AsylumWorks is founded by Joan Hodges-Wu, a social worker specializing in the care of asylum-seeking survivors of torture, with $4,000 from a GoFundMe campaign.
AsylumWorks pilots a job readiness training, our first client offering.
AsylumWorks receives $15,000 from the D.C. Mayor’s Office of African Affairs.
AsylumWorks partners with HIAS to secure multi-year federal funding to serve survivors of torture living in the Greater Washington metro region.
As many organizations close their doors, AsylumWorks adapts our service model to provide high-quality telehealth services to ensure service continuity.
AsylumWorks pilots an on-the-job training program to teach former clients how to serve new clients as therapeutic case managers. In 2022, the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement identified the fellowship program as a national best practice.
In February, a federal judge ruled in AsylumWorks’ favor in the 2020 AsylumWorks vs. Mayorkas federal class action lawsuit, in which AsylumWorks challenged new federal government regulations that severely delayed - and in many cases, outright denied - work permits for asylum seekers. AsylumWorks’ legal victory restores the right to work for millions of asylum-seeking individuals and families nationwide.
AsylumWorks is awarded multi-year federal funding to provide services to recently arrived Afghans impacted by combat.
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