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Outreach

Organizations

Strictly speaking, organizations that focus on rescue are those groups that actively work to free victims from slavery. Often they work alongside government officials to rescue victims from those who are enslaving them. In addition to those groups that have direct contact, we have listed organizations that offer hospitality or other social services to vulnerable populations as outreach agencies.

Called to Rescue

Outreach Prevention Shelter

Dr. Cyndi Romine started Called to Rescue in 1992 after she witnessed, first-hand, the horror of sex trafficking during a trip overseas. Their mission is to prevent the abduction of children into the sex trafficking behemoth through training, safe houses, and education, as well as the rescue of those already held prisoners, by all means available.

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Compassion First

Advocacy Awareness Outreach

Compassion First is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, providing long-term, hope-filled solutions for survivors of child sexual trafficking. We are dedicated to serving adult survivors of sex trafficking in Oregon. Our local efforts come after years of dedicated work in Indonesia and is the fulfillment of a long-held desire to serve locally.

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Compassion2one

Aftercare Awareness Outreach Shelter

Compassion2one is a Seattle based non-profit organization involved in every part of the rescue process.  We firmly believe that something must be done in our own country to stop child sexual exploitation here.  We hold information sessions in local communities to increase awareness of the child abduction and sex trafficking that exists in the US, and we have launched the Certified Trainer Program to teach, train, and certify volunteers in local communities on how to take action toward a solution.

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Girls Educational and Mentoring Services

Advocacy Aftercare Awareness Outreach

The mission of the Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) is to empower young women, ages 12-21, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. 

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International Justice Mission

Advocacy Aftercare Awareness Outreach

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local officials to ensure immediate victim rescue and aftercare, to prosecute perpetrators and to promote functioning public justice systems.

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Outreach and Support to Special Immigrants Population Catholic Charities of Oregon

Advocacy Aftercare Awareness Outreach

Outreach and Support to Special Immigrants Population (OSSIP) is a comprehensive assistance program for foreign-born survivors of human trafficking supported by Catholic Charities in Oregon.  OSSIP provides intensive case management and legal services to survivors of human trafficking, to aid survivors in successfully navigating all aspects of the U.S. legal and social services system, with the ultimate goal of self-sufficiency and self-empowerment for the survivor.

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p:ear

Outreach Prevention

p:ear builds positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm personal worth and create more meaningful and healthier lives. Each year our programs serve almost 900 homeless and transitional young people ages 15 to 24.

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Portland’s Human Trafficking Task Force

Awareness Outreach Prevention

The Oregon Human Trafficking Task Force (OHTTF) was first funded in 2005 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Safety Compass

Aftercare Outreach

Our mission is to offer support for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and sex-trafficking, navigating the criminal and social justice systems in the mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon.

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