Health & Wellness Services
We address social determinants of health through insurance enrollment, community education, health systems navigation, and health screenings. We also offer 90-hour Community Health Worker training for general community members interested in becoming certified.
In addition, our practice and evidence-based, trauma-informed, relationship-based case management and peer support services build safe spaces for families to build social connections. Peer Support Specialists build relationships with clients, work on goals, find solutions to problems, and connect families with essential supports like basic needs, food, and housing.
For Oregon Health Insurance Enrollment, please contact healthplans@irco.org .
Refugee & Immigrant Family Strengthening
RIFS works with participants who are part of our immigrant and refugee communities and undocumented survivors.
Started in 1998, we are a culturally and linguistically specific program that provides holistic, culturally specific, trauma-informed intensive case management and wrap-around services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking who have been victimized in the last 6 months and live in the Portland Metro area and Ontario, OR.
RIFS Advocates are a lifeline for survivors as they flee from violence, recover from trauma, and rebuild their lives. Our team is multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-lingual and the staff speak a total of 21 languages. We are client centered and work with the community partners through outreach and collaboration to assist DV/SA/ST survivors.
RIFS serves participant survivors with a vast list of available resources ranging from safety planning and escape to legal support and court accompaniment, to emergency shelter and sustainable housing, language education and employment training, and many things in between. All participants and their accompanying children can make use of Survivor Services and all our services are free and confidential.
For referral, please contact the RIFS hotline: 503-445-1446
Services Against Exploitation: Human Trafficking
IRCO SAE provides trauma-informed support to survivors of human trafficking in Oregon’s Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, and Malheur Counties.
Current services offered include:
- Crisis Intervention
- Safety Planning
- Long Term Case Management
- Justice System Navigation
- Interpretation
- Immigration & Disability Legal Services
- Public Benefits Advocacy
- Employment Rights Advocacy
- Housing Support
Our advocacy is client centered and completely confidential.
It’s ok not to know your next steps. We are here to help you figure out the safest options for you.
Reach out! ircosae@irco.org
Portland Metro Area Hotline: 503-445-1446
Malheur County Hotline: 503-309-3263
To inquire about community trainings, please email ircosae@irco.org.
Senior Services
IRCO helps local immigrant, refugee, and other diverse elders thrive by providing direct services and linkages to essential community resources such as:
- Transportation
- Citizenship Classes
- Senior Law Clinics
- Case Management
- Health Workshops
- Options Counseling
- Recreational Activities
- Information & Referrals
We strive for seniors in our community to live independent, healthy lives. Call 503.484.6371 for information and referrals.
Our program also serves meals to seniors aged 60+ and people with disabilities (all ages):
Multnomah County: IRCO Main and Africa House provide on-site, culturally specific meals (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) for older adults and caregivers, plus supplemental food bags with dry and canned food once a week. Serving elders from the Slavic, Somali, Ethiopian, Romanian, Vietnamese, Burmese and Bhutanese communities.
Contact: Irena Cheredayko at irenac@irco.org or 971-354-7228.
Washington County: Phat Quang Buddhist Temple in Beaverton provides in-person congregate meals for older adults from Asian communities.
Contact: Huy Phan at huyp@irco.org or 503-988-0273.
Legal Services
IRCO’s multidisciplinary Legal Services team provides community education, navigation, and legal assistance to help diverse community members understand their rights and access legal systems that often otherwise pose barriers to their safety and success.
Immigration Legal Services provides consultation, representation, and application aid for immigration processes—including refugee/asylee status adjustment, citizenship, naturalization, work permits, green card renewals, asylum, deportation defense and more.
Disability Legal Services assists immigrants and refugees, adults and children, with obtaining Social Security disability benefits, such as SSI and SSDI and connects clients and their families with wraparound services and resource linkages.
Referral Forms
Members of the Public (External Referrals)
If you're a community member not currently enrolled in other IRCO programs, please fill out the External Referral Form:
IRCO Case Workers (Internal Referrals)
If you're a community member currently enrolled in other IRCO programs, please notify your case worker and have them fill out an internal referral form.