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- Short-term support counseling for individuals who have been sexually assaulted including individuals used in prostitution and sex trafficking. Counseling is also available for family members and friends of sexual violence victims. - One-to-one peer counseling - Hospital Counseling/Advocacy: Counselors are available to provide counseling, offer information, provide options and support sexual assault victims at the hospital when they come in for an evidentiary exam. If the victim wishes to make a report to law enforcement, the counselor will remain to provide support. If upon arriving at the hospital the sexual assault advocate is told that the victim does not wish to have an advocate, a packet of written information will be left for the victim and the advocate will leave. Advocates provide support to family and friends of victims in the hospital.

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Adult Sexual Assault Survivors
Child Sexual Assault Survivors
General Crime Victim Assistance
Sexual Assault Counseling
Sex Trade Workers
Peer Counseling
Families/Friends of Sexual Assault/Abuse Survivors
Sex Trafficking Victims
Provides legal advocacy services including support with reporting to law enforcement, obtaining harassment restraining orders and orders for protection, and navigating the criminal justice system.

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Adult Sexual Assault Survivors
Families/Friends of Adult Incest Survivors
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Sex Trade Workers
Sex Trafficking Victims
Adult Incest Survivors
Individual Advocacy
Spouse/Intimate Partner Sexual Assault Survivors
Sexual Harassment Victims
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Stalking/Harassment Orders
Drop-in center for youth who are homeless, youth in crisis or sexually exploited youth offering individual advocacy and case management, and referrals to a network of services which are designed to achieve self-sufficiency, connectedness and self-empowerment. YouthLink houses the Youth Opportunity Center, a collaboration of agencies providing services to young people in one location. Partner agencies provide services that include housing stability, health and wellness, crisis/basic needs/drop-in, education, and employment. Services include: - Access to computers, phones, and mail - Community resource referrals to shelter and housing - Basic needs services: Hot meals and bag lunches, clothing closet, showers, laundry, and connections to emergency shelters. Assists with connecting youth to Hennepin County support services. - Financial assistance to obtain vital documentation including social security card, birth certificate, and/or state ID. Application assistance is available for food stamps and Medical Assistance. - Job search and employment assistance and education assistance and resources - FHPAP application assistance only for eligible youth in Hennepin County seeking rent assistance. FHPAP does not provide direct assistance. Hennepin County is responsible for determining eligibility and distributing rent assistance funds. - On-site health clinic and health care support including referrals to mental health and substance abuse services - Street Outreach Program: Caseworkers go out into the community, locate homeless youth and inform them of services that are available to them. May provide the youth with clothing, safe sex information and resources, bus cards, etc.

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Sexually Abused Children
General Clothing Provision
Runaway/Homeless Youth Counseling
Birth Certificate Fee Payment Assistance
Laundry Facilities
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Street Outreach Programs
Homeless Drop In Centers
Public Showers/Baths
Sexually Exploited Children
Soup Kitchens
Packed Lunches/Dinners
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Telephone Facilities
Sex Trade Workers
LGBTQ2+ Youth
Homeless Youth
Public Access Computers/Tools
Emergency Shelter Clearinghouses
Identification Card Fee Payment Assistance
Temporary Mailing Address
Provides support services and programs for sexually exploited adults, youth and their families, including: - Case Management - Court and legal advocacy; expungement legal clinics that help survivors remove legal barriers to employment, housing and/or higher education - Crisis line - Educational trainings and presentations - Individual and systems advocacy - LGBTQ+ specific services - Survivor Leadership support group; trafficking survivors lead group meetings and give a voice to the needs of longer-term survivors - Transitional housing - Youth prevention groups

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Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Sex Trade Workers
Human Trafficking Issues
Case/Care Management
LGBTQ2+ Issues
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Sexually Exploited Children
Workshops/Symposiums
Human Trafficking Support Groups
Outreach Programs
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
System Advocacy
Adolescents
Individual Advocacy
Human Trafficking Prevention
Sex Trade Related Helplines
Sex Trafficking Victims
Outreach workers provide street-based outreach to prostituted individuals to help build rapport, share information about Breaking Free's programs and services, provide hygiene kits, condoms, and other seasonal items in an effort to meet individuals' on-going needs. Trains stakeholders such as law enforcement, judges, corrections, schools, social workers, the medical community, the hospitality industry, etc. Outreach workers canvas areas in Minneapolis and Saint Paul that are known to be high traffic areas for prostitution.

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Homeless Youth
Girls
Homeless Women
Sex Trade Workers
Women
Street Outreach Programs
- Short-term support counseling for individuals who have been sexually assaulted including individuals used in prostitution and sex trafficking. Counseling is also available for family members and friends of sexual violence victims. - One-to-one peer counseling - Hospital Counseling/Advocacy: Counselors are available to provide counseling, offer information, provide options and support sexual assault victims at the hospital when they come in for an evidentiary exam. If the victim wishes to make a report to law enforcement, the counselor will remain to provide support. If upon arriving at the hospital the sexual assault advocate is told that the victim does not wish to have an advocate, a packet of written information will be left for the victim and the advocate will leave. Advocates provide support to family and friends of victims in the hospital.

Categories

Adult Sexual Assault Survivors
Child Sexual Assault Survivors
General Crime Victim Assistance
Sexual Assault Counseling
Sex Trade Workers
Peer Counseling
Families/Friends of Sexual Assault/Abuse Survivors
Sex Trafficking Victims
Sisters of Survival - SOS: Program features weekly prostitution support groups in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. 14-week group has a curriculum created and developed by survivors of the sex work life. After graduating from SOS, all participants are encouraged to attend an aftercare alumni group. Additional groups and services are available for relapse prevention, life skills/job skills, a speakers/writers bureau, psychotherapy by licensed practitioners weekly, street and community outreach, and a drop-in center available 40 hours a week.

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Women
Life Skills Education
Sex Trade Worker Support Groups
Sex Trade Workers
Psychodynamic Therapy
Drop In Centers
Job Readiness
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Sex Trade Transition Programs
Provides legal advocacy services including support with reporting to law enforcement, obtaining harassment restraining orders and orders for protection, and navigating the criminal justice system.

Categories

Adult Sexual Assault Survivors
Families/Friends of Adult Incest Survivors
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Sex Trade Workers
Sex Trafficking Victims
Adult Incest Survivors
Individual Advocacy
Spouse/Intimate Partner Sexual Assault Survivors
Sexual Harassment Victims
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Stalking/Harassment Orders

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