Impact History
Awareness (Strategic Training and Community Awareness):
- Partnered with the Milwaukee Police Department, WI Dept. of Justice, and Milwaukee District Attorney’s Office to train over 497 individuals on victim identification and response protocols
- Equipped over 108 men through men’s educational events and the No Regrets Conference to understand and fight the demand for child sex and pornography
- Targeted 172 hotels to equip hospitality staff with missing children posters and national trafficking hotline information from the National Human Trafficking Center
- Trained service provider professionals and students at Milwaukee Rescue Mission, Mary University, UW-Milwaukee, and Concordia
Advocacy (Victim-Centered Advocacy and Policy Recommendations):
- Co-hosted advocacy training with the International Justice Mission, Benedict Center, Milwaukee District Attorney’s Office and Inner Beauty Center training 298 individuals in advocacy support
- As a member of the Greater Milwaukee Human Trafficking Task Force, worked to develop a resource manual for first responders, medical professionals and law enforcement
- Engaged 25 partner churches and community organizations in the work
- Launched Finding Home, a collaborative program aimed at identifying safe foster families for exploited and at-risk youth
- Committee and policy appointments with:
- Wisconsin State Human Trafficking Task Force
- Human Trafficking Task Force of Greater Milwaukee
- CAYSE Committee – Milwaukee County Children’s Court Comprehensive Approaches to Youth
- Wisconsin Anti-Trafficking Consortium
Aftercare (Non-Residential and Residential Aftercare):
- Assisted 15 families find help in Waukesha, Hartford, Delafield, Germantown, and Milwaukee
- Partnered with Inner Beauty Center for immediate victim support
- Researched and consulted with leading aftercare programs across the country to develop our aftercare program
- Purchased a home to begin licensed aftercare of underage victims of sex trafficking
