One Mission: A Comprehensive Service Program for Victims of Human Trafficking

With funding through the OVC 2024 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, INC located in Springfield, Massachusetts proposes a project titled “One Mission: A Comprehensive Service Program for Victims of Human Trafficking (One Mission)”.  The primary purpose is to expand and strengthen trauma-informed victim-centered services that includes comprehensive screening, individualized case management, and evidence-based therapeutic services for human trafficking victims.  The primary activities are to 1) Improve and increase the trauma-informed screening of human trafficking victim; 2) Expand access to evidence-based, trauma-informed therapeutic and case management services; 3) Increase community-level engagement through trauma-informed trainings to raise awareness of human trafficking and improve identification and referrals for services; and 4) Provide and enhance outreach and interagency collaborations to deliver a coordinated response to meet trafficking victims’ needs and expand the availability of services. The expected outcomes are an  increase in screening practices, resulting in a 10% increase in males and LGBTQ+ victims identified; serving 100 victims in year 1 and 115 victims in years 2 and 3; provide 2500 services provision units through ongoing case management, advocacy and accompaniment, explanation of benefits and social service advocacy, information and referrals, education, life skills building, as well as emotional/moral support; trauma-informed therapy offered to all victims in need with a target of serving 30 victims a year through individual therapy/mental health services, crisis intervention, and safety planning; providing 10 trainings a year to educate 1000 professionals over the course of the program; and providing ten outreach activities to increase awareness of services, with a special focus on agencies/organizations that can better support males, LGBTQ+, and labor trafficking. The geographic service area is Hampden County in the state of Massachusetts with a target audience of minor victims of human trafficking ages 0-17, and their families, with focus on specialty populations to include: males and LGBTQ+ youth, and labor trafficking. There are no subrecipients for this award.