SAMARITAN WOMEN

1. Address the national deficit in services for the sexually exploited by training and mentoring start-up agencies in communities of greatest need.
2. Ensure that our vision that any survivor, anywhere in the nation, would have access to qualified and compassionate care becomes a reality for those looking to escape trafficking.
3. Impact the quality of care for survivors by investing in research and data-driven decision making for shelter providers.
4. Conduct research on effective practices to improve care within shelter programs.
5. Operate a ministry that honors God in its integrity, compassion, fearlessness, and humility.

1. We have developed a shelter planting and mentoring curriculum and work with local communities to raise up victim service options based on their needs and resources.
2. Our Institute for Shelter Care works with start-up shelter providers in a one year intensive training where they learn how to operate a shelter and care for survivors. They continue to receive mentoring and consulting services from the Institute for a subsequent two years. We do this with a focus on excellence and efficiency to maintain best practices and the highest standard of care.
3. We host two major research studies each year and up to 6 minor studies, and also partner with academic institutions nationwide to further research on human trafficking and victim care.
4. We are grounded in Christian principles and submit our plans to the Lord, trusting in His protection and provision.

With fifteen years of experience in the field of anti-trafficking and victim services field, we are leveraging what we have learned to raise up the next generation of service providers. Our agency has maintained financial health and transparency for its tenure and now teaches other nonprofits how to do the same. We created our own proprietary Care Model for serving the unique needs of exploited persons and train new shelters in this methodology. We also produce original research to further inform the field on best practices in shelter services.

* trained over 70,000 individuals on human trafficking awareness
* hosted human trafficking rallies on 13 college campuses
* trained 600+ commercial drivers on victim identification and reporting
* published two national studies on shelter operations
* hosted four national conferences of shelter programs
* served over 105 victims in our residential care programs
* developed a Care Model for victims of trafficking that is now being used as a model for other programs
* trained 13 shelter agencies in best practices (2019 - 2021) and will continue to train up to 8 agencies per year till 2024.
*migrated 140 hours of classroom instruction and over 200 digital tools, templates, policies onto a learning management system to give shelters 24/7 access to this intellectual capital and program support