive programs serve more than 1,000 men, women and children.

Around the world, 1 in 10 children are living in areas affected by conflict and war. Violence and armed conflict have displaced 65.6 million people as refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced persons. The generational effects of violence include a lifetime risk of stress for children who have experienced violence and whose parents have experienced violence. Those who have experienced extreme violence as well as traumatic migration from their home countries may lose sense of who they were. Their identities have changed and they may have difficulty knowing where their experiences belong in their lives. We work with individuals to build a cohesive narrative to begin the process of identifying as an empowered survivor. We include family in the narrative, to show how personal traumas may have affected our ways of relating to intimate partners and children.