Human Trafficking
Providing programs that support human trafficking survivors on their journeys to safety, stability, and self-empowerment.
How We Serve
Public Awareness Campaigns
The Salvation Army raises national awareness of the injustices of human trafficking in collaboration with local and international partners, coalitions and nongovernmental organizations. Through prevention activities, we reduce vulnerabilities and demand for forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. We pursue safety and justice for those who are victims of trafficking and offer holistic support and social services to survivors. In 2021, The Salvation Army helped 8,865 trafficking survivors. Read The Salvation Army's 2021 National Impact Report.
Comprehensive Case Management
We provide ongoing support and services to those who have survived trafficking through our victim assistance programs. Along with the immediate needs of shelter, transportation, food, and clothing, we address physical and psychological trauma through a variety of services, including:
- Medical and dental care
- Victim advocacy
- Crisis intervention
- Safety planning
- Legal assistance
- Interpreter services
- Workforce development
- Repatriation
- Social service benefits
- Substance misuse treatment
- Childcare
- Trauma-informed care
- Peer support
- Outreach and engagement with survivors
A Legacy of Justice
For more than 150 years, The Salvation Army has stood firmly behind individuals impacted by trafficking and exploitation. In the 1800s, we pioneered an undercover sex trafficking investigation, which directly shaped the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885. By 1900, The Salvation Army had created over 100 safe house throughout London, New York, and other global locations to help those fleeing exploitative circumstances. Over a century later, we remain fully committed to eradicating forced labor and sexual exploitation and to ending sexual and gender-based violence.
Serving All Without Discrimination
In providing its anti-human trafficking programs and services, The Salvation Army is committed to serving all those in need without discrimination or harassment based on age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic in accordance with our capacity to help.
The Salvation Army joins with international partners of survivors and activists to combat the injustices of human trafficking.
The Salvation Army joins with survivor leaders, nonprofit organizations, service providers, and numerous other community partners to identify and holistically respond to survivors of forced labor and sexual exploitation. Our national strategy to combat human trafficking helps both foreign and domestic human trafficking victims of all ages and ethnicities through our nationwide case management network. Along with giving immediate refuge and relief to victims, we take a holistic approach to healing, helping each person move from a state of victimized enslavement to God-centered self-sufficiency.
Stats
9,146
Human Trafficking survivors were helped by The Salvation Army in 2023
49.6 Million
Today, there are 49.6 million people in modern slavery worldwide, and 12 million of them are children.
54%
of those trapped in modern slavery are women and girls.
Make an impact by supporting national anti-trafficking efforts
Donating to our anti-human trafficking initiatives is crucial for supporting efforts to combat modern-day trafficking; provide physical, emotional, and spiritual support to survivors; and raise awareness.
