Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition, Inc.
Programs
Budget
$263,000.00
Description
NAHT fights human trafficking on the front-end through its prevention program, Educate to Recognize (EtR), targeting the most vulnerable among us, middle and high school students. EtR focuses on bringing relatable, preventative education and resources on human trafficking and addiction into the classroom. The prime target age range that traffickers look to begin the grooming process is between 10-17. In educating this highly vulnerable demographic of middle and high school students on the grooming process and other forms of exploitation such as sextortion, and substance use disorder (SUD) we are equipping them with vital, and potentially lifesaving tools. By providing the knowledge, support, and tools necessary to teachers, parents, and guardians; it will greatly increase their ability to recognize the early warning signs of grooming, and thereby decrease the number of young lives victimized through human trafficking and addiction.
Beneficiaries
Adolescents
Families
Program Areas Served
Tennessee
$263,000.00
Description
NAHT fights human trafficking on the front-end through its prevention program, Educate to Recognize (EtR), targeting the most vulnerable among us, middle and high school students. EtR focuses on bringing relatable, preventative education and resources on human trafficking and addiction into the classroom. The prime target age range that traffickers look to begin the grooming process is between 10-17. In educating this highly vulnerable demographic of middle and high school students on the grooming process and other forms of exploitation such as sextortion, and substance use disorder (SUD) we are equipping them with vital, and potentially lifesaving tools. By providing the knowledge, support, and tools necessary to teachers, parents, and guardians; it will greatly increase their ability to recognize the early warning signs of grooming, and thereby decrease the number of young lives victimized through human trafficking and addiction.
Beneficiaries
Adolescents
Families
Program Areas Served
Tennessee
Budget
$189,000.00
Description
The NAHT Rescue program conducts survivor-led interventions with victims who are actively being trafficked. The most significant factor in NAHT's current 100% success rate of interventions resulting in completed rescues is the SURVIVOR-led intervention. When a survivor of human trafficking says to a victim, "I know what you are going through. There is hope. If I can do it, you can do it," the likelihood of the victim agreeing to rescue services greatly increases. After the Intervention Specialist conducts an assessment, a plan for rescue is put into place. We quarterback rescue services with our many partner detox and rehabilitation agencies throughout the state and beyond and make sure victims have everything they need to enter treatment. Additionally, we partner with and provide survivor-informed training for law enforcement, human trafficking task forces, city and county police.
Program Successes
In 2019, NAHT received a referral about a mother "S" and her 3-year-old daughter "Y" who were being trafficked out of a local trap house. The NAHT intervention specialist contacted S and began discussing getting out. A trusting relationship was established. Months later, S & Y were taken to the emergency room with severe illnesses. The mother contacted NAHT. NAHT worked with DCS to get the child to safety before her traffickers could take her. Then NAHT was able to admit S to partner treatment facilities, followed by residential treatment and finally a sober living community.
S began therapy, family therapy with Y, and began restoring the bonds that were broken by trafficking and addiction. S met all the requirements of DCS and as of 2022 has joint custody of Y, along with her grandmother. This fall, Y will start school at the King's Academy. S & Y (now age 5) have a thriving relationship. S now works for NAHT helping to rescue other victims.
Beneficiaries
People with substance use disorder
Victims
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
Long-term success means that NAHT is a firmly established, well-known and highly-trusted organization that fills in the gaps of the anti-human trafficking landscape. Our extensive network with addiction facilities and human trafficking law enforcement throughout the state ensures that NAHT is on the front lines with victims doing interventions and rescues and that victims are safely transported and placed in the best treatment facility for them within hours of rescue. After victims complete treatment programs, NAHT's comprehensive wrap-around services and after-care help them apply what they learned in treatment by supplying a community to help them continue in their recovery, providing intensive mentoring and care, thereby impacting relapse and recidivism. Interventions lead to victims being rescued from trafficking, becoming sober and working through restorative classes to become independently thriving survivors who then invest in the rescue and restoration of other victims.
Short-term Success
In 2021, NAHT performed 150 assessments, 124 interventions, and 85 rescues were completed. In 2022, NAHT seeks to double that number.
The primary outcome of the NAHT Rescue and Restore programs is to see victims become Survivors and ultimately Thrivers. Through our survivor-informed classes and curriculum, they develop a support system with other Survivors who understand their trauma and walk with them through their ongoing recovery and healing. Many women heal from their trauma and develop spiritually robust lives of great hope, progress in their sobriety and healing, gain financial autonomy and become gainfully employed. Their healing is furthered and strengthened as they draw on their experiences to encourage and mentor other Survivors. The impact of NAHT is that many women are freed from their traffickers and a life of being sold for sex and freed from a life of drug addiction. The value of that outcome cannot be measured.
Program Success Monitored By
We measure our effectiveness by tracking the number of assessments, interventions and rescues, and the numbers of referrals we receive from dozens of partners throughout the state of Tennessee including law enforcement and treatment and detox facilities, and the number of volunteers who attend our events and trainings. Ultimately, our effectiveness is professed by the testimonies of the growing number of Survivors we serve, who are continuing attendance in our classes and events, actively in trauma therapy, gainfully employed and coming off government assistance.
Program Areas Served
Nashville/Middle Tennessee
$189,000.00
Description
The NAHT Rescue program conducts survivor-led interventions with victims who are actively being trafficked. The most significant factor in NAHT's current 100% success rate of interventions resulting in completed rescues is the SURVIVOR-led intervention. When a survivor of human trafficking says to a victim, "I know what you are going through. There is hope. If I can do it, you can do it," the likelihood of the victim agreeing to rescue services greatly increases. After the Intervention Specialist conducts an assessment, a plan for rescue is put into place. We quarterback rescue services with our many partner detox and rehabilitation agencies throughout the state and beyond and make sure victims have everything they need to enter treatment. Additionally, we partner with and provide survivor-informed training for law enforcement, human trafficking task forces, city and county police.
Program Successes
In 2019, NAHT received a referral about a mother "S" and her 3-year-old daughter "Y" who were being trafficked out of a local trap house. The NAHT intervention specialist contacted S and began discussing getting out. A trusting relationship was established. Months later, S & Y were taken to the emergency room with severe illnesses. The mother contacted NAHT. NAHT worked with DCS to get the child to safety before her traffickers could take her. Then NAHT was able to admit S to partner treatment facilities, followed by residential treatment and finally a sober living community.
S began therapy, family therapy with Y, and began restoring the bonds that were broken by trafficking and addiction. S met all the requirements of DCS and as of 2022 has joint custody of Y, along with her grandmother. This fall, Y will start school at the King's Academy. S & Y (now age 5) have a thriving relationship. S now works for NAHT helping to rescue other victims.
Beneficiaries
People with substance use disorder
Victims
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
Long-term success means that NAHT is a firmly established, well-known and highly-trusted organization that fills in the gaps of the anti-human trafficking landscape. Our extensive network with addiction facilities and human trafficking law enforcement throughout the state ensures that NAHT is on the front lines with victims doing interventions and rescues and that victims are safely transported and placed in the best treatment facility for them within hours of rescue. After victims complete treatment programs, NAHT's comprehensive wrap-around services and after-care help them apply what they learned in treatment by supplying a community to help them continue in their recovery, providing intensive mentoring and care, thereby impacting relapse and recidivism. Interventions lead to victims being rescued from trafficking, becoming sober and working through restorative classes to become independently thriving survivors who then invest in the rescue and restoration of other victims.
Short-term Success
In 2021, NAHT performed 150 assessments, 124 interventions, and 85 rescues were completed. In 2022, NAHT seeks to double that number.
The primary outcome of the NAHT Rescue and Restore programs is to see victims become Survivors and ultimately Thrivers. Through our survivor-informed classes and curriculum, they develop a support system with other Survivors who understand their trauma and walk with them through their ongoing recovery and healing. Many women heal from their trauma and develop spiritually robust lives of great hope, progress in their sobriety and healing, gain financial autonomy and become gainfully employed. Their healing is furthered and strengthened as they draw on their experiences to encourage and mentor other Survivors. The impact of NAHT is that many women are freed from their traffickers and a life of being sold for sex and freed from a life of drug addiction. The value of that outcome cannot be measured.
Program Success Monitored By
We measure our effectiveness by tracking the number of assessments, interventions and rescues, and the numbers of referrals we receive from dozens of partners throughout the state of Tennessee including law enforcement and treatment and detox facilities, and the number of volunteers who attend our events and trainings. Ultimately, our effectiveness is professed by the testimonies of the growing number of Survivors we serve, who are continuing attendance in our classes and events, actively in trauma therapy, gainfully employed and coming off government assistance.
Program Areas Served
Nashville/Middle Tennessee
Budget
$361,000.00
Description
NAHT Restore is an after-treatment program designed to support survivors in the early stages of recovery from addiction and trauma, and to assist them on their journey to become thrivers who are physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially fit. The Restore program provides survivor-informed and survivor-led classes and curriculum and extensive, relational wraparound support to help survivors continue to heal and to thrive. Members in the NAHT Restore Program work through five levels of the recovery program over 12 - 18 months. Graduation occurs when all levels and requirements have been completed. All Restore classes are free and participants have lifetime membership. Upon graduation, members are encouraged to remain active in the hope-filled community. Some are encouraged to become Licensed Peer Recovery Specialists who continue to pour into the lives of other survivors. Restore is raising up leaders who pour back into the community of survivors of human trafficking.
Program Successes
Interventions that lead to victims being rescued from trafficking, becoming sober and working through restorative classes to become independently thriving survivors who then invest in the rescue and restoration of other victims.
Category
Human Services - Case Management
Beneficiaries
Women and girls
Victims
Adults
Long-term Success
The primary outcome of the NAHT Restore program is to see victims become Survivors and ultimately Thrivers. Through our survivor-informed classes and curriculum, they develop a support system with other Survivors who understand their trauma and walk with them through their ongoing recovery and healing. Many women heal from their trauma and develop spiritually robust lives of great hope, progress in their sobriety and healing, gain financial autonomy and become gainfully employed. Their healing is furthered and strengthened as they draw on their experiences to encourage and mentor other Survivors.
Short-term Success
Immediate short-term success includes making the key hires that will enable NAHT to increase our services in order to meet more demand: increasing from one daily class to 3 Restore classes daily (we currently have waiting lists); hosting monthly Survivor events with volunteer opportunities.
Program Success Monitored By
We measure our effectiveness by tracking the number of people who attend our Restore classes, the number of individuals on waiting lists for classes, the number of referrals we receive, and the number of volunteers who attend our events and trainings, feedback and testimonies from attendees, demonstrations of increased health and well-being of participants.
Program Areas Served
Nashville/Middle Tennessee
$361,000.00
Description
NAHT Restore is an after-treatment program designed to support survivors in the early stages of recovery from addiction and trauma, and to assist them on their journey to become thrivers who are physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially fit. The Restore program provides survivor-informed and survivor-led classes and curriculum and extensive, relational wraparound support to help survivors continue to heal and to thrive. Members in the NAHT Restore Program work through five levels of the recovery program over 12 - 18 months. Graduation occurs when all levels and requirements have been completed. All Restore classes are free and participants have lifetime membership. Upon graduation, members are encouraged to remain active in the hope-filled community. Some are encouraged to become Licensed Peer Recovery Specialists who continue to pour into the lives of other survivors. Restore is raising up leaders who pour back into the community of survivors of human trafficking.
Program Successes
Interventions that lead to victims being rescued from trafficking, becoming sober and working through restorative classes to become independently thriving survivors who then invest in the rescue and restoration of other victims.
Category
Human Services - Case Management
Beneficiaries
Women and girls
Victims
Adults
Long-term Success
The primary outcome of the NAHT Restore program is to see victims become Survivors and ultimately Thrivers. Through our survivor-informed classes and curriculum, they develop a support system with other Survivors who understand their trauma and walk with them through their ongoing recovery and healing. Many women heal from their trauma and develop spiritually robust lives of great hope, progress in their sobriety and healing, gain financial autonomy and become gainfully employed. Their healing is furthered and strengthened as they draw on their experiences to encourage and mentor other Survivors.
Short-term Success
Immediate short-term success includes making the key hires that will enable NAHT to increase our services in order to meet more demand: increasing from one daily class to 3 Restore classes daily (we currently have waiting lists); hosting monthly Survivor events with volunteer opportunities.
Program Success Monitored By
We measure our effectiveness by tracking the number of people who attend our Restore classes, the number of individuals on waiting lists for classes, the number of referrals we receive, and the number of volunteers who attend our events and trainings, feedback and testimonies from attendees, demonstrations of increased health and well-being of participants.
Program Areas Served
Nashville/Middle Tennessee
Budget
$295,000.00
Description
NAHT's social enterprise, Sweet Daisy Petit Four Shoppe, Resources survivors of human trafficking with mentoring, training and jobs, a critical component to thriving.
In keeping with the goal to raise up survivor leaders who will continue to pour into other survivors in the fight against human trafficking, Sweet Daisy launched the SEEDS Leadership Training Program, a 6-month paid internship. SEEDS (Support, Equip, Employ, Disciple & Send) is an internship position for any NAHT Member desiring to deepen their relationship with God while discovering what it means to be a disciple of Jesus in their place of work. Interns are trained and equipped to make petit fours for Sweet Daisy while developing leadership skills rooted in Biblical truth and informed by an identity in Jesus. The goal of the SEEDS program is to train survivors of human trafficking to thrive as servant leaders and ambassadors of HOPE in their place of work and community.
Beneficiaries
Women and girls
People with substance use disorder
Victims
Program Areas Served
Nashville
$295,000.00
Description
NAHT's social enterprise, Sweet Daisy Petit Four Shoppe, Resources survivors of human trafficking with mentoring, training and jobs, a critical component to thriving.
In keeping with the goal to raise up survivor leaders who will continue to pour into other survivors in the fight against human trafficking, Sweet Daisy launched the SEEDS Leadership Training Program, a 6-month paid internship. SEEDS (Support, Equip, Employ, Disciple & Send) is an internship position for any NAHT Member desiring to deepen their relationship with God while discovering what it means to be a disciple of Jesus in their place of work. Interns are trained and equipped to make petit fours for Sweet Daisy while developing leadership skills rooted in Biblical truth and informed by an identity in Jesus. The goal of the SEEDS program is to train survivors of human trafficking to thrive as servant leaders and ambassadors of HOPE in their place of work and community.
Beneficiaries
Women and girls
People with substance use disorder
Victims
Program Areas Served
Nashville
