Where to Find Help
UPDATED March 11, 2010
Adults Saving Kids
1901 Portland Avenue
Minneapolis MN, 55404
Phone: 612-872-0684
Web: http://www.adultssavingkids.org/
Email: info@adultssavingkids.org
A non-profit, faith-based organization founded by Rev. Al Erickson, a called and ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Since 1990, Adults Saving Kids has been educating congregations and communities about the sexual exploitation of young people in our country.
Baldwin Foundation
Portland OR,
Phone: 503-236-7244 (drop-in center)
Web: http://www.prostitutionrecovery.org/
Email: contact@prostitutionrecovery.org
Mission: To help people escape the life of prostitution, survive, and recover from its long-term effects. To provide education about the effects of the sex industry on those used in it, and its effects on the larger community. To educate actual and potential users of prostituted persons about the meaning and consequences of their behavior.
Breaking Free
St. Paul MN,
Phone: 651-645-6557
Email: breaking@qwest.net
Fights commercial sexual exploitation by providing direct services for all prostituted women and girls and by educating the community to recognize prostitution as systematic violence against women. Services: Afro-centric, case management, support groups, housing, mentorship, community court, school for johns.
Captive Daughters
3500 Overland Ave. #110-108
Los Angeles CA, 90034-5696
Fax: 310-815-9197
Web: http://www.captivedaughters.org
Email: mail@captivedaughters.org
Shares information via website, participates in national and international forums and media outreach, collaborate with sister organizations, and encourage the television, film, publishing and artistic communities to focus on sex trafficking in their work.
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section / Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice
1400 New York Avenue, NW
Washington DC, 20530
Phone: 202-514-5780
Web: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW, Eighth Floor
Washington DC, 20024
Phone: (800) 394-3366
Fax: (703) 225-2357
Web: http://www.childwelfare.gov
Email: info@childwelfare.gov
Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption and related professionals as well as the general public to timely, essential information.
Children of the Night
14530 Sylvan Street
Van Nuys CA, 91411
Hotline: 800-551-1300
Phone: 818-908-4474
Fax: 818-908-1468
Web: http://www.childrenofthenight.org
Email: llee@childrenofthenight.org
24-hour hotline, 24-hour shelter in Van Nuys, Calirfornia. Assists youth across the country, coordinating rescue and placement in local shelters or transportation to the 24-hour shelter in Van Nuys, California. Se habla Espanol.
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Web: http://www.catwinternational.org
A feminist human rights nongovernmental organization that works internationally to oppose all forms of sexual exploitation. Mission: To promote a world in which women's rights are human rights, where prostitution and sex trafficking do not exist; where women are free and equal in dignity and rights; where no woman is sexually exploited; that recognizes and values the great genius of women in the development of civilization and cultures; where women have sexual integrity and autonomy.
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
5042 Wilshire Blvd., #586
Los Angeles CA, 90036
Phone: 213-365-1906
Fax: 213-365-5257
Web: http://castla.org/
Email: info@castla.org
Access to food and job training, as well as intensive case management; mental health services; education and life skills training; alternative non-Western healing therapies that are culturally appropriate; shelter designed specifically to meet the needs of trafficking survivors; legal services; training & advocacy.
Covenant House
460 West 41st Street
New York NY, 10036
Hotline: 800-999-9999 and online: http://www.nineline.org/
Phone: 212-613-0300
Fax: 212-947-2478
Web: http://www.covenanthouse.org
Provides crisis counseling for teens and their caregivers, a toll-free number to assist children any time of the day, emergency shelter for runaway teens and services to help children and teens on the streets who are victims of prostitution. Locations across the US.
Destiny’s End
Toledo OH,
Web: http://www.wmich.edu/destinys-end/index.html
Email: SWRK_DES@wmich.edu
DIGNITY House
Phoenix AZ,
Phone: 602-224-5457
Phone: 602-258-2785 (prostitution diversion program)
Email: dignityprograms@diocesephoenix.org
Provides resources for women and children in prostitution. Services: Street outreach program based in the county jail that focuses on breaking the cycle of incarceration due to prostitution. Highly structured, long term residential program focused on building self-esteem and self-sufficiency provides the physical and psychological distance necessary for women to interrupt the cycle of dependence, substance abuse and incarceration due to prostitution. DIGNITY HOUSE also runs a prostitution diversion program for men arrested in the City of Phoenix on prostitution/solicitation charges.
GABRIELA Network, USA
Phone: 212.592.3507 (NY)
Phone: 415.251.0973 (San Francisco), 213.307.3696 (Los Angeles)
Web: http://www.gabnet.org
Email: webmsitress@gabnet.org
GABRIELA Network is a US based multi-racial, multi-ethnic women's solidarity organization. They work with GABRIELA Philippines, an alliance of 110 women's organizations, institutions and centers. They work on issues which impact the women and children of the Philippines, but which have their roots in the decisions made in the United States.
GEMS - Girls' Educational & Mentoring Services
298B West 149th Street
New York NY, 10039
Phone: 212-926-8089
Web: http://www.gems-girls.org
Email: info@gems-girls.org
Preventive and transitional services to young women aged 13-21 years who are at risk for or involved in sexual exploitation and violence. Services: Peer counseling, crisis counseling, groups, housing referrals, vocational assistance, health-care referrals, youth leadership, trainings and consultation. Outreach to group homes, correctional facilities, and youth programs.
Genesis House
Chicago IL,
Phone: 773-281-3917
Email: residential@genesishouse.org
Mission: Provide an environment for women caught in systems of prostitution so they can make a free choice and to help those who choose to leave prostitution by offering services and support. Services: Crisis shelter, long-term residential program, assessment, referrals, outreach.
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights
208 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 1818
Chicago IL, 60604
Phone: 312- 660-1300
Web: http://www.heartlandalliance.org/whatwedo/our-programs/
Comprehensive programs, integrating housing, health care, economic security, and legal protections.
Lola Green Baldwin Foundation
Phone: 503-236-7244
Web: http://www.prostitutionrecovery.org/
Email: Contact@prostitutionrecovery.org
Mary Magdalene Project
South Gate CA,
Phone: 818-988-4970
Mission: Long-term residential rehabilitation program for women who want to leave prostitution. Services: Food, clothing, shelter, medical care, individual and group counseling, job training for 18 months to 2 years.
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
Hotline: 1-888-3737-888
Web: http://nhtrc.polarisproject.org/
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a national, toll-free hotline, available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. Through the hotline, you can report a tip, connect with anti-trafficking services in your area, or request training and technical assistance, general information, or specific anti-trafficking resources.
New Life Opportunities
Dallas TX,
Phone: 214-941-3500 x 235
Nineline (Covenant House)
Hotline: 1-800-999-9999
Phone: 1-800-999-9915 (TTY)
Web: http://www.nineline.org/
Nineline runs a 24-hour confidential hotline and the website contains a message board, an email hotline, a directory to local resources and information.
Office for Victims of Crime
U.S. Department of Justice
810 7th Street, NW
Washington DC, 20531
Phone: 800-627-6872
Phone: 877-712-9279 (TTY)
Web: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/help/tip.htm
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), through its Terrorism and International Victims Assistance Services Division, offers extensive informational resources and services (federal, international, and non-governmental) related to international crime victim issues (including human trafficking and victims of terrorism). If you are a victim of human trafficking, the OVC's list of resources for international victims is a great place to locate services and information.
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Aerospace Building
901 D Street, SW
Washington DC, 20910
Phone: (202) 401-9246
Fax: (202) 401-5487
Web: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/
Through the Office of Refugee Resettlement's website, you can learn about federal programs, resources, and benefits available to refugees and victims of human trafficking.
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
U.S. Department of State
1800 G Street, NW, Suite 2148
Washington DC, 20223
Phone: 202-312-9639
Fax: 202-312-9637
Pandora's Project
Web: http://www.pandorasproject.org/
Provide information, support, and resources to survivors of rape and sexual abuse and their friends and family. Pandora's Project offers peer support to anyone who has been a victim of rape, sexual assault, or sexual abuse through our online support group, Pandora's Aquarium. Pandora's Project offers message boards where sexual violence survivors participate in healing discussions and a chat room, where victims of sex crimes can discuss healing-related issues in a safe and supportive atmosphere.
Polaris Project
P.O. Box 53315
Washington DC, 20009
Phone: 202-745-1001
Fax: 202-745-1119
Web: http://www.polarisproject.org
Email: info@polarisproject.org
A multicultural grassroots organization combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Based in the United States and Japan, they combine street-level experience and technical expertise, working everyday from morning to past midnight to provide victim services, conduct advocacy, and build the anti-trafficking movement. Polaris Project's national trafficking hotline can now be accessed by texting INFO or HELP to BeFree (233733), instantly connecting victims to services from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center.
Project RESPECT
Madison WI,
Phone: 608-283-6435
Web: http://www.arcomserv.org/programs.html#RESPECT
Email: jan@respectmadison.com
RESPECT provides a safe space and peer support as well as advocacy, case management, counseling and crisis intervention on an outpatient basis in order to assist women in leaving prostitution and to help them into essential community services in order to address a woman’s health, economic, and family needs so she can develop a safe, constructive lifestyle. RESPECT also does outreach for HIV Prevention Intervention for high-risk behaviors.
Prostitution Alternatives Roundtable (PART)
For more info on this or other Projects, please contact the Mayor’s Office on Domestic Violence at (312) 747-9972
Prostitution Research and Education (PRE)
San Francisco CA,
Phone: 415-922-4555
Web: http://www.prostitutionresearch.com
Develops research and educational programs to document the experiences of people in prostitution. The purpose of PRE is to organize against the institution of prostitution and advocate for alternatives to prostitution - including emotional and physical healthcare for women in prostitution. The project's goal is to empower this constituency by documenting their perspectives through research, public education, and arts projects. PRE develops innovative approaches to educating the public about the issue of prostitution - including how prostitution is an issue of women's rights, how prostitution is about racism, and the ways in which prostitution is also about poverty and basic human rights.
Prostitution to Independence, Dignity and Equality (PRIDE)
Minneapolis MN,
Hotline: 888.PRIDE.99 or 888.774.3399
Phone: Crisis Line: 612-728-2062
Phone: 612-728-2080
Web: http://www.fcsmn.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={06C4C9B8-8DA9-4AFE-BA8C-658065E23661}
Email: pride@fcsmn.org
Services: Social services, case management, support group, court intervention and diversion, transitional housing, mental health therapy, development of public policy and legal proposals regarding prostitution. If you need help getting out of prostitution or would like more information, contact the PRIDE at 612-728-2080.
Rahab's Hideway
118 Graceland Blvd
Columbus, OH, 43214
Phone: 614-593-5033
Web: http://www.rahabshideaway.org/
FOR OHIO RESIDENTS ONLY: Helps women escaping prostitution and sexual exploitation. Their referral agencies provide a variety of services to program participants including maternal and pediatric health care, mental health services, child and youth development programs, education, and job training. Rahab’s HideAway also collaborates with a part-time housing advocate whose primary responsibility is to assist residents in their permanent housing search. Individual meetings are provided to ensure that residents are working constructively towards their goals.
Rape Crisis Services of Greater Lowell, Inc.
Lowell MA,
Hotline: 800-542-5212 (24 hrs)
Phone: 978-452-7721
Web: http://www.rcsglinc.org/
Outreach to those who suffer from substance abuse or who have been prostituted - holistic approach for victims of sexual abuse who have been prostituted and dealing with substance abuse issues.
Safe House
San Francisco CA,
Phone: 415-643-7861
Web: http://www.sfsafehouse.org
Email: director@sfsafehouse.org
SafeHouse is a clean and sober living community that empowers homeless prostituted women to gain the skills and resources they need to grow and become independent and self-sufficient members of society. Services: Transitional housing for 12 to 24 months; Comprehensive treatment services including six months of outpatient day treatment, weekly case management and intensive individual psychotherapy, group therapy and peer counseling, educational and vocational training and rehabilitation, money management and other life skills training. Program provides assistance with food, clothing, medical, dental and vision care. After-care services for graduates.
Salvation Army Wellspring Program
3612 Cuming
Omaha NE, 68131
Phone: 402-898-5871
Advocacy and support for women, men, and their families as they are in process of escaping prostitution. Also offer services to those who solicit prostitution. Services: Holistic approach, using group therapy, case management, individual and family therapy, limited material assistance, monthly outings, transportation, referrals.
Sex Workers Anonymous (formerly Prostitutes Anonymous)
P.O. Box 3535
Tonopah NV, 89049
Phone: (866)392-1708
Web: http://www.sexworkersanonymous.com
Email: sexworkrecovery@yahoo.com
A 12 step group of men and women for whom the sex industry became a problem. The only requirement for membership is a desire to leave the sex industry. All communications are confidential.
Shared Hope International
P.O. Box 65337
Vancouver WA, 98665
Hotline: 866-HER-LIFE
Web: http://www.sharedhope.org
Email: savelives@sharedhope.org
Sisters Offering Support (SOS)
Honolulu HI,
Phone: 808-941-5554
Web: http://www.soshawaii.org
Prostitution prevention and intervention through education and awareness. Services: Individual counseling and peer group support, referral to community resources, crisis line, community education.
Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE)
San Francisco CA,
Phone: 415-905-5050
Web: http://www.sagesf.org/
Email: info@sagesf.org
Committed to improving the lives of women who are survivors of sexual exploitation, violence, and prostitution. Services: Peer support, referrals, day treatment program, clothing assistance, massage, acupuncture, community, education.
The Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition (BSCC)
San Diego (with partners in Mexico and Latin America) CA,
Phone: 619-336-0770
Web: http://www.bsccoalition.org/
Prevent and intervene in the commercial and sexual exploitation of women and children while advocating for all exploited persons. The BSCC is an alliance of over 60 government and nonprofit agencies in the United States and Latin America that is convened in and along the U.S.-Mexico Border Region to combat slavery and human trafficking. Services: Advocacy for prostituted and trafficked girls and women. Assistance in providing a comprehensive, multifaceted network providing wrap-around services to women, men, and children who have been victimized by traffickers and held as slaves. Workshops provided for agencies offering services to victims of trafficking.
The Freedom and Justice Center for Prostitution Resources (A Program of the Volunteers of America of Minnesota)
2825 East Lake Street
Minneapolis MN, 55406
Phone: 612-721-6327
The Help Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) Program
PO Box 21394
Washington DC, 20009-0894
Hotline: 800-676-HIPS
Phone: 202-232-8150
Phone: 202-232-8304
Web: http://www.hips.org
Assists all people engaging in prostitution in Washington, DC in leading healthy lives. Utilizing a harm reduction model, HIPS' programs strive to address the impact that HIV/ AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, discrimination, poverty, violence, and drug use have on the lives of individuals engaging in prostitution.
The National Center for Victims of Crime
Suite 480
2000 M Street, NW
Washington DC, 20036-3398
Hotline: 800-FYI-CALL
Phone: 202-467-8700
Fax: 202-467-8757
Web: http://www.ncvc.org
The National Center for Victims of Crime is a nonprofit organization advocating for all victims of crime - adults and children. They educate child victims about their rights and the recent provisions that have been established to protect them. The National Victim Center has a toll-free number that acts as a referral service for children who have been exploited.
The National Runaway Switchboard
3080 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago IL, 60657-4208
Hotline: 1-800-RUNAWAY
Phone: 773-880-9860
Phone: 773-929-5150
Web: http://www.1800runaway.org/
Confidential crisis intervention and referral information for youth and their families via a national switchboard available 24 hours a day. Services include agency referrals, message delivery, dedicated agency and informational line, youth advocacy, community education, runaway education program for schools.
The Paul & Lisa Program, Inc.
PO Box 348
Westbrook CT, 06498-0348
Hotline: 800-518-2238
Phone: 860-767-7660
Phone: 860-767-3122
Web: http://www.paulandlisa.org
Email: contact@paulandlisa.org
Aimed at solving the problems of exploited street youth. Components include exploitation prevention education, information, and a safety strategies' publication that is available to the public; training for professionals and others concerned with the safety and welfare of children and young adults; street-based outreach; and community-court-related rehabilitation.
Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force
Hotline: 888-428-7581
Web: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/tpwetf.htm
This is for information on victim services and to report a crime.
VERONICA'S Voice (Victims Exploited Recovering On Needed Individual Counseling And Services)
Greater Kansas City Area MO,
Phone: 913-940-0505
Phone: 816-728-0004 (24 hrs)
Email: veronicasvoice@yahoo.com
Survivors of the sex industry designed and operate the program. Services include: 24 hour crisis line; drop-in center; street out reach; peer counseling; support groups; referrals; court advocacy; diversion programs; john school and community education.
Violence Against Women Office (VAWO)
U.S. Department of Justice
810 7th St., NW
Washington DC, 20531
Phone: 202-307-6026
Web: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo
VAWO can provide information on domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking issues.
Volunteers of America Women's Recovery Center
Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN,
Phone: 612-721-6328
Email: mn-fjc@excite.com
Residential program with chemical dependency treatment, mental health therapy, living skills.
Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington DC, 20210
Phone: 800-827-5335
Web: http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb
The Women's Bureau's mission is to formulate standards and policies which promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
You Are Never Alone (YANA)
Baltimore MD,
Phone: 410-566-7973
Reach out to women suffering the traumas and dangers of the street, offering alternatives to those who are interested in change. Services: Peer support, group counseling, crisis intervention, referrals, legal, housing and employment services.
Young Women's Empowerment Project
2334 W. Lawrence, Suite 209
Chicago IL,
Phone: 773-728-0127
Web: http://www.youarepriceless.org
Email: claudine@youarepriceless.org
Offers safe, respectful, free of judgment spaces for girls and young women impacted by the sex trade and street economies to recognize their goals, dreams and desires. Run by girls and women with life experience in the sex trade and street economies. Services: Train, support and pay girls and young women with current or past experience in the sex trade to be harm reduction peer outreach workers to girls in the sex trade. Facilitate education workshops with youth about girls in the sex trade and train and support girls to be leaders.
1901 Portland Avenue
Minneapolis MN, 55404
Phone: 612-872-0684
Web: http://www.adultssavingkids.org/
Email: info@adultssavingkids.org
A non-profit, faith-based organization founded by Rev. Al Erickson, a called and ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Since 1990, Adults Saving Kids has been educating congregations and communities about the sexual exploitation of young people in our country.
Baldwin Foundation
Portland OR,
Phone: 503-236-7244 (drop-in center)
Web: http://www.prostitutionrecovery.org/
Email: contact@prostitutionrecovery.org
Mission: To help people escape the life of prostitution, survive, and recover from its long-term effects. To provide education about the effects of the sex industry on those used in it, and its effects on the larger community. To educate actual and potential users of prostituted persons about the meaning and consequences of their behavior.
Breaking Free
St. Paul MN,
Phone: 651-645-6557
Email: breaking@qwest.net
Fights commercial sexual exploitation by providing direct services for all prostituted women and girls and by educating the community to recognize prostitution as systematic violence against women. Services: Afro-centric, case management, support groups, housing, mentorship, community court, school for johns.
Captive Daughters
3500 Overland Ave. #110-108
Los Angeles CA, 90034-5696
Fax: 310-815-9197
Web: http://www.captivedaughters.org
Email: mail@captivedaughters.org
Shares information via website, participates in national and international forums and media outreach, collaborate with sister organizations, and encourage the television, film, publishing and artistic communities to focus on sex trafficking in their work.
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section / Criminal Division
U.S. Department of Justice
1400 New York Avenue, NW
Washington DC, 20530
Phone: 202-514-5780
Web: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW, Eighth Floor
Washington DC, 20024
Phone: (800) 394-3366
Fax: (703) 225-2357
Web: http://www.childwelfare.gov
Email: info@childwelfare.gov
Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption and related professionals as well as the general public to timely, essential information.
Children of the Night
14530 Sylvan Street
Van Nuys CA, 91411
Hotline: 800-551-1300
Phone: 818-908-4474
Fax: 818-908-1468
Web: http://www.childrenofthenight.org
Email: llee@childrenofthenight.org
24-hour hotline, 24-hour shelter in Van Nuys, Calirfornia. Assists youth across the country, coordinating rescue and placement in local shelters or transportation to the 24-hour shelter in Van Nuys, California. Se habla Espanol.
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Web: http://www.catwinternational.org
A feminist human rights nongovernmental organization that works internationally to oppose all forms of sexual exploitation. Mission: To promote a world in which women's rights are human rights, where prostitution and sex trafficking do not exist; where women are free and equal in dignity and rights; where no woman is sexually exploited; that recognizes and values the great genius of women in the development of civilization and cultures; where women have sexual integrity and autonomy.
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
5042 Wilshire Blvd., #586
Los Angeles CA, 90036
Phone: 213-365-1906
Fax: 213-365-5257
Web: http://castla.org/
Email: info@castla.org
Access to food and job training, as well as intensive case management; mental health services; education and life skills training; alternative non-Western healing therapies that are culturally appropriate; shelter designed specifically to meet the needs of trafficking survivors; legal services; training & advocacy.
Covenant House
460 West 41st Street
New York NY, 10036
Hotline: 800-999-9999 and online: http://www.nineline.org/
Phone: 212-613-0300
Fax: 212-947-2478
Web: http://www.covenanthouse.org
Provides crisis counseling for teens and their caregivers, a toll-free number to assist children any time of the day, emergency shelter for runaway teens and services to help children and teens on the streets who are victims of prostitution. Locations across the US.
Destiny’s End
Toledo OH,
Web: http://www.wmich.edu/destinys-end/index.html
Email: SWRK_DES@wmich.edu
DIGNITY House
Phoenix AZ,
Phone: 602-224-5457
Phone: 602-258-2785 (prostitution diversion program)
Email: dignityprograms@diocesephoenix.org
Provides resources for women and children in prostitution. Services: Street outreach program based in the county jail that focuses on breaking the cycle of incarceration due to prostitution. Highly structured, long term residential program focused on building self-esteem and self-sufficiency provides the physical and psychological distance necessary for women to interrupt the cycle of dependence, substance abuse and incarceration due to prostitution. DIGNITY HOUSE also runs a prostitution diversion program for men arrested in the City of Phoenix on prostitution/solicitation charges.
GABRIELA Network, USA
Phone: 212.592.3507 (NY)
Phone: 415.251.0973 (San Francisco), 213.307.3696 (Los Angeles)
Web: http://www.gabnet.org
Email: webmsitress@gabnet.org
GABRIELA Network is a US based multi-racial, multi-ethnic women's solidarity organization. They work with GABRIELA Philippines, an alliance of 110 women's organizations, institutions and centers. They work on issues which impact the women and children of the Philippines, but which have their roots in the decisions made in the United States.
GEMS - Girls' Educational & Mentoring Services
298B West 149th Street
New York NY, 10039
Phone: 212-926-8089
Web: http://www.gems-girls.org
Email: info@gems-girls.org
Preventive and transitional services to young women aged 13-21 years who are at risk for or involved in sexual exploitation and violence. Services: Peer counseling, crisis counseling, groups, housing referrals, vocational assistance, health-care referrals, youth leadership, trainings and consultation. Outreach to group homes, correctional facilities, and youth programs.
Genesis House
Chicago IL,
Phone: 773-281-3917
Email: residential@genesishouse.org
Mission: Provide an environment for women caught in systems of prostitution so they can make a free choice and to help those who choose to leave prostitution by offering services and support. Services: Crisis shelter, long-term residential program, assessment, referrals, outreach.
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights
208 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 1818
Chicago IL, 60604
Phone: 312- 660-1300
Web: http://www.heartlandalliance.org/whatwedo/our-programs/
Comprehensive programs, integrating housing, health care, economic security, and legal protections.
Lola Green Baldwin Foundation
Phone: 503-236-7244
Web: http://www.prostitutionrecovery.org/
Email: Contact@prostitutionrecovery.org
Mary Magdalene Project
South Gate CA,
Phone: 818-988-4970
Mission: Long-term residential rehabilitation program for women who want to leave prostitution. Services: Food, clothing, shelter, medical care, individual and group counseling, job training for 18 months to 2 years.
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
Hotline: 1-888-3737-888
Web: http://nhtrc.polarisproject.org/
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a national, toll-free hotline, available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. Through the hotline, you can report a tip, connect with anti-trafficking services in your area, or request training and technical assistance, general information, or specific anti-trafficking resources.
New Life Opportunities
Dallas TX,
Phone: 214-941-3500 x 235
Nineline (Covenant House)
Hotline: 1-800-999-9999
Phone: 1-800-999-9915 (TTY)
Web: http://www.nineline.org/
Nineline runs a 24-hour confidential hotline and the website contains a message board, an email hotline, a directory to local resources and information.
Office for Victims of Crime
U.S. Department of Justice
810 7th Street, NW
Washington DC, 20531
Phone: 800-627-6872
Phone: 877-712-9279 (TTY)
Web: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/help/tip.htm
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), through its Terrorism and International Victims Assistance Services Division, offers extensive informational resources and services (federal, international, and non-governmental) related to international crime victim issues (including human trafficking and victims of terrorism). If you are a victim of human trafficking, the OVC's list of resources for international victims is a great place to locate services and information.
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Aerospace Building
901 D Street, SW
Washington DC, 20910
Phone: (202) 401-9246
Fax: (202) 401-5487
Web: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/
Through the Office of Refugee Resettlement's website, you can learn about federal programs, resources, and benefits available to refugees and victims of human trafficking.
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
U.S. Department of State
1800 G Street, NW, Suite 2148
Washington DC, 20223
Phone: 202-312-9639
Fax: 202-312-9637
Pandora's Project
Web: http://www.pandorasproject.org/
Provide information, support, and resources to survivors of rape and sexual abuse and their friends and family. Pandora's Project offers peer support to anyone who has been a victim of rape, sexual assault, or sexual abuse through our online support group, Pandora's Aquarium. Pandora's Project offers message boards where sexual violence survivors participate in healing discussions and a chat room, where victims of sex crimes can discuss healing-related issues in a safe and supportive atmosphere.
Polaris Project
P.O. Box 53315
Washington DC, 20009
Phone: 202-745-1001
Fax: 202-745-1119
Web: http://www.polarisproject.org
Email: info@polarisproject.org
A multicultural grassroots organization combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Based in the United States and Japan, they combine street-level experience and technical expertise, working everyday from morning to past midnight to provide victim services, conduct advocacy, and build the anti-trafficking movement. Polaris Project's national trafficking hotline can now be accessed by texting INFO or HELP to BeFree (233733), instantly connecting victims to services from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center.
Project RESPECT
Madison WI,
Phone: 608-283-6435
Web: http://www.arcomserv.org/programs.html#RESPECT
Email: jan@respectmadison.com
RESPECT provides a safe space and peer support as well as advocacy, case management, counseling and crisis intervention on an outpatient basis in order to assist women in leaving prostitution and to help them into essential community services in order to address a woman’s health, economic, and family needs so she can develop a safe, constructive lifestyle. RESPECT also does outreach for HIV Prevention Intervention for high-risk behaviors.
Prostitution Alternatives Roundtable (PART)
For more info on this or other Projects, please contact the Mayor’s Office on Domestic Violence at (312) 747-9972
Prostitution Research and Education (PRE)
San Francisco CA,
Phone: 415-922-4555
Web: http://www.prostitutionresearch.com
Develops research and educational programs to document the experiences of people in prostitution. The purpose of PRE is to organize against the institution of prostitution and advocate for alternatives to prostitution - including emotional and physical healthcare for women in prostitution. The project's goal is to empower this constituency by documenting their perspectives through research, public education, and arts projects. PRE develops innovative approaches to educating the public about the issue of prostitution - including how prostitution is an issue of women's rights, how prostitution is about racism, and the ways in which prostitution is also about poverty and basic human rights.
Prostitution to Independence, Dignity and Equality (PRIDE)
Minneapolis MN,
Hotline: 888.PRIDE.99 or 888.774.3399
Phone: Crisis Line: 612-728-2062
Phone: 612-728-2080
Web: http://www.fcsmn.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={06C4C9B8-8DA9-4AFE-BA8C-658065E23661}
Email: pride@fcsmn.org
Services: Social services, case management, support group, court intervention and diversion, transitional housing, mental health therapy, development of public policy and legal proposals regarding prostitution. If you need help getting out of prostitution or would like more information, contact the PRIDE at 612-728-2080.
Rahab's Hideway
118 Graceland Blvd
Columbus, OH, 43214
Phone: 614-593-5033
Web: http://www.rahabshideaway.org/
FOR OHIO RESIDENTS ONLY: Helps women escaping prostitution and sexual exploitation. Their referral agencies provide a variety of services to program participants including maternal and pediatric health care, mental health services, child and youth development programs, education, and job training. Rahab’s HideAway also collaborates with a part-time housing advocate whose primary responsibility is to assist residents in their permanent housing search. Individual meetings are provided to ensure that residents are working constructively towards their goals.
Rape Crisis Services of Greater Lowell, Inc.
Lowell MA,
Hotline: 800-542-5212 (24 hrs)
Phone: 978-452-7721
Web: http://www.rcsglinc.org/
Outreach to those who suffer from substance abuse or who have been prostituted - holistic approach for victims of sexual abuse who have been prostituted and dealing with substance abuse issues.
Safe House
San Francisco CA,
Phone: 415-643-7861
Web: http://www.sfsafehouse.org
Email: director@sfsafehouse.org
SafeHouse is a clean and sober living community that empowers homeless prostituted women to gain the skills and resources they need to grow and become independent and self-sufficient members of society. Services: Transitional housing for 12 to 24 months; Comprehensive treatment services including six months of outpatient day treatment, weekly case management and intensive individual psychotherapy, group therapy and peer counseling, educational and vocational training and rehabilitation, money management and other life skills training. Program provides assistance with food, clothing, medical, dental and vision care. After-care services for graduates.
Salvation Army Wellspring Program
3612 Cuming
Omaha NE, 68131
Phone: 402-898-5871
Advocacy and support for women, men, and their families as they are in process of escaping prostitution. Also offer services to those who solicit prostitution. Services: Holistic approach, using group therapy, case management, individual and family therapy, limited material assistance, monthly outings, transportation, referrals.
Sex Workers Anonymous (formerly Prostitutes Anonymous)
P.O. Box 3535
Tonopah NV, 89049
Phone: (866)392-1708
Web: http://www.sexworkersanonymous.com
Email: sexworkrecovery@yahoo.com
A 12 step group of men and women for whom the sex industry became a problem. The only requirement for membership is a desire to leave the sex industry. All communications are confidential.
Shared Hope International
P.O. Box 65337
Vancouver WA, 98665
Hotline: 866-HER-LIFE
Web: http://www.sharedhope.org
Email: savelives@sharedhope.org
Sisters Offering Support (SOS)
Honolulu HI,
Phone: 808-941-5554
Web: http://www.soshawaii.org
Prostitution prevention and intervention through education and awareness. Services: Individual counseling and peer group support, referral to community resources, crisis line, community education.
Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE)
San Francisco CA,
Phone: 415-905-5050
Web: http://www.sagesf.org/
Email: info@sagesf.org
Committed to improving the lives of women who are survivors of sexual exploitation, violence, and prostitution. Services: Peer support, referrals, day treatment program, clothing assistance, massage, acupuncture, community, education.
The Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition (BSCC)
San Diego (with partners in Mexico and Latin America) CA,
Phone: 619-336-0770
Web: http://www.bsccoalition.org/
Prevent and intervene in the commercial and sexual exploitation of women and children while advocating for all exploited persons. The BSCC is an alliance of over 60 government and nonprofit agencies in the United States and Latin America that is convened in and along the U.S.-Mexico Border Region to combat slavery and human trafficking. Services: Advocacy for prostituted and trafficked girls and women. Assistance in providing a comprehensive, multifaceted network providing wrap-around services to women, men, and children who have been victimized by traffickers and held as slaves. Workshops provided for agencies offering services to victims of trafficking.
The Freedom and Justice Center for Prostitution Resources (A Program of the Volunteers of America of Minnesota)
2825 East Lake Street
Minneapolis MN, 55406
Phone: 612-721-6327
The Help Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) Program
PO Box 21394
Washington DC, 20009-0894
Hotline: 800-676-HIPS
Phone: 202-232-8150
Phone: 202-232-8304
Web: http://www.hips.org
Assists all people engaging in prostitution in Washington, DC in leading healthy lives. Utilizing a harm reduction model, HIPS' programs strive to address the impact that HIV/ AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, discrimination, poverty, violence, and drug use have on the lives of individuals engaging in prostitution.
The National Center for Victims of Crime
Suite 480
2000 M Street, NW
Washington DC, 20036-3398
Hotline: 800-FYI-CALL
Phone: 202-467-8700
Fax: 202-467-8757
Web: http://www.ncvc.org
The National Center for Victims of Crime is a nonprofit organization advocating for all victims of crime - adults and children. They educate child victims about their rights and the recent provisions that have been established to protect them. The National Victim Center has a toll-free number that acts as a referral service for children who have been exploited.
The National Runaway Switchboard
3080 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago IL, 60657-4208
Hotline: 1-800-RUNAWAY
Phone: 773-880-9860
Phone: 773-929-5150
Web: http://www.1800runaway.org/
Confidential crisis intervention and referral information for youth and their families via a national switchboard available 24 hours a day. Services include agency referrals, message delivery, dedicated agency and informational line, youth advocacy, community education, runaway education program for schools.
The Paul & Lisa Program, Inc.
PO Box 348
Westbrook CT, 06498-0348
Hotline: 800-518-2238
Phone: 860-767-7660
Phone: 860-767-3122
Web: http://www.paulandlisa.org
Email: contact@paulandlisa.org
Aimed at solving the problems of exploited street youth. Components include exploitation prevention education, information, and a safety strategies' publication that is available to the public; training for professionals and others concerned with the safety and welfare of children and young adults; street-based outreach; and community-court-related rehabilitation.
Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force
Hotline: 888-428-7581
Web: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/tpwetf.htm
This is for information on victim services and to report a crime.
VERONICA'S Voice (Victims Exploited Recovering On Needed Individual Counseling And Services)
Greater Kansas City Area MO,
Phone: 913-940-0505
Phone: 816-728-0004 (24 hrs)
Email: veronicasvoice@yahoo.com
Survivors of the sex industry designed and operate the program. Services include: 24 hour crisis line; drop-in center; street out reach; peer counseling; support groups; referrals; court advocacy; diversion programs; john school and community education.
Violence Against Women Office (VAWO)
U.S. Department of Justice
810 7th St., NW
Washington DC, 20531
Phone: 202-307-6026
Web: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo
VAWO can provide information on domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking issues.
Volunteers of America Women's Recovery Center
Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN,
Phone: 612-721-6328
Email: mn-fjc@excite.com
Residential program with chemical dependency treatment, mental health therapy, living skills.
Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington DC, 20210
Phone: 800-827-5335
Web: http://www.dol.gov/dol/wb
The Women's Bureau's mission is to formulate standards and policies which promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
You Are Never Alone (YANA)
Baltimore MD,
Phone: 410-566-7973
Reach out to women suffering the traumas and dangers of the street, offering alternatives to those who are interested in change. Services: Peer support, group counseling, crisis intervention, referrals, legal, housing and employment services.
Young Women's Empowerment Project
2334 W. Lawrence, Suite 209
Chicago IL,
Phone: 773-728-0127
Web: http://www.youarepriceless.org
Email: claudine@youarepriceless.org
Offers safe, respectful, free of judgment spaces for girls and young women impacted by the sex trade and street economies to recognize their goals, dreams and desires. Run by girls and women with life experience in the sex trade and street economies. Services: Train, support and pay girls and young women with current or past experience in the sex trade to be harm reduction peer outreach workers to girls in the sex trade. Facilitate education workshops with youth about girls in the sex trade and train and support girls to be leaders.