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Safe House of Hope
901 Hollins Street
Baltimore, Maryland
443-690-9679
www.safehouseofhope.org
MISSION: Reach out in love to women suffering the traumas and dangers of the street, offering alternatives to those who are interested in change.
SERVICES: Provide trauma therapy and small group workshops; Provide a healthy breakfast and/or lunch, and take a bag lunch home for our clients; Provide free clothing, hygiene products, coats, and household items; GED and work training.
The Hezakiah Movement
901 Hollins Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21223
410-244-6223
http://www.hezekiahmovement.org/mission.html
Island of Hope
849 W. Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21223
Fr. Joe McDonough, S.T.,Director
frjoe@hezekiahmovement.org
Erika Gaines, Manager (resource on Non-Profits)
erika@hezekiahmovement.org
MISSION: Develop environments and opportunities for continuing recovery from addiction. Offer a spiritual response to the spiritual crisis of addiction affecting not only individuals but families and communities .Provide islands of true human freedom so that our spirits may soar with the fullness of human potential.
SERVICES: Meditation Sessions, Stress management, Spiritual Growth. YANA is currently using their building
Alternative Directions, Inc.
2505 N. Charles St.
Baltimore MD 21218
Phone: 410-889-5072
info@alternativedirectionsinc.org
http://www.alternativedirectionsinc.org/
MISSION: Alternative Directions, Inc. (ADI), a Baltimore-based statewide 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1979, helps men and women in prison and those leaving prison become independent, responsible citizens. We provide civil legal pro-se services to those in prison and comprehensive case management to those returning to their communities. ADI also educates the public and policy makers about the barriers former prisoners face when reentering society.
SERVICES: After Care Transition Program, Literacy Project, Civil legal Services, Children of Incarcerated Parents Mentoring Project.
Marian House
949 Gorsuch Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21218-3602
(410) 467-0675
speakers@marianhouse.org
http://www.marianhouse.org/
MISSION: A transitional and supportive housing program, Marian House is located in the Better Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore City. We serve homeless women who have suffered through poverty, addiction, abuse, mental illness or incarceration.
SERVICES: Transitional Housing, Permanent Housing, Rehabilitation Counseling and Case Management, Addiction Recovery Support Services, Employment Assistance, Life Skills Training, Family Reunification, Aftercare.
Restoration Ministries
Washington, DC
Email: info@restorationministriesdc.org
Website: http://www.restorationministriesdc.org/
MISSION: Ministering wholeness to men, women and children who have been caught in the trap of sex trafficking.
SERVICES: Mentoring by Church members (trained),street outreach, youth programs, retreats.
Courtney’s House
P.O. Box 12054
Washington, D.C. 20005-2054
Tel: 202.276.4487
E-mail: info@courtneyshouse.org
http://www.courtneyshouse.org/About-Us.html
MISSION: We are committed to providing a safe place for child sex trafficking victims in a loving environment and in a therapeutic and emotionally healing atmosphere for domestic sex trafficked girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 18 years. Courtney’s House is dedicated to the mission of ending domestic sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of all children.
SERVICES:We focus our efforts on providing a long-term group home and providing direct services.
PARTNERED WITH:
Campus Coalition Against Trafficking
Go to: www.ccatcoalition.org
Contact: Ashley Mills at ashley@fairfund.org or (202) 265-1505
INNOCENTS AT RISK
1101 30th Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202.625.4338
dsigmund@innocentsatrisk.org
http://www.innocentsatrisk.org/about/our-mission
MISSION: We are a child-advocacy non-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization established to fight human trafficking by raising awareness and educating about this problem among the international and diplomatic community, the corporate sector, students in public schools and universities and among the general public. We also work with flight attendants, who are our first line of defense in spotting and reporting traffickers. We are dedicated to protecting children from all forms of abuse, and work to end child exploitation and child trafficking everywhere.