Resources ~ States
GEORGIA - LOUISIANA
MEMBERS ONLY
( centers.rainn.org )
It’s helpful to have support in your own community after a sexual assault. Local service providers make it easy for you to access care, and they are knowledgeable about the laws in your area and local resources that can assist you.
Click the link for the Interactive Map for Local Resources compiled by the Office for Violence Against Women – US Department of Justice:
List of anti-sexual assault organizations in the United States – Wikipedia
(States and US Territories)
Domestic Violence Service Directory (U.S.) | Red Woman Rising
US Dept. of Health & Human Services/OASH – Office on Women’s Health
Resources by state on violence against women.
Find resources and programs in your state that provide support for women who have experienced abuse.
Tribal Sex Trafficking By State (with Tribal Coalition) | Tribal Sex Trafficking Resources
Sex Trafficking in Indian Country: Victim/Survivor Resource Book
Address Confidentiality Programs by state
(Provides a listing of all ACP programs available in the United States)
Text “NOFILTR” to 741741 for immediate assistance for “Grooming”
If you’re being sextorted, GET HELP NOW – TEXT “THORN” TO 741741
Click the link for the Interactive Map for Local Resources compiled by WomensLaw.org:
Click the link for the Interactive Map for over 600 Local Resources complied by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
DomesticShelters.org
Click Here to enter your zip code to start your search for domestic violence programs and shelters near you.
REMEMBER: EDUCATION + AWARENESS = PREVENTION!!!
We need more TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTERS (TRC’s) in every state in the US.
As of 2020, there were only 15 TRCs in California, 9 in Ohio, and several more in Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and New Jersey.
From the Downtown Women’s Center in Los Angeles, California:
“The TRC provides supportive services, outreach, emergency and healing interventions to victims/survivors and their families. We focus on responding to victimization from crimes and complex trauma from interpersonal violence including sexual and domestic violence, family and community violence, sex trafficking, intimate partner stalking and homelessness.”
Services offered by trauma recovery centers include trauma-informed clinical case management; evidence-based individual, group and family psychotherapy; crisis intervention; medication management; legal advocacy and assistance in filing police reports and accessing victim compensation funds; and are offered at no cost to the patient. These types of comprehensive services and assistance are intended to help people who have experienced violent crime, including patients who suffered gunshot wounds, as well as victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, human trafficking, and hate crimes, and those who had a family member assaulted or killed. To provide this breadth of services, trauma recovery centers utilize multidisciplinary staff members that might include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and outreach workers.
PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
(University Hospitals, Healthcare Organizations, and others)
AND LAWMAKERS IN YOUR STATE
(as well as your representatives in Washington)
YOUR VOICE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!
GEORGIA NETWORK TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT
404-815-5261 (Atlanta)
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://gnesa.org/page/rape-crisis-centers-georgia
To search for Centers by county click here.
Did you know. . .
In Gwinnett County, victims of rape or child sexual abuse are treated at Mosaic Georgia. They are NOT taken to the Emergency Room.
24/7 CRISIS LINE 866-900-6019
About Mosaic Georgia
Founded in 1986 as Gwinnett Rape Crisis to provide support to victims through a crisis line and accompaniment through forensic medical exams (aka, “rape kit” exam), Mosaic Georgia is a ‘dual services’ center with specialized services for children, teens, and adults. We provide free, confidential support and services to victims and survivors of rape, sexual assault, and child sexual molestation and abuse. We work with survivors of all genders regardless of when the violence occurred and whether they choose to report. Support to children and their non-offending caregivers are offered with care.
Click Here for more information: Sexual Assault Center and Children’s Advocacy Center – Mosaic Georgia
Founded by Becca Stevens in 1997 to provide women survivors the time and space for transformative, sustainable healing from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. The program includes two years of housing, healthcare, counseling, job training, and meaningful employment in a trauma-informed care setting.
For more information on Becca Stevens and Thistle Farms, please click here.
“None of the women ended up in their situation by themselves. It takes broken systems in our community to make them become runaways, allow them to be trafficked, and to become addicted, so it makes sense that it takes a community to help welcome them back and help them heal.”
– Becca Stevens, Founder of Thistle Farms
Many of the sister organizations are at full capacity.
If you are part of an organization or know of an organization that might be interested in joining the Thistle Farms National Network, the largest network in the United States committed to a housing-first model for survivors. please share this information with them, or click here for the application.
For information on how to give, donate or support by fundraising, please click here.
Please share. You might help save a life!
Beloved Atlanta
50 Sunset Ave NW Ste 92772 | Atlanta, GA 30314
(770) 630-7765
(BeLoved is a Thistle Farms Sister organization.)
WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF WOMEN WHO HAVE LIVED THROUGH TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION AND ADDICTION.
Atlanta is the No. 1 city in the U.S. with the highest sex economy income of $290 million per year. BeLoved Atlanta is the only two-year residential home and program in Atlanta for adult women affected by sexual exploitation.
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THE FACTS
87% OF WOMEN IN THE SEX INDUSTRY SAID THEY WANTED TO ESCAPE, BUT HAD NO OTHER MEANS FOR SURVIVAL. (MELISSA FARLEY, FROM “PROSTITUTION AND TRAFFICKING IN NINE COUNTRIES: AN UPDATE ON VIOLENCE AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER” WWW.PROSTITUTIONRESEARCH.COM)
95% OF VICTIMS IN LIVES OF PROSTITUTION EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ABUSE AS CHILDREN (AVA INFORMATION BRIEFING – PROSTITUTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESEARCH)
THE AVERAGE AGE A GIRL ENTERS PROSTITUTION IS BETWEEN 11-14 YEARS OLD (NEFARIOUS DOCUMENTARY, 2011)
82.1 PERCENT OF VICTIMS IN SEX TRAFFICKING INCIDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS U.S. CITIZENS (GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT)
OVER 18,000 PEOPLE ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE UNITED STATES FOR LABOR OR SEX EACH YEAR (GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT)
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In 2012, after a trip to Costa Rica and seeing the work of LightForce International, Amelia Quinn knew she had to address the issue of human trafficking in her own state of GA, specifically Atlanta. “We often look at women in prostitution as criminals, but we believe that each woman deserves to be respected by her community. She is gifted, strong, and trustworthy; she is a survivor.” — Amelia Quinn, Founder of BeLoved
BeLoved Atlanta is the only two-year residential home and program in Atlanta for adult women affected by sexual exploitation. BeLoved serves women over the age of 18 who are overcoming commercial sexual exploitation, addiction and homelessness.
The BeLoved Atlanta program is a free-of-charge, 24- month long restoration and treatment program for survivors of trafficking, prostitution and addiction. You are required to live in the BeLoved Home in the city of Atlanta, GA.
Potential residents must go through an application and intake process before entering the program.
Update: We currently have a waiting list for the program.
Please call BeLoved Atlanta at (770) 630-7765 to request to be put on our waiting list.
We do not have a definite time-frame for when an opening will be available.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
HAWAII COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
BIG ISLAND/HAWAII
- HAWAII(EAST) 24/7 CRISIS/SHELTER HOTLINE 808.959.8864
- HAWAII (WEST) 24/7 CRISIS/SHELTER HOTLINE 808.322.7233
KAUAI 24/7 HOTLINES
- SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE 808. 245.4144
- Domestic Violence Services CRISIS HOTLINE 808.245.6362
LANAI 24/7 CRISIS HOTLINES 808.563.0216 -or- 808.579.9581
MAUI 24/7 CRISIS HOTLINE 808.579.9581
MOLOKAI 24/7 SHELTER HOTLINE 808.567.6888
OAHU 24/7 CRISIS/SHELTER HOTLINE 808.526.2200 | 808-733-9038 (Honolulu)
Sexual Assault Support Services – YWCA of Hawaii Island (ywcahawaiiisland.org)
24/7 CRISIS HOTLINE (808) 935-0677
All Calls Are Confidential.
Island Wide Support Services.
Maui: 808.873.8624
Moloka‘i: 808.495.3340
Lana‘i: 1.866.443.5702
Oahu: 808-524-7273
Kauai: 808-245-4144
Resources:
For Victims
Get Help: http://satchawaii.com/get-help-what-to-do-overview.aspx
For Family & Friends
Hawaii | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Maui Sexual Assault Center | Serving Maui, Molokai, and Lanai. (wordpress.com)
NAPIESV | National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence
Domestic Shelters – Hawaii: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/hi
Social Services | Domestic Violence Resources (hawaii.gov)
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center – seeks to enhance the capacity of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes, Native Hawaiians and Tribal and Native Hawaiian organizations to respond to domestic violence. The NIWRC is dedicated to reclaiming the sovereignty of Native nations and safeguarding Native women and their children. Through public awareness and resource development, training and technical assistance, policy development and research activities, we will provide leadership across the Nation to show that offenders can and will be held accountable and that Native women and their children are entitled to: 1) safety from violence within their homes and in their community; 2) justice both on and off tribal lands; and 3) access to services designed by and for Native women based on their tribal beliefs and practices, Lame Deer, MT.
IDAHO COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
1-888-293-6118
info@engagingvoices.org
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://www.idvsa.org/about-us/members/
Sexual Assault Services Program: SASP | Planning, Grants, and Research (idaho.gov)
Idaho | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Domestic Shelters – Idaho: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/id
ILLINOIS COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
217-753-4117 (Springfield)
icasa@icasa.org
Information on Sexual Assault Centers: http://www.icasa.org/crisisCenters.aspx?PageID=501
8th Day Center for Justice, a Roman Catholic organization based in Chicago, Illinois
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Day_Center_for_Justice\
CHICAGO ALLIANCE AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
773-244-2230
info@caase.org
“Mission and Vision
CAASE envisions a community free from all forms of sexual exploitation, including sexual assault and the commercial sex trade.
“CAASE addresses the culture, institutions, and individuals that perpetrate, profit from, or support sexual exploitation. Our work includes:
“Prevention Education – We teach innovative, evidence based, and engaging curriculum across Chicago to empower students to become active allies in the movement to end gender-based violence.”
RACES | Rape Advocacy, Counseling, & Education Services (cu-races.org)
RACES offers services to Champaign, Ford, Douglas, and Piatt Counties.
For immediate assistance, please call our Rape Crisis Hotline at (217) 384-4444. Available 24/7.
Illinois | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Sexual Assault and Trauma Services | Centerstone
Domestic Shelters – Illinois: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/il
The Moody Church – Naomi’s House
1635 N LaSalle Dr. | Chicago, II 60614
P: 312.327.8600 | F: 312.943.9179 | info@moodychurch.org
(Naomi’s House is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
Naomi’s House works to address each of these needs by providing a trauma-informed, comprehensive program. Our approach to care is to therapeutically meet her emotional, practical, and physical needs. We accomplish this through a highly trained professional staff, an evidence-based daily program, and strategic partnership with other local agencies in the community. Women can stay in our program for up to 12 months.
Our Mission
Naomi’s House programs are comprehensive services offering hope and healing to women who have suffered from commercial sexual exploitation. We are:
⦁ Faith-based, rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
⦁ Trauma-informed, integrated with expert therapists and staff
⦁ Committed to her full healing, believing she is the best advocate for her own care
Naomi’s House Programs
⦁ NH Residential Program
⦁ NH4 Independent Living Program
⦁ The Gathering Place Day Program
Because our women come to NH with little to no financial resources, our services are free for our residents. In addition to the therapeutic services we offer, our residents receive a warm and safe place to live, nutritional food, clothes, toiletries, and other personal items, as well as 24-hour staff supervision and support. Part of our approach to care is to meet her tangible needs while preparing her to care for herself when she exits from our program. We begin the conversation of reintegration from the beginning of her time with us.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
INDIANA COALITION TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
317-624-2370 (Indianapolis)
“We serve those who support.
https://icesaht.org/get-help/contact/
“ICESAHT serves the full spectrum of sexual assault and human trafficking service providers, advocates and allies through education, comprehensive training opportunities, technical assistance and community and campus prevention programs.”
Domestic Shelters – Indiana: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/in
Support Groups (familiesfirstindiana.org) Support Groups (not therapist-led) for survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, teen survivors of sexual violence, adult survivors of childhood abuse, parents of children who have been sexually abused, Boundaries Group for women, LGBTQ survivors of sexual violence.
Prevail of Central Indiana (prevailinc.com)
24/7 Crisis Line 317-776-3472
Crisis intervention and restorative support services for adult, adolescent and child survivors of crime and abuse.
Sexual Assault Services – YWCA Northeast Indiana (ywcanein.com)
YWCA Northeast Indiana provides help and support to sexual assault survivors to relieve the trauma of sexual violence through crisis intervention, counseling, and support group services. All of our services are free to anyone affected by sexual violence, including men, women, adolescents, children, and entire families.
Stepping Stone Shelter for Women
P.O.Box 1045 | Michigan City, IN 46361 | 219-879-4615 | Shelter
CRISIS HOTLINE 1-888-879-4615 | CALL 9-1-1 | SEND A MESSAGE
We advocate for survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and provide education on Human Trafficking.
Stepping Stone is not here to judge you or make decisions for you. We are here to support you as you take the journey YOU will plan. We provide safe shelter and assistance with navigating systems like health care, education, transportation, child support, social services, and legal, as well as offer safety, support groups, food, clothing, and other basic needs.
Click Here for Information on how to GET HELP!
IOWA COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT (ICASA) | HOTLINE 1-800-770-1650 -or-
text IOWAHELP to 20121 | 515-244-7424 (Des Moines)
(En Español)
“Sexual violence impacts all of us”
“Sexual violence impacts all of us: our family members, our friends, and our neighbors. Sexual violence includes all sexual acts meant to harm, humiliate, control, and intimidate.”
“The Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault represents 24 victim service programs across the state. Our mission is to improve services for survivors of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault, and to prevent sexual violence before it occurs.”
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence, you are not alone. Help is available.
Sexual Assault Survivors’ Resources | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Domestic Shelters – Iowa: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/ia
AMANI COMMUNITY SERVICES| (319) 232-5660 -or- (319) 804-0741
“Amani Community Services is a culturally specific domestic violence and sexual assault agency serving African Americans in Black Hawk and Linn Counties.
“Our staff provides counseling, outreach services, personal advocacy, legal advocacy, children’s programming and information and referrals.”
Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains
https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions/native-womens-society-great-plains
Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains offers a vision that ends domestic and sexual violence against Native women. The Society works to support and strengthen sisterhood and local advocacy and program development efforts through culturally specific education, technical assistance training and resource implementation and collaborate to strengthen strategies and responses to violence in their respective tribal communities.
The geographical area that constitutes the service area of the Society includes tribes of southern Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, northern Nebraska, and Iowa.
Gateway to Discovery
PO Box 432 | Fort Dodge IA 50501
515-302-8162
gatewaytdhouse@gmail.com
Home – Hope Sweet Hope Studios / Gateway to Discovery
(Gateway to Discovery – Hope Sweet Hope is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
Hope Sweet Hope Studios
1900 5th Avenue South
Fort Dodge IA 50501
515-302-8016
Hope in Recovery (Substance Abuse & Addiction) Through Living and Working in Community
Hope Sweet Hope Studios is a commercial business formed for the purpose of enabling the women to earn a wage while providing them continued support for their personal recovery and well-being. At the studio they create unique paper artwork, greeting cards, journals, and much more from floral-infused hand-made paper. Hope Sweet Hope Studios uses the discipline of a business with the power of a marketplace to advance the social needs of the women. They gain the life skills crucial to maintaining their sobriety long after they graduate from the Gateway to Discovery program. As they gain new work ethics & job skills in the studio, they heal physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, creating peace, one piece of paper at a time.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
KANSAS COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CRISIS HOTLINE 1-888-END-ABUSE (1-888-363-2287 )
785-232-9784 (Topeka)
(En Español)
Contact: https://www.kcsdv.org/contact/
Sexual Assault Survivors’ Resources | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Domestic Shelters – Kansas: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/ks
24-Hour Support | MOCSA | Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault
24/7 Crisis Line: 816-531-0233 | 913-642-0233 | Chat Online available
Survivors of sexual assault and their loved ones can benefit from MOCSA’s services not only in the immediate aftermath of an incident, but days, weeks, months, or even years following an assault. MOCSA’s 24-hour, free-of-charge services include crisis line support, hospital advocacy, criminal justice and personal advocacy. Interpreters can be provided for any language, spoken or signed.
A Guide to Crime Victims’ Services: victims-services-resource-directory.pdf (ks.gov)
Organizations | Volunteer Kansas (Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence)
The Cedar House
300 North Cedar Street, Suite 206 | Abilene, KS 67410
785-200-6363
Blog: https://cedarhouserecovery.org/blog-2/
About Us: https://cedarhouserecovery.org/about-us/
https://cedarhouserecovery.org/
(The Cedar House is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
The Cedar House is a community of women recovering from addictions and the effects of addictions.
Our Mission
The Cedar House, located in Abilene, KS, is a women’s sober living environment where we provide an atmosphere of caring support, structure, rules, education and guidance.
Our Focus
The Cedar House works with women who have a deep desire to stay sober and who are willing to make a long-term commitment to changing how they live their lives.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
Raise My Head Foundation
Raise My Head Foundation
P.O. Box 49321 | Wichita, KS 67201
https://raisemyhead.org/about/
(Raise My Head Foundation is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
Providing healing and restoration for women breaking free from sex trafficking.
At Raise My Head Foundation, we stand as a witness to the truth that, in the end, hope is stronger than despair. Light is stronger than darkness. Compassion is stronger than evil. And love is the greatest of all.
Our Mission
The mission of Raise My Head Foundation is to provide women who are breaking free from sex trafficking a safe residence away from damaging influences where they can receive healing and restoration. We provide a large array of support services with the intent to give these women the opportunity for recovery, growth, and transformation.
Our Story
Here in Kansas, we draw our inspiration from the sunflower, which lifts its head each day to the warmth of the sun’s rays. For trafficked women, love is that light. It is stronger than the darkest evil. More powerful than the deepest doubt. It destroys addictions, shatters lies, heals broken hearts, and restores a woman’s voice. Love is greater.
What
Raise My Head provides a safe, structured two-year residential program for women over the age of eighteen who are breaking free from sex trafficking. The goal of the program is for these women to receive the services necessary for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing and renewal so that they are empowered to live a life of freedom and fulfillment.
How
Our program is based on a 1500-year-old Benedictine Rule of Life and modeled after our successful sister program in Nashville, Tennessee (THISTLE FARMS). We meet our residents’ physical needs by providing housing and food for the duration of the program, as well as medical and dental care. We help them heal from the abuses they have suffered by giving them counseling and therapy. We empower them for a bright future with our education and job training programs. And, most importantly, we show these women that they are loved and valued by restoring their identity and their voice.
All of this is done entirely through the support of our generous donors. We receive no government funding, and the women who heal here will never be charged a penny for our services.
In the Fall of 2018, we launched an online cottage industry selling skincare to help the women develop job skills and build their resume to gain employment after graduation.
From the hearts & hands of women survivors | Every purchase provides employment, empowerment, and hope for a brighter future.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
Veronica's Voice - Magdalene KC
Veronica’s Voice (Magdalene KC)
PO Box 172472 | Kansas City, KS 66117
Admin Office: (816) 483-7101 | Magdalene KC: (913) 214-1401 | admin@veronicasvoice.org
https://www.veronicasvoice.org/
(Veronica’s Voice (Magdalene KC) is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
The Voice of the Sexually Exploited | Empowering Her Fight For Freedom
Empowering women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation since 2000
After having spent twenty-four years in the life of prostitution, Kristy founded Veronica’s Voice, a Kansas City-based organization named in remembrance of Veronica. Kristy dedicated her new life to helping women and girls caught in the vicious violent cycle of commercial sexual exploitation. Kristy’s vision and passion has been seen through a host of services for victims, as well as education, advocacy and legal work to target the demand and avert entry into the cycle of abuse in prostitution.
Read More Our Story: https://www.veronicasvoice.org/our-story -and-
https://a7426896-5c8d-42ea-96b2-8f1bad85029d.filesusr.com/ugd/b1dc72_67be3aede8654bff84c447e31b55d654.pdf
Magdalene KC is a two year residential program for adult female survivors of commercial sexual exploitation in Kansas City. This program is free to survivors and includes trauma-informed care, addiction recovery, job and life skills training, and assistance with education and employment in a community environment.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAMS
502-226-2704 (Frankfort)
1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
911“
Sexual Assault Survivors’ Resources | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
About Sexual Assault | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Domestic Shelters – Kentucky: https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/ky
Louisville, KY
Hear My Truth
allison@hearmytruth.net | olivia@hearmytruth.net
“Allison hopes that by creating a community here, we can lift up our voices and change the way this system treats victims of sexual violence.”
Olivia says that the Louisville system is broken… and “a broken system [that] needs to hear our voices. She is here to listen to you, and advocate for you where the system failed.
“Want to talk more? Feel free to reach out!”
Alone, we can be brushed aside. Together, we cannot be ignored. Together, we are unstoppable.
Victim Rights (Kentucky Law)
REFUGE FOR WOMEN
342 Waller Avenue, Suite D | Lexington, KY 40504
859-254-0041
https://www.refugeforwomen.or
(Refuge for Women is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
Human Trafficking is a dark industry that abuses and exploits women of all ages. When a woman is rescued from a trafficker, she is left with many years of past trauma and oftentimes, substance abuse issues.
Refuge for Women is a non-profit, faith based organization providing specialized long-term care for women who have escaped human trafficking or sexual exploitation. With multiple locations across the U.S., Refuge for Women offers up to twelve months of safe housing, at no charge to the resident, with around the clock care as clients progress through evidence-based, trauma-informed programming.
The compassionate staff is trained to help residents work through the program to reclaim their identities and reach their goals to overcome addictions, heal from trauma and develop life skills leading to healthy, balanced living and financial independence. Refuge for Women strives to help each woman complete the program with a vision for her future, equipped to succeed and sustain a life marked with dignity and hope.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
The Well of Lexington
The Well of Lexington
110 East Third Street | Lexington, KY 40508
Community Outreach Phone: 859-229-4190
Email: execdir@thewelllexington.com
https://thewelllexington.com/
HOME. HEALING. HOPE.
If you are a victim of Human Trafficking, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline:
CALL THE HOTLINE
1-888-373-7888 | TTY: 711
(The Well of Lexington is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
The Well of Lexington provides a holistic program of safe housing for women, recovery support, education and healing for women and their families exploited by sex trafficking to empower them to reach economic independence and live productive lives.
The Well of Lexington is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization committed to helping women live free from sexual exploitation, addiction, and homelessness. We provide a two-year residential program of recovery and renewal for women who have survived sex trafficking or prostitution, and most often also suffer from substance disorder, and want a safe and healing environment in which to rest, recover, and create new and healthier lives for themselves.
Modeled after the Magdalene Program at Thistle Farms® in Nashville, Tennessee, we take a “housing first” approach. Women who enter The Well have a welcoming home and community to live in, free-of-charge, for up to two years while they participate in the Program. During this time, each Resident receives comprehensive professional case management to help her obtain all of the services necessary to begin the process of healing.
The mission of The Well is to get the women out of the abusive lifestyle for good. To instill in them the dignity they are entitled to and empower them to be a self- loving, productive member of society. They learn to survive and take pride in their accomplishments.
To keep children and youth from falling prey to sex traffickers, The Well provides a safety and outreach program to the most at-risk youth and families in the Bluegrass.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
LOUISIANA FOUNDATION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT (LAFASA) | 1-888-995-7273 -OR-
NATIONAL HOTLINE 1-800-656-4673 | 225-372-8995 (Hammond)
Contact: http://www.lafasa.org/main/contact
Louisiana Sexual Assault Centers
If you or a loved one are in need of services from a Sexual Assault Center, please see your parish and corresponding Center below, or call LaFASA at 225-372-8995 for more assistance. Unfortunely not every parish is served by an accredited sexual assault center.
The following parishes are currently without accredited service providers: Tangipahoa, Livingston, St. Helena, Winn, LaSalle, Catahoula, and Concordia.
24/7 HOTLINE: (855) 435-STAR
Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response (STAR) is a nonprofit organization committed to serving youth and adult survivors of sexual trauma and building institutional capacity to prevent and respond responsibly to sexual violence in the Baton Rouge, Central LA, and Greater New Orleans areas.
STAR® provides supportive services to survivors to reduce their experience of trauma. Our advocacy, counseling and legal services are available to youth and adult survivors of sexual violence at no cost, and are intended to assist you at any stage of your healing. LEARN MORE
Hearts of Hope (theheartsofhope.org)
Local Rape Crisis Hotline: 337-233-RAPE (7273)
Acadiana Area (Lafayette, Acadia, Vermillion, Iberia, St. Martin & St. Mary Parishes)
Hearts of Hope responds daily to those affected by the trauma of sexual violence in our community by providing education, advocacy and empowerment services and programs. Confidential services, free of charge to you.
Eden House
Eden House
PO Box 750386 | New Orleans, LA 70175
(504) 407-0943 | Email: info@edenhousenola.org
https://edenhousenola.org/
(Eden House is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
Eden House is a movement to eradicate the trafficking and selling of human beings. We create systemic change through: youth prevention; education and legislative advocacy; and recovery and reentry services for victims, including long-term shelter.
Founded in 2011, Eden House is the first recovery home for adult victims of human trafficking and commercial exploitation in the Greater New Orleans area. Eden House is patterned after Magdalene House/Thistle Farms in Nashville, Tennessee, which has a long history of providing successful recovery services for trafficking survivors. Eden House addresses our community’s epidemic of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation for all races and ages.
In September 2016, Eden House launched its prevention education program, R.E.A.L. Choices, using the curriculum developed by My Life My Choice. This curriculum is geared towards at-risk youth, to help them identify and avoid exploitation in their own lives, led by both a survivor leader and clinical staff member.
THISTLE FARMS – NATIONAL NETWORK – ESTABLISHED IN 2010
A coordinated movement of survivors, customers, advocates, and communities who collaborate on innovative ways to deliver justice and challenge systems that commodify and abuse women.
This survivor-led network includes 59 sister organizations based on Thistle Farms’ model, creating a referral system to house and heal up to 309 women survivors across the country.
The education department offers seminars and resources to help groups considering founding a program like Thistle Farms learn more about the model and how to launch a social enterprise.
