Human Trafficking
You can report trafficking crimes or get help by calling the Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force Complaint Line at 1-888-428-7581 (voice and TTY). New laws provide options for trafficking victims regardless of immigration status. Operators have access to interpreters and can talk with callers in their own language. The service is offered on weekdays from 9AM to 5PM EST. After these hours, information is available on tape in English, Spanish, Russian, and Mandarin. The Kings County District Attorney's Office monitors a 24 hour hotline for victims and those with knowledge of sex trafficking. The number is 718-250-2770. Additionally, the office offers comprehensive serivices to victims through the District Attorney's Counseling Services Unit. These services are available weekdays from 9AM to 5PM. To make an appointment call 718-250-3820. A guide to further resources can be found at the NYC Let's End Human Trafficking website. NYC Human Trafficking Resource Directory
This 2011 edition is a referral guide for service providers, law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and victims. New York District Attorney's Office Human Trafficking Hotline 212-335-3400
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Use this hotline to report a tip, connect with anti-trafficking services in your area, or to request training and technical assistance, general information, or specific anti-trafficking resources. Call 1-888-3737-888
Sanctuary for Families: Anti-Trafficking Project
Provides targeted outreach and specialized services to victims of sex trafficking. This project provides legal advice and representation, clinical services, and a wide range of referral resources ranging from medical screening and care to impatient and outpatient substance abuse programs. Manhattan Office
PO Box 1406, Wall Street Station
New York, NY 10268
Phone: (212) 349 – 6009
Bronx Community Office
PO Box 911, Hub Station
Bronx, NY 10455
Phone: (718) 993–5990
Safe Horizon: Anti-Trafficking Program
The Anti-Trafficking Program at Safe Horizon assists women, men, and children who are victims of labor and sex trafficking. Since its founding, the Anti-Trafficking Program has helped in over 360 cases within and outside the New York metropolitan area, giving human trafficking survivors from more than 60 countries the means to truly escape modern-day slavery. 24-hour toll-free Hotline: 800.621.HOPE (4673)
Phone: 718.943.8631
Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE)
The Standing Against Global Exploitation Project—or the SAGE Project—is a nonprofit organization with one primary aim: bringing an end to the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adults (CSE/CSEC). SAGE contributes to that goal by raising awareness about CSE/CSEC issues, and by providing outreach and services to CSE/CSEC survivors. SAGE is a unique collaboration between law enforcement, public health, social services, and private agencies.The SAGE Project, Inc.
1275 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 905-5050
info@sagesf.org
Restore NYC
This program provides tailored services that are victim-centered and implements an empowerment model that focuses on restoring a client’s freedom and identity through validation, community and a celebration of strengths. Currently, Restore offers specialized services for the Korean and Chinese immigrant population. Restore’s direct services include: individual counseling, case management, medical advocacy, court advocacy, mentoring program, movement therapy, community outreach & a long-term safehouse.Bowling Green Station
P.O. Box 1003
New York, NY 10274-1003
info@restorenyc.org
Polaris Project
With programs operating at international, national and local levels through offices in Washington, DC, Newark, NJ, and Tokyo, Japan, Polaris Project is one of the few organizations working on all forms of trafficking and serving both citizens and foreign national victims of human trafficking. Polaris Project conducts direct outreach and victim identification, provides social services and transitional housing to victims, operating the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC), which serves as the central national hotline on human trafficking. Polaris Project advocates for stronger state and Federal anti-trafficking legislation and works to engage community members in local and national grassroots efforts.Hotlines
Multilingual National Hotline-1-888-3737-888
Korean Hotline-1-888-976-5274
Spanish Hotline-1-888-80-AYUDA Newark, New Jersey Office
P.O. Box 32489 Newark, NJ 07102
Tel: 973-624-5454
Fax: 973-624-5400
NJ@PolarisProject.org
www.polarisproject.org
Sex Workers Project/ Urban Justice Center
Services available in many languages to victims of sex and labor trafficking. Services offered in community education/training, court/police accompaniment, DV, immigration, legal services, long term counseling, referrals and trafficking victim services. Call 646-602-5617 Monday-Friday 10-6 History Starts NOW
This is a relatively new organization targeted at awareness projects and fundraising to push legislation against human trafficking, particularly the sex trade involving women and children. Phone: 347-878-1NOW
NY Asian Women’s Center (Project Free)
Services available in Chinese Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Laos, Japanese, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali for victims of sex and labor trafficking and domestic violence. Services offered include community education/training, police accompaniment, crisis counseling, domestic violence, immigration, emergency assistance/transportation, health services, long term counseling, public assistance, referrals, shelter/housing assistance, emergency housing, stalking and trafficking victim services. 24/7 Multilingual Hotline: 888-888-7702 | 212-732-0054 x133 New York Asian Women's Center
39 Bowery, PMB 375
New York, NY 10002
Open: Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm
Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
Provides medical services, mental health services, social services, and legal advocacy.462 First Avenue, CD732
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-683-7446
Catholic Charities Community Services, Arch. of New York
Provides immigration services and legal services. Available languages: Spanish, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Urdu, Punjabi, French, Italian, Albanian, Turkish, Macedonian, Polish, Hindu, Arabic. Program Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Phone: 212-419-3700
Helpline: 888-744-7900
Prostitution Research & Education
Prostitution Research & Education (PRE) conducts research on prostitution, pornography and trafficking, and offers education and consultation to researchers, survivors, the public and policymakers. PRE’s goal is to abolish the institution of prostitution while at the same time advocating for alternatives to trafficking and prostitution – including emotional and physical healthcare for women in prostitution.Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc. • Refugee/Asylee Program
Provides community education and training, English as a second language classes, job training, legal services, j placement help, etc. Available languages: Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese. 70 Mulberry Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-571-1695 x246
CUNY Citizenship and Immigration Project
Provides immigration services. Phone: 646-344-7245
Farmworker Legal Services of New York, Inc.
Provides legal services, trafficking victim services, immigrant services, sex trafficking and labor trafficking resources, etc. Available languages: Spanish, Haitian, Creole. 1187 Culver Road
Rochester, NY 14609
Phone: 585-325-3050
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
Provides community education and training, immigration services, English as a second language classes, emergency assistance and transportation, job training, legal services, referrals, sex and labor trafficking resources, etc. Available languages: Spanish, Russian. Program Hours: Mon-Thur 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-2pm
3001 West 37th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11224
Phone: 718-449-5000
Main Street Legal Services, Inc. • Immigrant & Refugee Rights Clinic, International Women’s Rights Clinic
Services Provided: Domestic Violence (General), Immigration, Trafficking Victims Services
Languages: Spanish, Bengali, Urdu, Hindi 65-21 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11367
Phone: 718-340-4300
New York City Family Justice Centers
Services Provided: Community Education/Training, Court/Police Accompaniment, Crisis Counseling, Domestic Violence (General), Immigration, English as a Second Language, Emergency Assistance/Transportation, Legal Services, Long Term Counseling, Public Assistance, Referrals, Shelter/Housing Assistance, Emergency Housing (Adult and Children), Stalking, Trafficking Victim Services Brooklyn Office
350 Jay Street, 15th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718-250-5111 Queens Office
126-02 82nd Avenue
Kew Gardens, Queens, NY
Phone: 718-575-4500
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation
Services Provided: Immigration, English as a Second Language, Job Training
Program Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm • Fee: None
Languages: Spanish 76 Wadsworth Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10033
Phone: 212-822-8341
St. Luke’s –Roosevelt Hospital – Crime Victims Treatment Center
Services available in French and Spanish. Offers treatment. Monday-Friday 9-5 (evening hours available). 212-523-4728
Youth Focused Organizations The Door
Offers a range of services to young people. 121 Avenue of the America, New York, NY 10013 212-914-9090
International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA)
Services provided to male, female, transgender victims of labor and sex trafficking. Services provided in community education/training, immigration, advanced training technical assistance to law enforcement service providers. www.iofa.org 4305 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618. Call 773-404-8831 Monday-Friday 9-5. Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA), Gateways
Services provided in English and Spanish to female minor s who are victims of sex trafficking. Services include residential treatment, court/police accompaniment, crisis counseling, DV, Emergency Assistance/transportation, health services, HIV/AIDS, job training, legal services, longer term counseling, public assistance, referrals, sexual assault, shelter/housing assistance, emergency housing (children), trafficking victims services, recreational therapy, family/group counseling. www.jccany.org 1075 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570 Available 24/7. 914-741-4584
GEMS
Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) is the only organization in New York State specifically designed to serve girls and young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. GEMS was founded in 1999 by Rachel Lloyd, a young woman who had been sexually exploited as a teenager. GEMS has helped hundreds of young women and girls, ages 12-21, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and to develop to their full potential. GEMS provides young women with empathetic, consistent support and viable opportunities for positive change.
Phone: 212-926-8089
Covenant House
Provides crisis counseling for teens and their caregivers, a toll-free number to assist children any time of the day, emergency shelter for runaway teens and services to help children and teens on the streets who are victims of prostitution. 460 West 41st Street
New York NY, 10036
Hotline: 800-999-9999 online: http://www.nineline.org/
Phone: 212-613-0300
Fax: 212-947-2478
Government AgenciesManhattan DA, Victim Assistance Center
Offers information on victim’s rights and victim assistance services. Phone: 212-335-9040
Counseling Dept: 212-335-9633
Social Services Dept: 212-335-9040
Division of Criminal Justice Services
Confirms victims of human trafficking and assists law enforcement and all agencies requesting assistance with human trafficking issues. Assistance includes training in areas involving the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases. 4 Tower Place Albany
New York, 12203-3764
Phone: 518-457-8420
New York State Crime Victims Board
Provides compensation to innocent victims of crime for their out-of-pocket losses associated with the crime. (Spanish, Chinese) 55 Hanson Place, 10th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: 800-247-8035; 518-457-8003
Contact Person: Virginia Miller, Executive Director
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
Services Provided: Community Education/Training, Referrals, Investigate Employers, Compute and Recover Back Wages 26 Federal Plaza, Suite 3700
New York, NY 10278
Phone: 212-264-8185
Direct Line for Task Force: 646-587-5395
Email: Fung.Kim@dol.gov
Contact Person: Kim Fung
Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)
Offers services to runaway and homeless youth including those who are pregnant/parenting or sexually-exploited. Services available include drop-in centers, youth employment, afterschool and literacy programs and crisis shelter. Phone: 1-800-246-4646
Outside NYC: 212-227-4005
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA)
Provides Trafficking victim services
OTDA: 317 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10027 NYC Regional Service Provider:
Safe Horizon: 50 Court Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
Phone: 718- 943-8631 (Safe Horizon); 212-961-5688 (OTDA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Victim Assistance Program, Crimes against Children
Services for victims of sex trafficking. Offers services regarding community education/training, referrals, liases between victim and special agent investigating case, helps with T Visas. 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278 Contact for Victim Assistance Program – Laura Riso, Victim Sepecialist, 212-384-2564
Contact for Crimes Against Children – Special Agent Evan Nicholas, 212-384-4453 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Victim assistance program Contact – Tenaz H. Dubash, Victim Specialist, tenaz.dubash@dhs.gov 646-230-3471
SheltersWomen in Need, Inc.
Offers services to homeless women with children who are referred by DHS (PATH) regarding DV, HIV/AIDS, referrals, shelther/housing assistance and substance abuse treatment for women. 212-695-4758 Safe Horizon: Streetwork Project
The Streetwork Project is committed to reaching out to homeless and disenfranchised youth of NYC, offering them respite from hunger, cold, loneliness and fear and the opportunity to reclaim for themselves a sense of dignity and self-worth. Streetwork clients (children, teens and young adults up to age 24) are provided with the following free services: legal, medical and psychiatric services, individual and group counseling, case management, advocacy, help in obtaining identification, emergency and crisis housing, GED preparation and support, help in obtaining Medicaid and other benefits, hot meals, showers, clothing, wellness activities including acupuncture, yoga, nutritional counseling, HIV prevention counseling, parenting groups, drop-in groups and the opportunity to socialize in a safe, non-judgmental setting. Call 800.708.6600
Uptown: Monday/Tue/Fri noon-5/ Sun noon-4 (emergency assessments only) 212-695-2220, Overnight – 917-804-9758
Lower East Side: Monday 2-6, Tues/Thurs/Fri 3-7. 646-602-6404 Overnight – 646-342-9861
SAKHI for South Asian Women
Services provided in Bangla, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and additional South Asian Languages. Services offered to South Asian women in community education, court/police accompaniment, crisis response, DV, emergency assistance/transportation, referrals. www.sakhi.org
212-714-9153 Monday-Friday 10-6
HELPLINE: 212-868-6741
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