# Assistance for Torture Victims (93.604)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/93-604-assistance-for-torture-victims/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Assistance for Torture Victims is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $115 million in 96 grants, about $1.2 million per award.

## 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.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $16.1 million | 36 |
| 2022 | $16.2 million | 36 |
| 2023 | $16.7 million | 38 |
| 2024 | $29.0 million | 44 |
| 2025 | $37.1 million | 58 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc. | Virginia | $10.5 million |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | Minnesota | $9.4 million |
| Polaris Project | District of Columbia | $7.0 million |
| Compass Connections | Texas | $7.0 million |
| New York Health and Hospitals Corporation | New York | $4.4 million |
| Program for Torture Victims | California | $4.1 million |
| Center for Survivors of Torture | Texas | $3.2 million |
| Survivors of Torture, International | California | $3.0 million |
| Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services, Inc. | Florida | $2.9 million |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corp | New York | $2.7 million |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Oregon | $2.7 million |
| Utah Health & Human Rights Project | Utah | $2.6 million |
| Heartland Alliance International, Inc. | Illinois | $2.6 million |
| Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | $2.4 million |
| Monarch Immigrant Services | Missouri | $2.3 million |
| International Rescue Committee, Inc. | Arizona | $2.3 million |
| Prisma Health-Midlands | South Carolina | $2.3 million |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | Massachusetts | $2.3 million |
| International Rescue Committee, Inc. | New York | $2.2 million |
| Partnerships for Trauma Recovery | California | $2.2 million |