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HOW TO REFER
Please complete this referral form and submit it to:
Crystal Green
Associate Clinical Director
Fax: (619) 294-9405
Phone: (619) 278-2404
One component
of SURVIVORS’ mission is to be a healing resource to survivors of torture and their family members without regard to race, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, or economic or legal status.
Survivors of Torture, International retains the right to determine from among referrals for its services those it can serve appropriately, within the limits of its mission, resources, contractual or legal obligations, and capacities. People i
n need of services who do not meet SURVIVORS’ eligibility criteria or who do not fit within the scope of SURVIVORS’ services will be referred elsewhere.
Basic
Eligibility Criteria
A
client must be a primary or secondary survivor of torture, which includes
physical, psychological, and/or sexual torture as defined by the United
Nations, the World Health Organization, the Convention Against
Torture, and/or the U.S. Congress Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998.
A
client must have a desire and willingness to be a participant in the
services offered by SURVIVORS.
A
client must be available to receive SURVIVORS' services during business hours
or during the stated hours of the contracted provider(s).
A
client must be able to receive services as an outpatient and not be in need of
inpatient hospitalization at the time s/he is accepted as a new client.
An
individual who has been a voluntary perpetrator of torture is not an
appropriate client for SURVIVORS.
Some individuals have suffered torture in the context of family violence, cult activity, criminal assault or other settings which do not fit the criteria from the definitions used by Survivors of Torture, International. We recognize that the injuries and damage from these abuses may be extreme. At the same time, SURVIVORS' work focuses on its specific mission, and we therefore refer these cases to other resources.
