Real Escape From The Sex Trade

Our community services provide trauma-informed person-centered case management and housing support to rest's clients. The community advocate team provides culturally appropriate and responsive care to youth, adults and senior survivors of the sex trade by assisting them in accessing resources to aid them in their individualized goals. Housing services assist survivors of the sex trade to access and maintain safe and stable housing. This program includes financial assistance that can pay for application fees, move-in costs, rental assistance, and/or past landlord debt, as well as graduated financial assistance to move into housing and then transition to greater life skills and financial responsibility while living in their own home. The rest houses provide independent shared housing to all genders of single adults that have experienced labor trafficking, sex trafficking, or the sex trade. In fy 2024, the advocate team assisted 108 clients with attaining 286 goals. Housing services supported 128 clients to apply for housing, gain housing, and prevent eviction. Rest house, provided 19 clients with 3,401 bed nights.

The pathways services center includes our enrichment services and behavioral health. Enrichment services allow space for clients to access basic needs, such as food, clothing, and a connect them to resources through referrals and access to our computer center. They are also invited to engage in community workshops and appointments that foster growth towards life skills and self-identified goals. The behavioral health program provides access to group workshops on substance use and mental health and individualized care for substance use and mental health. In fy 2024, enrichment services served 130 unique individuals with 628 visits. Mental health services engaged with 111 clients and held 20 group sessions. Substance use services engaged with 91 clients and held 20 group sessions.