What We Do
WHAT IS SEX TRAFFICKING
Sex Trafficking Is A Crime and Inhumane!
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA, 2000) defines sex trafficking as the “recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for one of three purposes: labor or services, commercial sex act through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, and any commercial sex act if the person is under 18 years of age, regardless of coercion.”
WHAT IS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Domestic violence, also described by the terms family violence, intimate partner violence, and teen dating violence, is a widespread problem in Florida and across the country.
* In FFY 2019, 7,530 victims made a request for shelter but their request was not met due to lack of space.
*Among high school students who dated, 21% of girls and 10% of boys experienced physical and/or sexual dating violence.
NATIONAL STATISTICS
Trafficking is the fastest growing industry and second largest criminal enterprise in the United States (US Department of Justice, 2010; Urban Institute, 2014)
244,000 – 325,000 children are at risk of being victimized by DMST in the U.S. every year (Estes & Weiner, 2001)
100,000 children are forced into the sex slavery industry annually (missingkids.com)
The average age of entry into the commercial sex market for children is between 12 and 14 years old (sharedhope.org)
1 in 6 reported endangered runaways are believed to be victims of child sex trafficking (missingkids.com)
Size of commercial sex economy in major U.S. cities ranges from an estimated $39 million – $290 million per year (Urban Institute, 2014)
FLORIDA
STATISTICS
Tampa has been identified as one of the cities with the highest incidences of child sex trafficking (FBI, 2005; Urban Institute, 2014)
Between 200 – 400 adolescent girls are sold online per month (The Shapiro Group, 2010)
Approximately 65% of men who purchase sex with female children in Tampa live in suburban areas outside the I-285 perimeter (The Shapiro Group, 2010)
Traffickers in Tampa make an average of $33,000 per week (Urban Institute, 2014)
7,200 men purchase sex from a minor every month in Florida accounting for 8,700 sex acts (The Shapiro Group, 2010)
91% of DMST victims in Florida were enrolled in school at the time of their exploitation (Florida Cares, 2016)
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Providing Housing, Counseling, and Intervention Services
Our mission is to provide provide vocational training and transitional housings for human and sex trafficking victims, domestic violence and rape victims. The planning for Purpose House residential facility is under way. Youth transitional living facility will serve girls ages 12-17 and Adult transitional living facilities for women ages 18-30.
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We are here to serve those who have been a victim of
Sex Trafficking, Domestic Violence and Rape abuse.