Resources ~ States
NEVADA - OKLAHOMA
MEMBERS ONLY
The following WARNING was re-posted on August 19, 2022, by @setagainstsexualassault
( 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!!
NEVADA COALITION TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
“WE ARE NOT AN EMERGENCY SHELTER OR CRISIS HOTLINE”
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE 1.800.799.7233 -or- RAINN 1.800.656.4673.
WHAT IS SEXUAL VIOLENCE? – www.ncedsv.org
Nevada Department of Health & Human Services – Resources for Survivors of Sexual Assault (5 page PDF)
Agency Assistance List: HelpVictims (nv.gov)
Signs of Hope (formerly Rape Crisis Center) – 24/7 Hotline: 702-366-1640 (sohlv.org)
Crisis Support Center of Nevada (Northern NV and Eastern CA) – Sexual Assault Hotline and Support Services | CSSNV HOTLINE 1-775-221-7600 | TEXT SASS to 839863
“You are not alone. Crisis Support Services of Nevada is here to help you 24 hours a day, every day of the year, so that you can get to a better tomorrow. Our staff and volunteers are available to talk to you and offer free, confidential support through any crisis.”
Services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for: Sexual Assault, Depression & Suicide, Vulnerable Adult Abuse, Child Abuse, Stalking, Domestic Violence, Substance Use Disorder.
Nevada | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Gender Justice Nevada (LGBTQIA+) – Home | Gender Justice Nevada (genderjusticenv.org)
Sexual Assault Counselors: Nevada Medical Home Portal – Sexual Assault Counseling
Find the Best Sexual Abuse Group Therapy and Support Groups in Nevada – Psychology Today
Domestic Violence Services – Nevada 211
Southern Nevada Family Justice Center (lvmpd.com) (for victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking)
Domestic Shelters – Nevada: https://domesticshelters.org/help/nv
Victims of Crime: Victims of Crime – Nevada 211
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Resources Directory for State of Nevada24 hours
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!
Awaken ~ Reno
Awaken Inc.
435B Spokane St. | P.O. Box 40635 | Reno, NV 89504
(775) 393-9183 | info@awakenreno.org | https://awakenreno.org/
Awaken is a program for women and children who have survived lives of prostitution. We offer case management, therapy, education, mentoring, job training and a supportive loving community, all without charge. We desire to create a supportive community to help you heal from potential childhood wounds, get healthy and find the life you always wanted to live.
Awaken conducts outreach and provides direct services to women and girls to help them transition out of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). Nearly all victims served by Awaken have had a history of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse.
We help program participants with long-term and emergency needs including basic outreach, mentorship services, counseling, transitional housing, transportation, financial aid for college, legal and medical assistance, drop-in center.
Read More https://awakenreno.org/about-us/what-we-do/
SHOP – Awaken (https://awakenreno.org/shop/)
Some of their products below.
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.
NEW HAMPSHIRE COALIATION AGAINST DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
CONFIDENTIAL 24/7 STATEWIDE NH HELPLINES:
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: 1-866-644-3574 & SEXUAL ASSAULT: 1-800-277-5570
Sexual Assault Survivors’ Resources | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
“We create safe and just communities through advocacy, prevention and empowerment of anyone affected by sexual violence, domestic violence and stalking. This mission is accomplished by the Coalition, which includes 13 independent community-based member programs, a Board of Directors and a central staff working together to:
Influence public policy on the local, state and national levels;
Ensure that quality services are provided to victims;
Promote the accountability of societal systems and communities for their responses to sexual violence, domestic violence and stalking;
Prevent violence and abuse before they occur.”
NJ COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
24-HOUR STATE HOTLINE 800-601-7200
NJCASA’s sexual violence centers provide compassionate care for survivors and their families. Get support now.
Find available medical, legal, and support services for survivors of sexual violence in New Jersey.
New Jersey | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Victim Assistance Resources (middlesexcountynj.gov)
Domestic Shelters – New Jersey: https://domesticshelters.org/help/nj
How Can We Prevent Sexual Violence?
Sexual violence is 100% preventable. We can all play a role in preventing sexual violence by establishing norms of respect, empathy, and equity.
Our Road to Prevention and NJCASA C.A.R.E.S. campaigns can help you discover how to promote these norms in your day-to-day life—at work, home, school, and in our communities.
NEW MEXICO COALITION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAMS
505.883.8020 (Albuquerque)
New Mexico | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Home – Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico (rapecrisiscnm.org)
Gallup NM Services – Sexual Assault Services of Northwest New Mexico (sasnwnm.org)
Domestic Shelters – New Mexico: https://domesticshelters.org/help/nm
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women
https://www.csvanw.org/about-us
Four Main Areas of Focus: Training * Technical Assistance * Policy Advocacy * Support
As a tribal coalition, CSVANW does not provide emergency or direct services. If you are in an unsafe situation or need immediate assistance please dial 911.
We connect advocates and service providers with the resources they need. Please contact the Advocate Coordinator to help find resources at (505) 243-9199 or email info@csvanw.org
Mission Statement
To stop violence against Native women and children by advocating for social change in our communities. The CSVANW takes ownership and responsibility for the future of Native women and children by providing support, education, and advocacy using our strengths, power and unity to create violence-free communities.
Our History
Organized in 1996 by three founding Native women, Peggy Bird (Kewa), Darlene Correa (Laguna Pueblo) and Genne James (Navajo), the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW) was created to provide support to other Native advocates working in domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking and sex trafficking in New Mexico’s tribal communities. Their single goal: to eliminate violence against Native women and children.
Over two decades later, CSVANW continues to be a resource for training, advocate support, technical assistance and policy advocacy. CSVANW has also aided in supportive collaborations with tribal leadership to further develop and promote tribal, federal, state and local legislation, and policies that cultivate best-practices for responding to violent crimes against Native women and children.
CSVANW Today
CSVANW is an award winning organization at the forefront to a dynamic approach to the tribal domestic and sexual violence fields that is demonstrating the most effective, creative and innovative ways to address and prevent the cycle of violence within tribal communities.
CASA FORTALEZA
https://www.casafortaleza.org/
At Casa Fortaleza, we work to empower and educate the Spanish speaking communities around sexual violence. We are a culturally specific trauma informed agency committed to strength-based services for our clients. Casa Fortaleza provides FREE counseling and services to survivors of sexual violence and their family and friends. Additionally, Casa Fortaleza provides education and empowerment to the Spanish communities for the eradication of all the forms of sexual violence.
State or Territory Served: New Mexico; Type of Organization: Community of Color, Victim / Survivor Support
Hotlines & Chat
24-Hour Crisis Hotlines:
1 (575) 526-3437 (Las Cruces)
KidTalk Warmline:
1 (575) 636-3636
KidTalk Warmline Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 3pm – 10pm
Friday: 3pm – Midnight
Saturday: 10am – Midnight
Sunday: 10am – 10pm
RAINN Live Online Chat Hotline
La Piñon Sexual Assault Recovery Services
850 N Motel Blvd, Suite B | Las Cruces, New Mexico 88007 | Email: office@lapinon.org
Phone: (575) 526-3437 | Fax: 1-575-526-6272
The SANE Unit is located at the Memorial Medical Center (Las Cruces, NM)
La Piñon is the only full-service sexual assault response agency in Southern New Mexico, providing comprehensive sexual assault recovery services for sexual abuse victims and their families.
La Piñon is the only full-service sexual assault response agency in Southern New Mexico, providing comprehensive sexual assault recovery services for sexual abuse victims and their families. Located in Las Cruces and serving Doña Ana County, we also provide services in Truth or Consequences, Deming, Lordsburg, and all areas of southern and northern Doña Ana County. All our services are bilingual and bi-cultural.
Our Mission is to provide comprehensive services related to sexual violence and child abuse to individuals, families and the community.
Crisis Intervention (First Response)
- 24-hour telephone & hospital emergency room assistance
- Crisis intervention for victims, their friends and relatives
- Information and advocacy regarding medical treatment
- Information and assistance through the legal process
- Assistance in applying to Crime Victims Reparation Commission, for compensation and information concerning victim rights
Be an Active Bystander!
and because they outnumber perpetrators and victims, bystanders have the power to not only seek help but to help prevent abuse.
When you think about the fact that a bystander may know that a person’s behavior is inappropriate and potentially abusive or illegal, we must also realize that some people may not know what they can do to help. This is why prevention programs need your support. Encouraging the community to contact prevention programs allows for increased public awareness and increased education.
It Starts With Us is an educational media campaign that has been produced to support sexual violence prevention work across the state of New Mexico.
NEW YORK STATE COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
If you have been sexually assaulted, call the New York State Hotline for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. 1-800-942-6906
¿Necesita Ayuda? Si usted ha sido víctima de un asalto sexual, llame a la Línea Directa de Asalto Sexual y Violencia Doméstica del Estado de Nueva York.
518.482.4222 (Albany)
New York | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Domestic Shelters – New York: https://domesticshelters.org/help/ny
NEW YORK CITY ALLIANCE AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
In New York City, call 1-800-621-HOPE (4673) or
dial 311.
212.229.0345 (New York City)
Atlantic Counter Trafficking, is a counter human trafficking nonprofit organization based out of Long Island, New York, tasked with disrupting human trafficking networks by disseminating actionable intelligence to Law Enforcement within the United States. https://actnowusa.org/
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services, a nonprofit organization that provides services to commercially sexually exploited and domestically trafficked girls and young women, based in Harlem, New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Educational_and_Mentoring_Services
NEW YORK HOTLINES AND RESOURCES
To report a sexual assault on a New York college campus to the State Police, call the dedicated 24-hour hotline at 1-844-845-7269.
In an emergency, call 911.
For confidential support resources, call the New York State Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline at 1-800-942-6906.
In New York City, call 1-800-621-HOPE (4673) or 311.
More Resources:
- New York State Office of Victim Services: https://ovs.ny.gov/
- Office of the President – 1 is 2 Many: http://www.whitehouse.gov/1is2many
- Clery Center for Security on Campus: http://clerycenter.org/
- U.S. Department of Justice – Office on Violence Against Women: http://www.justice.gov/ovw
- Love is Respect: http://www.loveisrespect.org/
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!
Brightstar Community
Brightstar Community
244 South Plymouth Avenue | Rochester, NY 14608 | https://www.brightstarcommunity.org/
We provide safe and supportive housing, the opportunity for economic independence, and a strong community of advocates and partners.
The roots in trafficking are in childhood trauma.
Survivors of sex trafficking need time and resources to heal from their trauma and uncover their true selves. Brightstar Community is the only local non-profit that focuses on healing victimized women and providing two-years rent free with no live-in authority figure. This allows the women to recover, heal, and avoid relapse.
Yes, sex trafficking happens here.
Often, people think of sex trafficking as something that happens somewhere else, to people who have nothing to do with them. The reality is that women in our community are coerced into sex trafficking, prostitution, and addiction every day. Survivors of past trauma, including neglect, abuse, and unstable home lives, can find their options limited and are often targeted by traffickers into situations that can be hard to escape. Our community has more work to do in bringing awareness to these issues and to help find solutions for their root causes.
An evidence-based program.
Survivors of sex trafficking need time and resources to heal from their trauma and reconnect with their true selves. Brightstar Community is the only local non-profit that is part of a national network using a proven residential program that allows women to recover, heal, and avoid relapse.
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.
GARDEN OF HOPE
https://gohny.org/ | info@gohny.org
Garden of Hope dedicates itself to serving, caring, and rebuilding the lives of people who have been exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking; specifically targeting its services towards the growing Chinese communities in the NYC region.
Type of Organization: Community of Color, Victim / Survivor Support
We provide hotline services, safety planning, crisis intervention, shelter options, legal referrals, advocacy and assistance with filing Orders of Protection, public welfare and crime victims compensation.
We empower survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault through counseling, support groups, vocational training, and spiritual support.
We provide outreach to the community and educate the public through broadcasts, newspaper articles, workshops and trainings to raise public awareness of issues concerning domestic violence and sexual assault.
We help prevent the cycle of domestic violence by working with children who witness or experience abuse. Prevent dating violence by educating youth.
Provide free tutoring, mentoring and summer programs.
Seven Dancers Coalition
https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions/seven-dancers-coalition
A Native American Coalition of Professionals from all over New York State and Haudenosaunee Country, Seven Dancers Coalition works to better the lives of Native American Women and their families. The major areas of focus are domestic violence, sexual assault, teen dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking.
http://sevendancerscoalition.com
Mailing address:
PO Box 399 | Akwesasne, NY 13655
Phone: (518) 358-2916 | Fax: (518)333-0905
Email: info@seven-dancers.com
NORTH CAROLINA COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
Click Here to Get Help- HELPLINES
888.737.CASA (2272) (Raleigh)
“Most crisis lines are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please, don’t hesitate to call if you need help.”
Click Here to Get Help- HELPLINES 888.737.CASA (2272) (Raleigh)
“North Carolina has a large number of rape crisis centers throughout the state that can be of help to you. These centers provide free, confidential referrals and services for sexual assault victims, survivors and their close family and friends.
“One of the most important services is a hotline that you can call to talk to a trained staff member or volunteer about your feelings and concerns related to the assault. Your conversations with rape crisis center staff are kept private and confidential by North Carolina law. If you are concerned about mandatory reporting to the police or to DSS, you can withhold your name and still have your questions answered in privacy.
“The centers are listed below by county. Please feel free to call them and use their services, whether you are a teenager, a child or an adult; whether you are LGBT or heterosexual; whether you are a person with or without a disability; and whether you are male or female. Rape crisis centers are private, nonprofit organizations committed to helping all members of the public.
“Most crisis lines are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please, don’t hesitate to call if you need help.”
North Carolina | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
You Got This | You Got This (combatsexualassault.org)
Supporting Victims and Survivors of Sexual Assault – NC DOJ
Hoke County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center (hokeco-dvsa.org)
Domestic Shelters – North Carolina: North Carolina Domestic Violence Help, Programs and Statistics (domesticshelters.org)
A Safe Place
HOTLINE 855-723-7529
PO Box 1271 | Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480 | 855-723-7529 ext 3 | info@asafeplacetogo.com
Empowering Girls and Young Women
We are focused on prevention, advocacy, and restoration to assist victims of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic sex trafficking.
A Safe Place in Wilmington, NC also has 1-hour training online, entitled “Online Predators, Trafficking and Social Media” – available virtually in the morning, afternoon, or evening.
Someone from the FBI and the DA’s office is usually involved.
Please contact dawn@asafeplacetogo.com or 910-233-8612.
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We believe in providing a safe place for victims of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic sex trafficking. To us, this means not only meeting the physical needs of survivors, like housing and clothing, but it also means a place where girls and young women can get medical counseling, mental health services, occupational training and more.
At A Safe Place, we also provide training and education to our community in order to raise awareness about sex trafficking and to ensure that victims get connected to programs and people who can help them.
We partner with organizations and companies in our community and build relationships with law enforcement because the work that we do is only possible with a holistic approach and a genuine understanding of the signs of sex trafficking in our city.
A Safe Place is a 501(c)3 organization located in Wilmington, NC.
Our Vision
To create a world free from commercial exploitation and human trafficking through community partnerships, empowerment, and opportunity.
Our Mission
To be an empowerment organization for young women and girls focused on prevention, advocacy, and restoration to assist victims of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic sex trafficking.
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!
Benevolence Farm
Benevolence Farm
P.O. Box 1313 | Graham, NC 27253
(336) 525-1446 | info@benevolencefarm.org | https://benevolencefarm.org/
MISSION
Cultivating leadership
Promoting sustainable livelihoods
Reaping structural change with women impacted by the criminal justice system in North Carolina.
Profoundly struck and saddened by the increasing rates of recidivism for women leaving prison in North Carolina, in 2008, founder Tanya Jisa decided that something needed to be done to support women transitioning from prison. As her understanding of the complex issues of incarceration deepened through her social work and relationships with women that have been formerly incarcerated, the ideas of a social enterprise-based residential program began to take shape.
Benevolence Farm now operates a fully-functioning farm and residential program as we seek to cultivate leadership, promote sustainable livelihoods, and reap structural change with individuals impacted by the criminal justice system in North Carolina.
Benevolence manages a farming program that provides a critical connection to our rural community. We grow and sell fresh produce, flowers and herbs, and manufacture body care products.
In 2018, Benevolence Farm launched the Benevolence Farm Body Care Line.
Each product contains at least one product grown on the farm by the women. The Benevolence Farm women also make, package, and sell the body care products with all the proceeds going back into our program and our residents’ wages. We are proud to price products competitively and add value to people’s lives.
SHOP – Benevolence Farm Body Care (and more!)
https://benevolence-farm-body-care.myshopify.com/
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.
BLOOMHERE
BloomHere
PO Box 6642 | Raleigh, NC 27628
704-560-9899 | info@bloom-here.org | https://www.bloom-here.org/
(BLOOMHERE is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
BLOOMHERE is a nonprofit organization which provides women survivors of abuse, addiction, prostitution and trafficking a safe place to live and the space and resources to heal. We support the wellbeing of women so they may nurture their own resilience, as we provide opportunities for them to grow into a life of economic independence through our justice enterprise. We believe in the power of community.
Our vision at BLOOMHERE is to plant the seeds of wellbeing in women survivors, strengthen their resilience, provide opportunities for growth, and witness each sister bloom into a passionate and empowered life.
In August 2019, we opened our first home in downtown Raleigh for women survivors of trafficking, prostitution and addiction.
Through our program, residents have the opportunity to utilize our community’s resources and secure medical, dental and psychological care while they receive skills training and opportunities for employment through our justice enterprise.
We want to get women off the streets for good, creating a solid foundation for a fresh start and a new life in our community.
We are a sister organization of Thistle Farms, a growing community of circles across the nation and around the world that believes that in the end, Love is the most powerful force for change in the world. We create opportunities for healing and empowerment for survivors of abuse, addiction, trafficking and prostitution. We want to change a culture that still allows human beings to be bought and sold. It takes communities to place individuals in these situations, and it takes community to provide healing and empowerment to survivors. We are this community.
SHOP ~ https://www.bloom-here.org/shop/
BLOOMHERE provides its community of women survivors the opportunity to live a life of economic independence.
Your purchase secures their employment through our justice enterprise.
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.
Cry Freedom Missions
Cry Freedom Missions | Cry Freedom Missions Hotline: 919-988-9262 |
Goldsboro, NC | info@cryfreedommissions.com | https://www.cryfreedommissions.com/
(Cry Freedom Missions is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
Cry Freedom Missions is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit fighting to eradicate sex trafficking through Reaching, Rescuing, and Restoring the lives of survivors.
Once we connect with a survivor, a comprehensive process involving justice for the perpetrators and recovery and rehabilitation for the survivors begins. It is our passion to see this heinous and barbaric injustice abolished in our generation. We long to see every boy, every girl, every woman, and every man enslaved in trafficking to experience FREEDOM!
Our Cry Freedom Missions Shoppe is a beautiful boutique located at 101 North Center Street in Downtown Goldsboro. This Shoppe funds our safe houses and is full of products hand-made by survivors ~ jewelry, gifts, handbags, home decor, health & beauty, men, kids, and more.
SHOP – https://www.cryfreedommissions.com/s/shop
Your online and store purchases help save lives! We are reaching more and more survivors every day with your help, love and support!
A Consuela “Busy Tote”
A Brittany Rawls Original
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.
Dahlia Grove
Dahlia Grove
Charlotte, NC
704-891-3033 | info@dahliagrove.org | https://www.dahliagrove.org/
(Dahlia Grove is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
Dahlia Grove provides a free two-year residential program for adult women survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual exploitation. Dahlia Grove seeks to employ, empower, inspire and encourage the women of our program as they regain their independence and freedom. Dahlia Grove provides premium-quality catering services, handmade giftware and event planning to provide job training and employment for survivors.
The Dahlia Grove process, as adopted from our partner Thistle Farms, embraces the whole person and their individual journey. We ensure our residents are provided with trauma informed and client centered care that, at its core, is grounded in a sense of safety and community. For most women, we expect that full health and independence requires a two-year process. However, each new resident comes to Dahlia Grove with unique experiences and find themselves at a different place in life. Many come with only the clothes on their back – no identification, no Social Security number, limited education and no family support. Our job is to position each resident for a second chance at life.
SHOP – https://www.dahliagrove.org/store
Each purchase of these resident-made items helps to support Dahlia Grove and our mission to empower, inspire, encourage and employ women survivors.
Choose from pickup, delivery or shipping.
Questions? Call 704-891-3033 or send an email to info@dahliagrove.org
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.
NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL ON ABUSED WOMEN’S SERVICES
(CAWS North Dakota)
888-255-6240
Click Here to FIND HELP – DIRECTORY
701.255.6240 (Bismarck)
contact@cawsnorthdakota.org
North Dakota | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Fargo-Moorhead Crisis Support | Rape and Abuse Crisis Center (raccfm.com)
Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains: HOME | NWSGP (nativewomenssociety.org) – Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
First Nations Womens Alliance|Victim Services|North Dakota (nativewoman.org)
WOMEN’S ACTION AND RESOURCE CENTER – Home (mercerwarc.com) – South-Central North Dakota
Domestic Shelters – North Dakota: North Dakota Domestic Violence Help, Programs and Statistics (domesticshelters.org)
FIRST NATIONS WOMEN’S ALLIANCE
https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions/first-nations-womens-alliance
It is the mission of the First Nations Women’s Alliance to strengthen Tribal communities by creating a forum for leaders to come together to address the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault. The The Alliance is committed to ending all forms of violence by providing culturally relevant services and resources and facilitating the provision of those services by others in their communities.
First Nations Women’s Alliance (FNWA) is a nationally recognized dual domestic violence/ sexual assault Tribal Coalition located in North Dakota.
Supporting and Healing the Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
FIRST NATIONS WOMEN’S ALLIANCE
PO Box 107 | Devil’s Lake, ND 58301
Phone: 701-662-3380
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.
OHIO ALLIANCE TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Click here to GET HELP – RAPE CRISIS CENTERS IN OHIO
888.886.8388 (Cleveland)
https://www.ohiosexualviolencehelpline.com
Ohio | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Rape Crisis Centers – Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence (oaesv.org)
The OhioHealth Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio
Sexual Assault Resources: Cleveland Ohio (tri-c.edu)
Human Trafficking Task Force (ohio.gov)
Home – The Nord Center – Crisis/ Emergency, Sexual Assault, Mental Health and more
Project Woman of Ohio : About Us : About Sexual Assault (projectwomanohio.org)
Domestic Shelters – Ohio: https://domesticshelters.org/help/oh
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES
Asian American Community Services is dedicated to serving the entire Asian and Asian-American population in central Ohio, spanning across countries and continent.
Here at AACS, we strive to understand the nuances within these communities and provide services in the most culturally competent manner possible.
Type of Organization: Community of Color, Victim / Survivor Support
AACS also aids in prevention work through community education workshops and presentations.
We have many types of community education courses, such as Computer Literacy (taught in English) and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.
We provide 24/7 interpreters in 30+ Asian languages. Our interpreters assist with hospitals, social service agencies, police departments, courts, and schools as well as other public and private organizations in Central Ohio.
In addition, we also provide support to senior citizens through our Senior Outreach Program and youth programming, Healthy Asian Youth (HAY).
Our Asian Health Initiative (AHI) is a collaborative community project that seeks to improve the health of the medically underserved Asian population in Central Ohio.
Our goals are to improve access to health care, assist in maintaining good health and host health screenings.
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.
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Juliette's Hope Recovery Community
Juliette’s Hope Recovery Community
42 N. Seventh Street | Hamilton, OH 45011 | (513) 827-6281
Contact Us | https://julietteshope.com/
Founder Kimberleigh Russo has been working on the streets with women for over ten years. Ms. Russo views helping women who have been trapped in addiction, domestic violence, prostitution, criminal behavior, human trafficking, and exploited by the sex trade as a personal mission and spiritual calling. She named the program Juliette’s Hope to reflect what her mother, Juliette, wanted in her own life – sobriety, and reunification with her children.
Our program is unique in that we are the only 2 year program for women in the tristate that incorporates a trauma-informed holistic approach to recovery focusing on the whole person- mind, body, and spirit. Our open-ended program offers vocational training, education, peer counseling and mentoring, leadership training and transitional services.
The program is for adult women ages 18 and over (in reasonably good health to be fully engaged in the program and be able to keep pace with the rigorous schedule). Women suffering from human trafficking, domestic violence and substance abuse. Women who are highly motivated. Women who desire a positive change.
We provide access to state certified counselors and medical providers that utilize medication assisted treatment to ease withdrawal symptoms. The primary goal of the program is to reduce the isolation a person feels from the community and from each other, by teaching the resident how to live productive crime-free, drug-free lives by regaining their self-worth lives into lives full of purpose and dignity.
SHOP – https://juliette-108602.square.site/
Every product is handcrafted by women survivors of drug addiction, human trafficking, prostitution, and domestic violence.
A few of the products below.
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.
Oasis House
Oasis House
425 N. Findlay Street, Suite 308 | Dayton, OH 45404 | 937-898-7811
Need help? Call our office at: 937-898-7811 Office Hours Vary. We will respond within one business day. However, if this is a crisis situation or after hours, call the Montgomery County Human Trafficking Hotline: 937-225-4357 or the National Anti-Human Trafficking Hotline: 888-373-7888
(Oasis House is a Thistle Farms Sister Organization.)
Oasis House provides support services and residential housing to survivors of sexual exploitation, substance abuse, and trauma from anywhere in the U.S.
Oasis House offers hope and support to women survivors of trauma, violence, sexual exploitation, and substance abuse. We do this by promoting healing, restoration, and empowerment through Christ’s unconditional love, teaching practical life skills, and mentoring through a transformational process.
Programs – http://oasisforwomen.org/programs/
Housing Requirements – http://oasisforwomen.org/programs/
Get Help – http://oasisforwomen.org/get-help/
Trafficking* – http://oasisforwomen.org/about-2/trafficking/
The vision of Oasis House is that of women growing individually and collectively, while living in community. We seek to empower women by providing safe housing, supporting their sobriety, vocational opportunities and spiritual growth.
Since 2003, Oasis House has worked with survivors of sexual exploitation (human trafficking) and trauma. We began in an area of Dayton called the “Dixie Strip.” The Strip was known for exotic dance clubs where women were expected to dance, strip, and prostitute to survive. They were treated as mere business commodities, with little worth or value outside of the money they earned for the business owner. Many of the women were on drugs or abused alcohol. In their own words, it was how they coped and gave them the courage to get on the stage and dance topless, or even in the nude.
As the story goes, one day a prostituted woman stopped by a church called Higher Ground United Methodist Church. The pastor at the time, Sharon Amos, eventually coaxed the woman into the sanctuary from the parking lot and learned her story. Over time, the congregants prayed for answers on how to address the issue that was impacting their community in such a negative way. Ultimately, their prayers led them inside the clubs. Lack of experience and fear of dark seedy places did not stop the “church goers” from doing what they believed they were called to do. They took hot meals, and shared stories of their families. They prayed. Over time, more than 800 of the dancers became members of Oasis. Lives were saved and changed because of this determined, but very humble ministry.
Today, most of the dance clubs on the “Dixie Strip” have been shut down. The Oasis office has moved south a bit to the Life Enrichment Center. The staff continue to work with survivors of the sex industry. It is done by direct service to those in need of mentoring, safe housing, counseling, educational programing, and spiritual guidance. Yet, Oasis continues to contact women in Dayton and the surrounding areas who are still working in the sex industry. By doing so, we are planting seeds that there is hope and support for a healthier lifestyle, free of abuse.
Personal Consequences of Sex Industry Work Facts:
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is widespread in the sex industry
- PTSD is usually attributed to childhood abuse and/or sex industry-related trauma
- A substantial number of these women are homeless, single mothers of multiple children, under-educated, and medically uninsured; have a high rate of untreated health-related problems; and often have legal problems
- Women involved in the adult sex industry who have experienced trauma often feel shattered and hopeless
- Some escape the lifestyle, yet with limited resources, many find themselves “trapped” in the business
- Many have been attacked, exploited, and humiliated; mind-altering substances often are sought to temporarily mollify the physical and emotional pain
- The most prevalent mental health symptoms are in the mood and anxiety spectrums, but are often coupled with addiction to substances
CITATION: Anklesaria A, Gentile JP. Psychotherapy with Women Who Have Worked in the “Sex Industry.” Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience. 2012;9(10):27-33..
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.
OKLAHOMA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
NATIONAL HOTLINE(800) 656-HOPE (4673) | OKLAHOMA HOTLINE
405.524.0700 (Oklahoma City)
Domestic Violence Hotline: 405-917-9922
Sexual Assault Hotline: 405-943-7273
State Safeline: 800-522-7233
For Emergencies, dial 911
OKLAHOMA SAFE LINE 1-800-522-SAFE (7233) (For Victims of Domestic/Sexual Abuse and Violence)
Victim Services | Oklahoma Attorney General (For victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, Stalking – translation available in 150 languages)
Sexual Violence Prevention (oklahoma.gov)
Sexual Assault Survivors’ Resources | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Native Alliance Against Violence (oknaav.org)
Tribal Coalitions – Tribal Resource Tool (For Survivors of Crime and Abuse)
Domestic Shelters – Oklahoma: https://domesticshelters.org/help/ok
Womens’ Resource Center (for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking in Cleveland County): Emergency Shelter: 405-701-5540 | Rape Crisis Center: 405-701-5660
Home | YWCA Oklahoma City – Eliminating Racism Empowering Women (ywcaokc.org) (For victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in central Oklahoma)
Native Alliance Against Violence
https://www.niwrc.org/tribal-coalitions/native-alliance-against-violence
Created in 2009, the Native Alliance Against Violence (NAAV), serves as the tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalition in Oklahoma, and serves the federally recognized tribes and the tribal programs that provide individuals and their children with the protection and services they need to pursue safe and healthy lives.
Through the Spirit of respect and cooperation, the Native Alliance Against Violence strives to unify Tribal service programs throughout Oklahoma by providing culturally appropriate technical assistance, training and support to eliminate domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence to restore balance and safety for Native communities.
The NAAV is committed to: increasing awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault against Indian women; enhancing the response to violence against Indian women at the federal, state, and tribal levels; identifying and providing technical assistance to coalition membership and tribal communities to enhance access to essential services to Indian women victimized by domestic and sexual violence; and assisting Indian tribes in developing and promoting state, local, and tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violence crimes against Indian women.
Contact Info:
Native Alliance Against Violence
623 N Porter, Suite 400 | Norman Oklahoma 73071
405.801.2277 | 888.231.5714 FAX | info@oknaav.org
http://oknaav.org
Dawn Stover, Executive Director
For 27 Tribes in Oklahoma: https://oknaav.org/tribalprograms
