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Causes: Crime & Law, Sexual Abuse Prevention
Mission: Justice ministries is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to combating sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of women, with a focus on rescue & housing. Our goal is to locate victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, help them get out of their situation and into a safe place, facilitate an environment conducive to healing, and assist them in their transition to independence. We facilitate multiple outreach techniques to women at risk for sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, including strip club outreach, back-page call centers, and street outreach. We also operate a local hotline and send out rapid response relocation teams for women who want to get out of a situation. Additionally, we coordinate safe house placement and case management for our clients. Justice ministries served 10 clients in 2012, 30 in 2013, and 100 in 2014. Many of our clients call our hotline directly and a significant number of our clients are referrals from law enforcement agencies.
Programs: Transportation to accomplish our overall mission, we must complete 4 objectives: reach out - locate victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Relocate - help them get out of their situation and into a safe place. Rehabilitate - facilitate an environment conducive to healing. Rise up - assist them in their transition to independence. Transportation is utilized in all 4 of these objectives. Reach out - travel to/from outreach sites. Relocate - rapid response relocation teams. Rehabilitate - travel to/from housing partners in our region as well as across the country, and travel required for regular errands and appointments for our clients. Rise up - assist clients with travel needs to and from school, work, childcare, and other errands and appointments as clients work towards their goal of sustaining independent travel arrangements.
housing to accomplish our overall mission, we must complete 4 objectives: reach out - locate victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Relocate - help them get out of their situation and into a safe place. Rehabilitate - facilitate an environment conducive to healing. Rise up - assist them in their transition to independence. Housing is needed in 3 of these objectives. Relocate - provide emergency housing. Rehabilitate - facilitate, coordinate and/or subsidize long term or program housing. Rise up - support transitional housing options.
food and drink to accomplish our overall mission, we must complete 4 objectives: reach out - locate victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Relocate - help them get out of their situation and into a safe place. Rehabilitate - facilitate an environment conducive to healing. Rise up - assist them in their transition to independence. Food and drink is needed in at least 2 of these objectives and often time preferred in all 4 objectives. Reach out - providing individuals at risk with a free meal or even a snack can be a great way to help meet an immediate need as well as show that you care about them. Relocate - many of our clients have not eaten much, if anything, all day when a relocation team arrives to pick them up; providing a new client with food is a top priority after getting them to a secure location. Rehabilitate - provide regular groceries for local clients that need assistance with food. Rise up - assist w/ groceries for local clients as needed.
many other expense categories directly impact the clients we serve. Education, healthcare, financial assistance, professional services, and other expenses are utilized in completing our 4 objectives. Reach out - locate victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Relocate - help them get out of their situation and into a safe place. Rehabilitate - facilitate an environment conducive to healing. Rise up - assist them in their transition to independence. The number of clients served by justice ministries has tripled every year over the past three years. In 2014, justice ministries had the privilege of serving 100 clients.