Unleashed: Survivors of Trafficking

Elijah Rising

The mission of Elijah Rising is to combat sex trafficking through prayer, awareness, intervention, and restoration.

The Elijah Rising Restorative Care (ERRC) Program specializes in providing high-quality residential care to women who have experienced sexual exploitation. Through safe housing, an education program, mental health treatment, addiction-recovery, occupational development, case management, and the coordination of healthcare services, we help women recover from the trauma of sexual exploitation.

GEMS (Girls Education and Mentoring Services)

GEMS is an internationally acclaimed organization and one of the largest providers of services to commercially sexually exploited youth in the United States. GEMS's mission is to empower girls and young women, ages 12-24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking, to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. We are committed to ending the exploitation of children by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact sexually exploited youth. Our survivor-led and survivor-engaged programming prepares members to become leaders in their own lives, families, and communities.

Thistle and Bee

We are paving the future for the next generation.  The women in the Thistle & Bee program are breaking the cycle of poverty and multi-system failure that has brought us to a place where sex trafficking and prostitution are at an unprecedented high.

Thistle & Bee provides each woman services based on her needs. Our clinical program is two years, with aftercare available upon completion. The social enterprise offers up to 18 months of employment in a supportive environment, with the potential for employment and mentoring roles beyond that.