YouthCare's Family Engagement Services for Minor Survivors of Human Trafficking

With funding through the OVC 2024 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking, YOUTHCARE located in Seattle, Washington proposes a project titled “YouthCare's Family Engagement Services for Minor Survivors of Human Trafficking”. The primary purpose to ensure that minor survivors of human trafficking will receive support towards safety, security, and healing through family engagement, advocacy/specialized case management, and behavioral health services. The primary activities are Provide specialized family engagement, advocacy/case management, and behavioral health services to minor age survivors of human trafficking; Collaborate with the Garage, a Teen Café; REST; King County’s Juvenile Court Services; and other local partners to accept referrals and improve access to family engagement services for minor survivors of trafficking; improve outcomes for survivors by enhancing the resources and assistance available to them; and Support program delivery that meets these goals and objectives through data collection and evaluation activities. The expected outcomes are (1) 20 newly identified survivors will be served with YouthCare’s support services each year; (2) 100% of survivors needing mental health services will be connected to a therapist through YouthCare’s on-site behavioral health services; (3) 100% of survivors seeking resources, family engagement, case management, and referrals will be connected to the Community Connections Specialist; (4) 100% of survivors supported by the Community Connections Specialist will receive bi-weekly case management, with an emphasis on engaging family/social supports to promote stabilization, healing, and reconciliation where appropriate; (5) 100% of clients will have an active, updated, and responsive service plan; (6) As necessary for youth-directed service plans, YouthCare will make needed referrals to community partners for supportive services, including for mental health counseling, substance use treatment, medical care, temporary housing and permanent housing placement and support; and (7) YouthCare will carry out confidential data collection, documentation of service provision, and evaluation to determine service effectiveness and make mid-course corrections as needed. The geographic service area is the Seattle King County area with a target audience of minor victims of human trafficking ages 12-17. The subrecipients for this award, Social Strategies will provided specialized training and consultations to the Community Connections Specialist.