​Savannah Specific Resources 

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Brightside Child and Family Advocacy
www.brightsideadvocacy.org/

• ​Operates CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and Family Visitation Center
• ​​Use of Family Visitor’s Center for Tharros Place residents/former residents, and staff training on human trafficking

Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council
https://www.chathamsafetynet.org

• Develops and implements programs to promote safety and resilience in Chatham County
• Programs include: Prevent Suicide Today, Mindful Self-Compassion, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, and Front Porch ACTS: Adolescents & Children Transforming Savannah

Coastal Children's Advocacy Center
https://www.ccac-savannah.org/​

• Unites public, private, and community resources to provide each child who has suffered abuse with justice, hope, and healing
• Provides services to approximately 220 child victims and witnesses, and an equivalent number of non-offending family members, each year

Heads-Up Guidance Services (HUGS)
https://www.headsupsavannah.org/​

• Provides counseling for those who are under-insured or lacking the financial means to pay the high cost of services by offering low-cost, self-pay pricing. This is made possible by community donations and dedicated volunteers. HUGS’ counselors all volunteer their time and expertise to make counseling affordable. 

H.O.P.E Court, Memorandum of Understanding; Referral Form
https://go.boarddocs.com/ga/sccs/Board.nsf/files/BXPNZJ625CD9/$file/hope%20court%20steering%20committe-community%20partner%20mou.pdf

• Juvenile Court Treatment Court for victims of Human Trafficking
• ​Critical partner in identifying victims, referrals, collaborating in juvenile court process

Mary's Place
https://www.marysplacega.org/

• Rape Crisis Center
• ​Counseling, case management, and aftercare for residents

Park Place Outreach
https://www.parkplaceyes.org/​

• Youth Emergency Shelter for homeless youth
• ​Partner in referrals for residents who are identified as victims of human trafficking and staff training on human trafficking

Mediation Center for Coastal Georgia
https://mediationsavannah.com/​

• Provides mediation and conflict resolution services and Ambassadors of Peace conflict resolution education to residents

SIDC Traffick Jam
https://thesidc.org/

• An annual event raising awareness of human trafficking, education about the issue, and inspiring change within the Georgia community

​Georgia Specific Resources

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Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia
https://www.cacga.org/

• Conducts forensic interviews, family and victim advocacy, therapy and therapy referrals, medical exams and referrals

Chatham County Juvenile Court
https://courts.chathamcountyga.gov/Juvenile/Information

• Have multiple programs, including H.O.P.E Court listed above, all intended to assist youth involved with the juvenile system to receive therapy, different services such as a youth educational shoplifting program, and mediation

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Stephanie Blank Center
https://www.choa.org/medical-services/child-protection-advocacy-center

• Conducts forensic medical exams on minor victims of sex trafficking and sexual assault

CJCC Human Trafficking Task Force
https://cjcc.georgia.gov/human-trafficking-task-force

• Protects the citizens of Georgia from perpetrators and systems of exploitation while concurrently working to support recovery of adults and victims of all forms of exploitation to ensure that they are ready for college, work, and a successful future

Division of Family & Children Services 
​https://dfcs.georgia.gov/

1. Child protective services
2. The DFCS staff is increasingly being trained specifically to handle CSEC cases

Frontline Response 
https://www.frontlineresponse.org/

• Picks up adult victim upon request and provides shelter and other services

Georgia Bureau of Investigation; Child Abuse Investigative Support Center
https://dofs-gbi.georgia.gov/departments/medical-examiners-office/child-abuse-investigative-support-center

• Operates Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit
• Linked is the Child Abuse Investigative Support Center specifically for investigation of maltreatment of youth within Georgia

Georgia Coalition to End Human Trafficking    
https://endhtga.org
Hotline: 1-866-363-4842

• Leadership, direction, and best practices for human trafficking
• Promotes consistency and a coordinated, victim-centered and trauma-informed response throughout Georgia
• Operates hotline

GRACE Commission; Human Trafficking Awareness Training for Everyone
https://gov.georgia.gov/first-lady/grace-commission

• Created by First Lady Marty Kemp to combat the threat of human trafficking in the State of Georgia
  
• Composed of public officials, law enforcement, for-profit and non-profit organizations, faith-based institutions, and subject matter experts to tackle human trafficking, seek justice for victims, and hold bad actors accountable

Street Grace
https://www.streetgrace.org

• Faith-based organization that utilizes evidence-based demand reduction strategies to eradicate the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Tapestri
https://tapestri.org

• Addresses needs of foreign-born survivors, provides crisis counseling, short term shelter and housing assistance, healthcare, legal and immigration uses, TESL, vocational and life skills training and translation services

Wellspring Living
https://wellspringliving.org/
​​Hotline: 470-467-3669

• Residential facility in Atlanta Georgia for sexually trafficked youth ages 11-17. Have multiple established programs to help victims heal during and after their 90 days at the facility​

UGA CEASE Clinic
http://cease.law.uga.edu

1. Legal clinic at University of Georgia School of Law for Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation
2. ​Provides free trauma-informed legal services to survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation; increase access to justice for survivors