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Name | Mission |
| Courtney’s House | To help fight sex trafficking |
| FAIR Girls (Free Aware Inspired Restored) | To prevent the exploitation of girls worldwide with empowerment and education. Through prevention education, compassionate care, and survivor inclusive advocacy, FAIR Girls creates opportunities for girls to become confident, happy, healthy young women. |
| HIPS | To promote the health, rights, and dignity of individuals and communities impacted by sexual exchange and/or drug use due to choice, coercion, or circumstance |
| National Human Trafficking Resource Center | To serve victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States |
District of Columbia | |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Emergency Shelter) | |
| FAIR Girls (Free Aware Inspired Restored) | To prevent the exploitation of girls worldwide with empowerment and education. Through prevention education, compassionate care, and survivor inclusive advocacy, FAIR Girls creates opportunities for girls to become confident, happy, healthy young women. |
| Sasha Bruce Youthwork | To improve the lives of homeless, runaway, abused and neglected youth and their families in the Washington DC area |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Counseling and Therapy) | |
| ChAMPS | To provide help for children living in DC facing a behavioral or mental health crisis, including minors who have been involved in human trafficking |
| Courtney’s House | To help fight sex trafficking |
| FAIR Girls (Free Aware Inspired Restored) | To prevent the exploitation of girls worldwide with empowerment and education. Through prevention education, compassionate care, and survivor inclusive advocacy, FAIR Girls creates opportunities for girls to become confident, happy, healthy young women. |
| DC Rape Crisis Center | Re-imagining a world without rape – powering a culture of consent |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Type of Assessments: sexual violence assessment) | |
| New Hope Carolinas: Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility – Sex Trafficking Program | New Hope Treatment Centers utilizes a comprehensive trauma-informed approach to treatment through a broad continuum of residential and community-based services that addresses the unique needs of each child and family served. |
| Polaris/DC Metro Office | Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery. Named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in the U.S., Polaris systemically disrupts the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom. Our comprehensive model puts victims at the center of what we do – helping survivors restore their freedom, preventing more victims, and leveraging data and technology to pursue traffickers wherever they operate. |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Support (Educational, Tutoring, Mentoring) | |
| Polaris/DC Metro Office | Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery. Named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in the U.S., Polaris systemically disrupts the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom. Our comprehensive model puts victims at the center of what we do – helping survivors restore their freedom, preventing more victims, and leveraging data and technology to pursue traffickers wherever they operate. |
| Courtney’s House | To help fight sex trafficking |
| FAIR Girls (Free Aware Inspired Restored) | To prevent the exploitation of girls worldwide with empowerment and education. Through prevention education, compassionate care, and survivor inclusive advocacy, FAIR Girls creates opportunities for girls to become confident, happy, healthy young women. |
| HIPS | To promote the health, rights, and dignity of individuals and communities impacted by sexual exchange and/or drug use due to choice, coercion, or circumstance |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Legal) | |
| Amara Legal Center | To provide free legal services to individuals whose rights have been violated through commercial sex |
| Criminal Injuries Compensation Board | The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) is an agency within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that provides financial assistance in the aftermath of criminal victimization. |
State of Maryland | |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Emergency Shelter) | |
| Loving Arms | To provide holistic treatment services to children, the elderly, their families and the communities in which they live, accepts minors who have been sex trafficked for shelter |
| TurnAround Inc. | To build a community free of violence by working with adults and children affected by intimate partner, sexual violence and human trafficking to address their needs and prevent further violence through advocacy and education |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Counseling and Therapy) | |
| Baltimore Child Abuse Center | To provide victims of sexual abuse and their non-offending caretakers with comprehensive forensic interviews, medical treatment, and mental health treatment with a goal of preventing future abuse |
| The Family Center at Kennedy Krieger Institute- Outpatient Mental Health Program | To serve children, adolescents, and families who experience or may be at risk for trauma caused by physical or sexual abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and community violence |
| Loving Arms | To provide holistic treatment services to children, the elderly, their families and the communities in which they live, accepts minors who have been sex trafficked for shelter |
| New Hope Carolinas: Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility – Sex Trafficking Program | New Hope Treatment Centers utilizes a comprehensive trauma-informed approach to treatment through a broad continuum of residential and community-based services that addresses the unique needs of each child and family served. |
| The Children’s Home | To provide residential and community services to young people and families who experiencedisruption in their lives |
| TurnAround Inc. | To build a community free of violence by working with adults and children affected by intimate partner, sexual violence and human trafficking to address their needs and prevent further violence through advocacy and education |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Support (Educational, Tutoring, Mentoring) | |
| Loving Arms | To provide holistic treatment services to children, the elderly, their families and the communities in which they live, accepts minors who have been sex trafficked for shelter |
| The Children’s Home | To provide residential and community services to young people and families who experiencedisruption in their lives |
| TurnAround Inc. | To build a community free of violence by working with adults and children affected by intimate partner, sexual violence and human trafficking to address their needs and prevent further violence through advocacy and education |
| Tahirih Justice Center | To protect courageous immigrant women and girls who refuse to be victims of violence by elevating their voices in communities, courts and Congress to create a world where women and girls enjoy equality and live in safety and with dignity. |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Legal) | |
| Criminal Injuries Compensation Board | The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) is an agency within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that provides financial assistance in the aftermath of criminal victimization |
| Tahirih Justice Center | To protect courageous immigrant women and girls who refuse to be victims of violence by elevating their voices in communities, courts and Congress to create a world where women and girls enjoy equality and live in safety and with dignity. |
| MD Coalition Against Sexual Assault | To help prevent sexual assault, advocate for accessible, compassionate care for survivors of sexual violence, and work to hold offenders accountable |
State of Virginia | |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Emergency Shelter) | |
| Youth for Tomorrow: Girls on a Journey Program | To offer safe and secure residential and specialized recovery service for girls ages 12 to 19 who have been sexually exploited/sex trafficked |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Counseling and Therapy) | |
| New Hope Carolinas: Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility – Sex Trafficking Program | residential services, therapy using evidence-based practice models, high staff to resident ratio (1:3), onsite medical and dental care with 24 hour nursing , onsite speech therapy, psychological testing, onsite dietician and nutrition services, and educational services. |
| Youth for Tomorrow: Girls on a Journey Program | To offer safe and secure residential and specialized recovery service for girls ages 12 to 19 who have been sexually exploited/sex trafficked |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Support (Educational, Tutoring, Mentoring) | |
| Tahirih Justice Center | To protect courageous immigrant women and girls who refuse to be victims of violence by elevating their voices in communities, courts and Congress to create a world where women and girls enjoy equality and live in safety and with dignity. |
| DIRECT SERVICES (Legal) | |
| Ayuda | Ayuda is the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area’s leading provider of multilingual legal and social assistance for low-income immigrants in the areas of human trafficking, immigration, domestic violence, and family law. |
ADVOCACY AND NATIONAL RESOURCES | |
District of Columbia | |
| FBI – Office of Victim Assistance Programs | To ensure that victims receive the rights they are entitled to and the assistance they need to cope with crime, including victims of sex trafficking |
| Homeland Security Investigations – Blue Campaign | To protect the basic right of freedom and to bring those who exploit human lives to justice; in collaboration with law enforcement, government, non-governmental and private organizations |
| National Human Trafficking Hotline | To serve victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States |
State of Maryland | |
| Araminta Freedom Initiative | To end human trafficking in the Baltimore area |
| MD Coalition Against Sexual Assault | To help prevent sexual assault, advocate for accessible, compassionate care for survivors of sexual violence, and work to hold offenders accountable |
| FBI – Office of Victim Assistance Programs | To ensure that victims receive the rights they are entitled to and the assistance they need to cope with crime, including victims of sex trafficking |
| Homeland Security Investigations – Blue Campaign | To protect the basic right of freedom and to bring those who exploit human lives to justice; in collaboration with law enforcement, government, non-governmental and private organizations |
| National Human Trafficking Hotline | To serve victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States |
State of Viriginia | |
| FBI – Office of Victim Assistance Programs | To ensure that victims receive the rights they are entitled to and the assistance they need to cope with crime, including victims of sex trafficking |
| Homeland Security Investigations – Blue Campaign | To protect the basic right of freedom and to bring those who exploit human lives to justice; in collaboration with law enforcement, government, non-governmental and private organizations |
| National Human Trafficking Hotline | To serve victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States |
Name | Mission | Services |
| The Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women | The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) is an Alliance of more than 80 non-governmental organisations from Africa, Asia, Europe, LAC and North America. GAATW sees the phenomenon of human trafficking intrinsically embedded in the context of migration for the purpose of labour. | GAATW promotes and defends the human rights of all migrants and their families against the threat of an increasingly globalised labour market and calls for safety standards for migrant workers in the process of migration and in the formal and informal work sectors. |
| Stop The Traffik | STOP THE TRAFFIK is a pioneer in human trafficking prevention. Working to unite people around the world by inspiring, informing, equipping and mobilising communities to; know what human trafficking is, know how to identify it and know how to respond appropriately if they saw it. | Through radical information sharing and collaboration, STOP THE TRAFFIK aim to build a global picture of human trafficking hotspots and trends, to empower individuals, organisations and agencies to make more informed and better choices, to signpost them to safe places to get help and support and to encourage appropriate response and reporting. |
| The Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers Project | In collaboration with and guided by impacted communities, we offer legal advocacy to survivors of human trafficking and people who engage in sex work, regardless of whether they do so by choice, circumstance, or coercion. | The Sex Workers Project is a remarkably effective, dynamic organization deeply committed to improving the lives of our clients. As the only US organization meeting the needs of both sex workers and trafficking victims, the Sex Workers Project serves a marginalized community that few others reach. Together, we are working to create a world that is safe for sex workers and where human trafficking does not exist. |
| FAIR Girls | Ending human trafficking one life at a time through trauma- and survivor-informed services, prevention, and advocacy | FAIR Girls (formerly FAIR Fund) provides intervention and holistic care to survivors of human trafficking who identify as girls or young women. Through prevention education and policy advocacy, FAIR Girls also works to eradicate human trafficking and create brighter outcomes for survivors. The FAIR Girls home office in Washington, D.C. offers compassionate care to prevent the exploitation of all girls. |
| Freedom Network USA | Freedom Network USA is the nation’s largest coalition working to ensure that trafficked persons have access to justice, safety, and opportunity. | Freedom Network USA is dedicated to a human rights-based approach to human trafficking. Protecting the rights of each individual survivor is the only path to restoring their dignity and giving them the opportunity they deserve to pursue a better life. This commitment to human rights ties the network together as it works toward the common goal of ending human trafficking. |
| Love146 | OUR VISION IS THE ABOLITION OF CHILD TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION. NOTHING LESS | Love146 is an international human rights organization working to end child trafficking and exploitation through survivor care and prevention. The trafficking and exploitation of children is one of the darkest stories and most severe human rights abuses imaginable. But for us, the hope of ending it is a reality. Love146 is helping grow the movement to end child trafficking while providing effective, thoughtful solutions. We believe in the power of love and its ability to effect sustainable change. Love is the foundation of our motivation. |
| CAST-Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking | CAST’s client services programs offer support all along the continuum of a human trafficking survivor’s journey, including: emergency response, counseling and skills training, shelter, legal advocacy and survivor leadership. | CAST’s intensive case management program offers a client-centered, trauma-informed approach to helping survivors along their journey to freedom and independence. The program begins with a comprehensive assessment to determine goals and necessary next steps. Services include basic necessities, safety planning, supportive counseling, medical, education, life skills training, employment, transportation, applying for state/federal benefits and more. |
| Center for Human Trafficking Awareness | Human Trafficking Awareness | The Center provides in-person training in the Southeastern United States as well as online resources. The Center partners with the Regional Community Policing Institute (RCPI) and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to provide tuition-free training. Training offerings include an in-person introductory 8-hour course for social service providers who may encounter human trafficking victims, law enforcement that may investigate the cases, and task force members. |
| Justice Planning Management Associates | Dynamic online training solutions for Law Enforcement, Corrections Officers, Security Professionals, First Responders and Businesses | Human Trafficking Intro for Law Enforcement, a free online training, provides an overview of the problem of human trafficking in the United States and the legal framework to help address it. Training includes web-based multimedia lessons with an audio presentation track, instructional graphics and text, and learner interactives. Training audiences include law enforcement and task force members. |
| Male Survivor (formerly National Organization on Male Sexual Victimization) | MaleSurvivor has fostered a healing community where tens of thousands of men from more than 200 countries come together to find support, information and — most importantly — hope. | MaleSurvivor is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, public benefit organization committed to preventing, healing, and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through support, treatment, research, education, advocacy, and activism. |
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. | NCMEC works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation. |
| National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) Child Abuse Library Online (CALiO) | The NCAC models, promotes, and delivers excellence in child abuse response and prevention through service, education, and leadership. | You may not know this from the news, but child abuse and neglect is preventable when we focus on solutions. We are learning how we can stop those who abuse children. We are focusing on how we can change the culture, environment, and communities so that abuse and neglect of children is less likely to happen. We are recognizing that family privacy is important, but the abuse and neglect of a child is not a private matter. |
| National Human Trafficking Hotline | Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. This crime occurs when a trafficker uses force, fraud or coercion to control another person for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts or soliciting labor or services against his/her will. Force, fraud, or coercion need not be present if the individual engaging in commercial sex is under 18 years of age. | The National Human Trafficking Hotline is a national, anti-trafficking hotline and resource center serving victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States |
| Office for Victims of Crime | The OVC website contains resources and research from OVC and other Federal Government agencies, local and national direct assistance information, a map of services and task forces, and related funding opportunities for victims and survivors of human trafficking, victim service providers, law enforcement, and allied professionals | The OVC website contains resources and research from OVC and other Federal Government agencies, local and national direct assistance information, a map of services and task forces, and related funding opportunities for victims and survivors of human trafficking, victim service providers, law enforcement, and allied professionals |
| Project REACH | Project REACH provides consultation and brief mental health services to trafficking victims throughout the United States | Project REACH provides case consultation to local health providers regarding individuals who have been trafficked, offering expertise on trauma and mental health to local providers. |
| Shared Hope International | Shared Hope International strives to prevent the conditions that foster sex trafficking, restore victims of sex slavery, and bring justice to vulnerable women and children. We envision a world passionately opposed to sex trafficking and a community committed to restoring survivors to lives of purpose, value and choice – one life at a time. | Shared Hope International is an international organization that brings together a network of committed professionals to prevent the conditions that promote sex trafficking, restore the lives of victims of sex slavery, and obtain justice for survivors. In addition, this organization seeks to inspire change through trafficking awareness campaigns and a broad range of advocacy efforts aimed at strengthening State and Federal legislative responses to sex trafficking. |
| Upper Midwest Community Policing Institute | UMCPI is committed to the advancement of excellence in policing and public safety. We provide public safety agencies with the knowledge,skills and best practices needed to serve their communities and build public trust. Our training and consulting services are built on the key principles of communication, collaboration, ethical solutions, and community partnerships. Our team is comprised of experienced public safety and private sector professionals who bring academic and real world solutions to today’s challenges. | UMCPI consults with public safety agencies on a wide variety of topics, including: Organizational and operational assessments Promotional processes Executive placement Policy development & review Executive coaching Community policing strategies and solutions Strategic planning Leadership development Team building Personnel performance expectations and measurements Conflict management Problem-solving Customized training |
| Violent Crimes Against Children | The mission of the Violent Crimes Against Children (VCAC) program is to provide a rapid, proactive, and comprehensive capacity to counter all threats of abuse and exploitation of children | The mission of the Violent Crimes Against Children (VCAC) program is to provide a rapid, proactive, and comprehensive capacity to counter all threats of abuse and exploitation of children when those crimes fall under the jurisdiction and authority of the FBI; to identify and rescue child victims; to reduce the vulnerability of children to in-person and online sexual exploitation and abuse; to reduce the negative impact of domestic and international parental rights disputes; and to strengthen the capabilities of the FBI and federal, state, local, tribal, and international partners through training, intelligence sharing, technical support, and investigative assistance. |
| U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking | The U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking is working to end Human Trafficking in the United States through prevention, combating demand, rescuing victims, influencing government policy and providing safe refuge for the restoration of survivors. We are a nonprofit, faith-based organization fighting against human trafficking in America with truth and integrity, showing the love of Jesus Christ to all involved. With offices in Tampa, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Austin, we are addressing the national problem, and also doing so with on-the-ground services. | Our focus on the prevention of human trafficking in the United States is being accomplished through combating demand in new and innovative ways, raising awareness, educating our youth, disruption of trafficking activities, advocating a consolidation within the industry to maximize efficiencies, and collaborating with organizations who are expert at rescuing abducted youth currently engaged in the sex trade. Our work is also done in conjunction with federal, state and local government officials who sit in a position to influence policy on ending trafficking in America. |
| ECPAT-USA | Our mission is to protect every child’s human right to grow up free from the threat of sexual exploitation and trafficking. | To protect every child’s human right to grow up free from the threat of sexual exploitation and trafficking, ECPAT-USA: Advocates for federal and state policy and legislation that prevent exploitation, protects children, and guarantees that any child who is subjected to sex trafficking or exploitation will not be prosecuted in the courts for prostitution. Promotes corporate responsibility among private companies with a strong focus on the tourism sector. Educates first responders and ordinary citizens about this issue so that they can identify victims and join us in the fight to better protect children. Empowers youth to take the lead against human trafficking by equipping them with the knowledge and tools necessary to help them become activists against this terrible trade. |
| HEAL Trafficking | To mobilize a shift in the anti-trafficking paradigm toward approaches rooted in public health principles and trauma-informed care by Expanding the evidence base; Enhancing collaboration among multidisciplinary stakeholders; Educating the broader anti-trafficking, public health, and health care communities; and Advocating for policies and funding streams that enhance the public health response to trafficking and support survivors. | HEAL Trafficking: Engages in work that combats all forms of human trafficking; Supports trafficked people of all genders, ages, races/ethnicities, religions, origins, cultures, and sexual orientations; Believes all trafficked persons deserve access to a full range of health care including medical, mental/behavioral health, reproductive health, dental, and substance use disorder treatment services; Approaches human trafficking from a public health perspective that incorporates a socio-ecological framework and prevention strategies; and Promotes a survivor-centered, trauma-informed, evidence-based, practice-based approach to anti-trafficking efforts |
| Innocents at Risk | Our mission is to educate citizens about the grave issue of global and local human trafficking | We are dedicated to protecting children from all forms of abuse, and work to end child exploitation and child trafficking everywhere. |
| Bridging Freedom | Bridging Freedom’s mission is to combat domestic minor sex-trafficking by bringing restoration to those rescued and victim prevention to those we reach with our message. | Bridging Freedom seeks to provide: Community awareness of sex trafficking Education for victim prevention A therapeutic safe home campus that provides long-term, comprehensive survivor care for victims of child sex-trafficking |
| Trafficking Victims Assistance | – | The Trafficking Victims Assistance Program (TVAP) provides comprehensive and strength-based services for children and adult survivors of human trafficking so they can heal, get the justice they deserve and have safe and empowered lives. |
| International Justice Mission | Every day, countless people are trafficked into slavery, as slave owners make a profit off their vulnerability. International Justice Mission is a global organization with a solution to end it. | We work with local justice officials, community partners, advocates and people like you to end it for good. |
| Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) | CATW has worked around the world to fight sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, ensure justice is served, and safeguard the rights of all women and girls | The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Through an approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, we advocate for strong laws and policies, raise public awareness and support survivor leadership. |
Name | Mission |
| Asian Health Services | We are a community health center that offers primary health care services with 36 exam rooms and a dental clinic with 7 chairs. Mission: To serve and advocate for the medically underserved, including the immigrant and refugee Asian community, and to assure equal access to health care services regardless of income, insurance status, language, or culture. |
| Banteay Srei | Banteay Srei is a youth development, asset-building organization that is non-judgmental of young SEA women in the Oakland area who are at risk of or engaged in sex work. We seek to provide the resources that support their healthy development through self empowerment and self determination |
| CAST | CAST was the first organization in the country dedicated exclusively to serving survivors of human trafficking and modern-day slavery. CAST provides comprehensive long-term services through a three-pronged empowerment approach which includes Social Services, Legal Services, and Outreach and Training. The organization also operates the first shelter in the nation solely dedicated to serving victims of trafficking and established the first partnership of its kind with Saban Free Clinic- a family clinic in L.A |
| ECPAT | ECPAT-USA is the leading anti-trafficking policy organization in the United States. ECPAT-USA belongs to an international network of organization in 80 countries, all working to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children. |
| GEMS | Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) is the only organization in New York State specifically designed to serve girls and young women, ages 12-24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. GEMS’ programming is gender responsive, trauma informed, developmentally grounded, strengths based, social justice oriented, and culturally competent. |
| Futures Without Violence | Futures Without Violence is a health and social justice nonprofit with a simple mission: to heal those among us who are traumatized by violence today – and to create healthy families and communities free of violence tomorrow. From domestic violence and child abuse, to bullying and sexual assault, our groundbreaking programs, policy development, and public action campaigns are designed to prevent and end violence against women and children around the world. Striving to reach new audiences and transform social norms, we train professionals such as doctors, nurses, judges, and athletic coaches on improving responses to violence and abuse. We also work with advocates, policy makers, and others to build sustainable community leadership and educate people everywhere about the importance of respect and healthy relationships |
| Focus on Labor Exploitation (FLEX) | Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) works to end human trafficking for labour exploitation. To achieve this, FLEX works to prevent labour abuses, protect the rights of trafficked persons and promote best practice responses to human trafficking for labour exploitation by undertaking research, advocacy and by building awareness in this field |
| FAIR Girls | FAIR Girls (formerly FAIR Fund) prevents the exploitation of girls worldwide with empowerment and education. FAIR Girls currently operates programs in Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, and the United States. The FAIR Girls home office in Washington, D.C. offers compassionate care to prevent the exploitation of all girls, with a special emphasis on girls who have experienced homelessness, life inside the foster care system, sexual abuse, and trafficking |
| Sanctuary for Families | Sanctuary for Families is New York’s leading service provider and advocate for survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and related forms of gender violence. Sanctuary does this through rebuilding lives, educating the community, and advocating for change. Sanctuary believes in a holistic approach and provides both clinical and legal services to clients. The Anti-Trafficking Initiative provides survivors with a range of resources to escape violence and build stable lives free from exploitation. We serve and support both foreign and domestic survivors of human trafficking through providing counseling, case management and legal representation |
| West Coast Children’s Center | WestCoast Children’s Clinic is committed to providing psychological services to vulnerable children, youth, and their families regardless of their ability to pay and to expanding the reach of psychological services through practice and research. To ensure the ongoing availability of these services, WestCoast is dedicated to training the next generation of mental health professionals.” WestCoast Children’s Clinic offers individual therapy, group and family therapy and services are clinic based, school based, or home based |
| Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center | The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center empowers trafficked women, men, and children to seek justice. HT Pro Bono leads national efforts to hold human traffickers accountable for their crimes and to raise awareness of victims’ rights. By linking trafficking victims with highly-skilled pro bono attorneys, HT Pro Bono works to obtain criminal convictions, criminal restitution, and civil judgments against traffickers. With pro bono legal assistance, trafficking survivors can rebuild their lives |
| The Freedom Network | The Freedom Network is the only national coalition of anti-trafficking service providers to adopt a rights-based framework which our members apply to their anti-trafficking services, outreach, collaboration, and training. Freedom Network member organizations encourage policies that promote survivor autonomy, avoid bifurcated treatment of trafficked persons, and discourage rogue and vigilante efforts that compromise safety and autonomy in the name of combating human trafficking |
| Survivor Clinic | The Survivor Clinic is a Women’s Health project located in New York City that specializes in the gynecologic health needs of women who are currently surviving or have survived sexual violence. Appointments are 1-2 hours each to allow time for comprehensive medical assessments, sensitive physical exams and empowering counseling. The clinic is held in the evenings on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and is free of charge to all patients without insurance |
| Safe Horizon | “Safe Horizon is the nation’s leading victim assistance organization. Our mission is to provide support, prevent violence, and promote justice for victims of crime and abuse, their families and communities.” |
| Polaris | Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery. Named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in the U.S., Polaris systemically disrupts the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom. Our comprehensive model puts victims at the center of what we do – helping survivors restore their freedom, preventing more victims, and leveraging data and technology to pursue traffickers wherever they operate. |
| National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | The Center “opened in 1984 to serve as the nation’s clearinghouse on issues related to missing and sexually exploited children. Today NCMEC is authorized by Congress to perform 22 programs and services to assist law enforcement, families and the professionals who serve them |
| MISSSEY | MISSSEY stands for Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting, and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth. MISSEY is a survivor-led organization that is confronting human trafficking in Oakland, in Alameda County, and throughout California. 10,000 professionals have been trained by MISSSEY since 2007, ensuring that staff of youth serving agencies, law enforcement, healthcare and education are able to identify and help CSEC youth |
| MIWRC | One Sexual Assault Advocate provides crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, forensic examination support, and court advocacy for American Indian survivors of sexual violence, including individuals incarcerated at the Hennepin County Adult Correctional Facility (ACF) and the Federal Correctional Institute: Waseca, MN. The Sexual Assault Advocate is also able to assist clients with making police reports, initiating criminal investigation proceedings, and obtaining orders of protection against perpetrators of sexual violence. |
| Love146 | Love146’s mission is to journey alongside children impacted by trafficking today and prevent the trafficking of children tomorrow. Love146 operates Survivor Care Programs in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Philippines. In addition, Love146 has developed Not a Number, an interactive, five-module prevention curriculum designed to teach youth how to protect themselves from human trafficking and exploitation through information, critical thinking, and skill development |
