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Covering House

Facility for girls between the ages of 13-17 years old who have experienced sexual trafficking or exploitation in the U.S. Counseling, therapy, housing, education. www.thecoveringhouse.org ​314-962-3450 PO Box 12206 63157
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Coalition Against Trafficking and Exploitation (CATE)

Meets quarterly at Peter Branch library Coalition of organizations in the area who work against human trafficking Used to be just based in St. Louis, recently expanded statewide
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Polaris Project

"Leading a survivor-centered, justice- and equity-driven movement to end human trafficking. Since 2007, Polaris has operated the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, connecting victims and survivors to support and services, and helping communities hold traffickers accountable. Through that work, Polaris has built the largest known dataset on human trafficking in North America. The data and expertise gained from two decades of working on trafficking situations in real time informs strategies that hold traffickers accountable, support survivors on their healing journeys and address the vulnerabilities that enable the business of stealing freedom for profit." https://polarisproject.org/
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National Human Trafficking Hotline

The toll-free hotline is available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year in more than 200 languages. Also, many other resources on their website. www.humantraffickinghotline.org "1-888-373-7888 TTY: 711"
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Office of Victims of Crimes (OVC) Program

"Human & Sex Trafficking (part of The Eastern District of Missouri Human Trafficking Task Force) ?? Mission: To prevent and respond to human trafficking in the St. Louis metro area through seamless collaboration between law enforcement, service providers, and community members. We use a victim-centered and human rights based approach to provide comprehensive, high-quality services to all survivors of human trafficking; and to proactively investigate and prosecute all forms of human trafficking crimes. https://dps.mo.gov/dir/programs/cvc/ Crime Victims' Compensation Program"
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Freedom Network

Human & Sex Trafficking
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Healing Action

Works primarily with adult cisgender female victims of trafficking, but open to working with transgender women or cisgender & transgender male victims (but doesn’t have as many services for them) Majority of on-site are for cisgender women; therapy for cisgender men based off-site Policies for trans and GNC folx: unclear Services for survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation, in addition to advocacy and providing awareness of human trafficking.
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1-314-833-4515
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International Institute of St. Louis (IISTL)

"The International Institute of St. Louis provides opportunities for immigrants and refugees to thrive in order to create a welcoming, prosperous, and healthy region for all. The Institute programs include Intensive social work case management, Behavioral Health Wellness, opportunities for Economic Development (i.e. financial literacy and business classes), Refugee Support Services, Refugee Resettlement, Immigration Services, Federal/State Benefits applications, and much more! Works most with foreign-born clients, including male, transgender and gender non-conforming clients (unlike many other local organizations who work only with cisgender female clients), both adult and adolescent clients Offers many services for new arrivals to the St. Louis area. Services include: English classes for adults, job search, employment training, career advancement program and assistance with licensing, refugee resettlement, immigration application preparation, mental health services, elderly services, counseling, services to victims of domestic violence or human trafficking, translation services, assistance with starting a business, and more. Community Development Corporation This subsidiary of the International Institute helps immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs who want to start or expand small local businesses, but lack access to mainstream capital. IICDC provides business loans ranging from $500 to $35,000. IICDC also provides technical assistance includes help in writing business & marketing plans, obtaining business licenses, addressing credit issues and linking to volunteer professionals. Its goal is to help entrepreneurs become bankable."
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1-314-773-9090
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fostera@iistl.org

Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTRC)

"Human & Sex Trafficking The toll-free hotline is available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year in more than 200 languages. Also, many other resources on their website. " www.humantraffickinghotline.org "1-888-373-7888 TTY: 711 text 233733"
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HTCN (Human Trafficking Collaborative Network)

"Focuses on research and healthcare providers Based in WashU" https://publichealth.wustl.edu/human-trafficking-collaborative-network/
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Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking

GHT educates communities and inspires positive systemic change to end human trafficking. Gateway Human Trafficking envision creating a safe world for all children. We help communities see the hidden crime of human trafficking. Our programs build a path to more equitable understanding of the problem since as a multi-culture criminal activity, human trafficking is more than just a single subject to be taught; To fight against it, we should eliminate every subject that makes vulnerable people to be targeted by traffickers including- but not limited to- violence, abuse, poverty, homelessness. Lack of community awareness and existence of various types of social discriminations that some of our community members face make them even more vulnerable to trafficking situations. Our goal is to empower our communities through education about how to identify- and report- human trafficking to minimize victimization of vulnerable people. We address human trafficking in the context of social justice education program, since we believe education is the engine of justice, economic growth, and the best investment we can make in the future of our society. The better educated our society is regarding various subjects around human trafficking, the more inspired, productive, and innovative it maybe to advocate for systemic change to end human trafficking.
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1-636-515-6919
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info@www.gatewayhumantrafficking.org

The Covering House

Human & Sex Trafficking Facility for girls between the ages of 13-17 years old who have experienced sexual trafficking or exploitation in the U.S. Counseling, therapy, housing, education.
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1-314-962-3450
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info@thecoveringhouse.org

ATIP (Anti Trafficking of Persons) Program

 Temporarily Closed
Human & Sex Trafficking Services: Survivor-Centered & Trauma-Informed: Screening for Human Trafficking Intensive Case Management (generally for ~6 months) Crisis Intervention Short-term Financial Assistance – utilities, housing, etc. Referrals to Other Service Providers Community Outreach & Education Co-Facilitation of the Eastern District of MO Human Trafficking Task Force
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1-314-745-2512
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info@stoptraffickingmo.org

Eden’s Glory

Residential facility for cisgender women who were trafficked
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Youth In Need

Trans Affirming
Provides individual and group support (including support from a therapist and registered nurse), access to resources, pregnancy/delivery/parenting support, and childbirth classes for pregnant and parenting youth up to age 19. Free individual, group and family counseling for youth living in St. Louis County and St. Charles County Weekly teen parent support groups, individual counseling, nurse on staff for checkups and birthing classes. Baby care items for all youth that enroll in the program. Services are free of charge. Schools based counseling school districts: __St. Louis County:__ Jennings, Hazelwood, Riverview Gardens, Pattonville, Parkway, Ritenour, Valley Park, Lindbergh, Maplewood Richmond Heights and North Tech High School __St. Charles County:__ City of St. Charles, Orchard Farm, Francis Howell and Wentzville __Lincoln County:__ Elsberry, Troy and Winfield If you are a youth in crisis, you can access help 24 hours a day. Based in St. Charles, with outreach programs in St. Louis City. Many resources and programs listed on their website, including HEAD START. Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing available. Staff completed one trans competency training with Trans Housing Initiative St. Louis (THISTL) in May of 2024.
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1-636-946-5600
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1-314-819-8802
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TRX Tattoos & Piercing

Current collaborations (specialty services) as of Dec 5, 2023 __Cover Ups for Marked Individuals__ Free consultations and cover-ups for survivors who have been tattooed/branded with or received a trauma-related tattoo (resulting from domestic/intimate partner violence, sexual abuse/assault, or human trafficking) __Gender Affirming Piercings__ Free consultations and piercings with Zach Powell for gender affirming piercings for folks transitioning within the LGBTQ+ community
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1-314-664-4011
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