Transcript Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force

Riverside County Anti-Human
Trafficking Task Force
Operation SafeHouse
Operation SafeHouse
Since 1990
 Emergency Shelters
 Riverside
 Thousand Palms
 Transitional Living
 Riverside
 Thousand Palms – 2012
 Residential Program
 Safe Place program
 Counseling (individual, group, family)
programs
 Drug and Alcohol Program
 Mental Health Intervention Programs
 Thrift Store – POP Shop
 2010 Human Trafficking
History
September 2010-11
Riverside County Sheriff Dept. and
Operation SafeHouse
Cal EMA funded
Steering Committee
Monthly Meeting
Protect and Prevent Collaborative - 2
Monthly Meeting
Our Mission
A partnership to:
Protect – Ensures that dignity is established
Relief, Re-engagement, Restart
Prevent – Ensures creation of community
advocates
Educate, Empower, Engage
Prosecute – Ensures that justice is served
Identify, Investigate, Incarcerate
Victim Centered Approach
Social Services Providers
Legal Aide
Law Enforcement
Services to Victims
 Our case management model incorporates the
following elements:
 Appropriate intake assessment,
 Shelter/housing and basic needs,
 Medical, dental,
 Mental health,
 Interpreter/translator services,
 Immigration and civil legal services,
 Assistance in receiving “certification”,
 Victim advocacy,
 Literacy, education, job training, life skills training,
 24-hour evening an weekend response
Services to Victims
 To ensure comprehensive case management and
services are available to all victims of trafficking;
 To create coordinated services tailored to the
characteristics and circumstances of these victims;
 To develop partnerships amongst agencies to
prevent a victim getting lost in the system;
 To train in identification and quality care;
 To raise public awareness;
Client Data
September 2010-December 2011
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