Community Impact
From the suburbs to the inner city, human trafficking is a community issue. It's an issue that impacts all socioeconomic backgrounds, demographics, and regions. While there are many areas of need, no one organization can do it all so we focus on what we can do to make the largest impact in the Milwaukee region and beyond.
Impact History
Awareness (Strategic Training and Community Awareness):
Advocacy (Victim-Centered Advocacy and Policy Recommendations):
Aftercare (Non-Residential and Residential Aftercare):
- 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