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Homelessness is the condition of people without a permanent place to live. This can include people who are staying in shelters, transitional housing, or on the street. Homelessness can affect people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds, but it is often associated with poverty, mental illness, addiction, and other challenges. Governments and organizations provide a range of services to people who are homeless, including emergency shelters, housing assistance, and social services. Addressing homelessness is a complex challenge that requires a combination of short-term solutions, such as providing shelter, and long-term solutions, such as addressing the underlying causes of homelessness.
“I remember the first time someone named what had been happening to me for the majority of my life. ‘Sex trafficking.’ It shattered everything around me. What had been happening to me since I was a toddler wasn’t normal. It wasn’t okay. It didn’t happen to everyone. I was a survivor of a heinous crime,…
Advocacy is defined as public support for a particular cause or policy. But it’s also the life blood of positive, lasting community change. Public policy advocacy is a cornerstone of United Way’s work. We’ve seen how speaking up — and speaking out — to elected officials can bridge the gap between a short-term fix and a long-term solution. Across the globe, United…
Hope for Justice, as part of a coalition of trafficking and legal experts, is…
The post Coalition demands end to means testing of legal aid for survivors of trafficking first appeared on Hope for Justice.
July 1 means a slew of new laws is taking effect in Tennessee. Below is a list of several of the laws for 2022 that are now in place. You can click on the link to find the full law’s text. HB 1895: Allows the state to withhold money from schools if they don’t use a…
TAUNTON — When three Bristol County residents joined the Commission on the Status of Women recently, it became the first regional board in the state to have a majority members of color. Werlaine Badio of Fall River and Esther Rogers and Tanya Lobo of Taunton were sworn in to the Bristol County Commission on the Status of…
In many ways, human trafficking is as much of an economic problem as it is a social justice issue. Traffickers see exploitation as a lucrative supply-and-demand business, with its victims as an expendable commodity. Because of this, traffickers are opportunistic. They seek out vulnerable people, those who are easier to recruit, have fewer safety nets,…
Author MARY NIKKEL LGBTQ+ young people are at high risk of human trafficking, in the United States and globally. Polaris identifies LGBTQ+ individuals as being the second most at-risk group, alongside people of color. That heightened vulnerability is in part because kids in the LGBTQ+ community are more likely to experience homelessness, with 40% of…
Hope for Justice has delivered vital education after a family’s lack of understanding about…
The post ‘He is a transformed child’ – teen with epilepsy no longer at risk of trafficking first appeared on Hope for Justice.
25 April 2022 Kimberley – policy and monitoring assistant at Anti-Slavery International and co-author of our most recent report “One day at a time” – talks about the hostile environment created for survivors of modern slavery. Today, the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group and Anti-Slavery International launch the first report looking at the experience of the Recovery…
Recently, we participated in this online meeting. Here’s everything we received! Hope it’s useful for you. Friends, Thank you for your interest in Human Trafficking: Pathways to Prevention. This event was co-led by the HHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (HHS Partnership Center) and the Office of Trafficking in Persons within the Administration for Children and Families (contact info…
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