Frontline Response uses various outreaches to identify and build relationships with victims of commercial sexual exploitation. A weekly street outreach utilizes roses and handmade cards to communicate to women – primarily those trapped in street prostitution – that they are valuable and cared for, and that there are opportunities for hope and recovery. The cards include messages of kindness and our 24-hour hotline number.

The jail mentorship program offers education, resources, and support to incarcerated victims of commercial sexual exploitation. The jail mentorship program is active in Bartow, Bibb, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett, and Muscogee County Jails. If a victim is interested in joining the mentorship program, he or she is paired with a mentor. While awaiting trial, or serving a sentence, participants of the mentorship program have focused time to invest in their recovery and consider the next steps for their future. Victims receive curriculum and meet with their mentor at least twice per month. During these meetings, mentors provide emotional and spiritual support, as well as psychoeducational resources. Mentors also assist victims with community service information they may need to move forward upon release. Mentors and pen-pals support victims through letters or postcards of encouragement. When a victim is released from jail, she may access residential support through Frontline Response’s Anti Sex Trafficking Hotline and Safe Home.

Frontline Response’s Anti Sex Trafficking Hotline operates 24-hours, 365 days a year, and acts as the bridge between victimization and safety. Hotline volunteers are women trained to meet the needs of victims. Callers are given a safe space to share their background and current circumstances, receive information about community resources and ask for help. Information from every call is logged with demographic data and discussion notes.

If a caller to our 24-Hour Hotline is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation and is interested in entering a long-term recovery program, a rescue team is immediately assembled to bring the victim to the Frontline Response Safe Home.

Frontline Response operates a crisis-safe home for female victims of sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation who are over the age of 18. Residents stay in the Safe Home for two to four weeks while attending medical and psychiatric appointments, participating in group therapy and skill-building classes, and applying for long-term programs. The Safe Home is located in an undisclosed location and accepts emergency intakes around the clock. Utilizing a team-based approach, professional sta! provide trauma-informed care as they go through an initial intake, establish goals, and build an Individualized Service Plan. With a primary goal of crisis stabilization, all Safe Home programming, home environment, and staff methods focus on establishing safety, improving emotional self-regulation, and post-traumatic stress awareness. Practical goals often include attending court hearings, receiving medical evaluations, and procuring government identification.

Frontline Response partners with over 40 long-term programs nationwide to offer each resident multiple program options to address her needs. After acceptance to a long-term program, Frontline Response financially provides for all program fees. In 2019, 118 women came to the Safe Home and 52 entered long-term programming.