|
20-24 participants at any given time; maximum of 50 clients per year
Basic Needs (Food, Clothing, Shelter)
-
Prior to acceptance in the program, 90% of clients will complete resident orientation.
-
While in the program, 100% of clients will be provided basic food (three meals a day), clothing, and safe shelter.
-
After 6 months in the program, 70% of clients will learn the skills to keep a clean home.
-
After completion of the program, 65% of clients will have the skills to buy or have access to food, prepare and cook healthy meals.
-
Upon completion of the program, 70% of clients will be linked to independent housing.
Case Management
-
Complete one individualized service plan for 100% of clients at entry, phase completion, and exit.
-
98% of clients will complete a risk assessment within the first week of entry into the program, every month thereafter, and at exit of the program.
-
95% of clients will be linked to medical assistance by community partners, at minimum all clients will be required to complete a physical upon entry of the program.
-
In the first three months of treatment, 80% of short-term needs (safety plan, secure shelter, food, clothing, personal necessities, acute medical and dental assistance, information, and advocacy) will be accomplished.
-
Complete one safety plan for 100% of clients every three months (or at the completion of a treatment phase).
-
Within the first six months of treatment, 40% of all clients will be provided legal assistance by community partners.
-
After 6 months in the program, 30% of clients will feel prepared to cooperate with law enforcement as evidenced by completing 6 out of 10 protocols outlined in successful interviewing checklist.
-
By the end of 6 months, 75% of ongoing medical and dental assistance, mental health services, education, job training, work permits will be attained.
-
60% of long-term needs: services for life skills and competencies (using public transportation, managing finances); life stabilization, employment assistance, resolution of immigration status, independent, permanent housing, competency in English, assistance with bringing family member to US, continued safety planning will be achieved in last three months.
-
Upon discharge, 70% of all clients will complete 75% of service plan goals.
Alcohol and Drug Treatment
-
Prior to discharge of the program, 95% of all clients will be educated on healthy coping skills.
-
Upon exit of the program, 70% of clients will use alcohol and prescription drugs in an appropriate manner (minimal to no usage).
-
Upon exit of the program, 80% of all clients will be provided treatment and recovery services for substance abuse.
-
After 6 months of exit, 50% of clients will use alcohol and prescription drugs in an appropriate manner (minimal to no usage).
Mental Health
-
100% of clients will be required to complete a MH assessment (SOQIC) prior to program entry and every quarter thereafter.
-
80% of all clients will attend trauma counseling, both individual and group, for four hours a week, beginning week two of treatment and continuing until client is discharged from program.
-
75% of all clients will be linked to community MH services within the first month of treatment and every quarter thereafter.
-
After 9 months of treatment, 60% of clients will be able to give support as well as receive support.
-
Upon discharge, 75% of clients will have the ability to cope with triggers.
Life Skills
-
Within 6 months of treatment, 75% of clients will be able to set goals and be resourceful.
-
After 6 months of treatment, 80% of clients will have the skills to maintain household functions.
-
Prior to exit of the program, 60% of clients will understand and practice good, positive human relations knowledge and skills.
-
Upon exit of the program, 70% of clients will have an enhanced sense of positive self and dignity will be determined by a 2 point decrease on the EAPI on each of the six categories from the baseline score.
-
Upon exit of the program, 75% of clients will understand and be able to manage basic and complex financial matters.
Job/Education Skills
-
70% of all clients will receive cultural enrichment education and activities by week 16 of treatment.
-
After 6 months of treatment, 50% of all clients will be provided the GED/higher education/job readiness training through The Salvation Army CEC.
-
Enhance the physical, psychological, and vocational health of 50% of participants as evidenced by a 7 point decrease in 3 areas on the EAPI after 9 months of treatment.
-
Decrease in crime
-
Annually, there are 100,000 arrests for prostitution (Hughes, Donna M. Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Demand: The Driving Force of Sex Trafficking. Coalition Commentary (Spring 2003); approximately 1,000 arrests in Franklin County.36
-
Most trafficked/exploited women have committed crime while under the influence of a pimp/trafficked.37
-
Pimps also use prostituted women in forgery and credit card fraud. The community must pay for chemical dependency treatment, insurance costs and incarceration.
-
According to the Dallas Police Department, the existence of diversion and treatment programs decreases the rate of petty crimes.
-
Saves money
-
Women in the AHT case management program are arrested repeatedly, one of them 36 times. They clog the court system and burden Franklin County's overcrowded jails, where the room rate is $70 a night. Before, those in the group averaged 101 nights a year in jail. They have averaged about nine days in jail since the program began. The county went from spending $205,030 a year to lock up these women to $18,720. Take that savings for 29 women, factor in the total number of soliciting charges filed in 2010 - 1,304 - and the potential becomes tantalizing.
-
Health
-
As a result of the chronic violence, women in the sex industry often need medical care, including treatment for infectious diseases, such as AIDS and hepatitis.
-
Women who reported being regularly involved in prostitution were more than twice as likely to be victims of sexual assault or assault with a weapon by someone other than a partner as were women not involved in prostitution.
-
In a study involving prostitutes in nine countries, it was found that 71% of women in prostitution had been physically assaulted in prostitution and 63% had been raped in prostitution. 75% of the Canadian women in this study reported physical injuries from prostitution: stabbings, beatings, concussions, and broken bones. Half of these women had head injuries from violent assaults with baseball bats, crowbars, and having their heads slammed against car dashboards. They were regularly subjected to violence if they refused to perform a specific sex act.38
-
2/3 of prostitutes reported being physically assaulted by customers and 2/3 reported being beaten by pimps.39
-
50% of prostitutes reported being kidnapped by pimps; 76% were beaten by pimps; and 79% were beaten by customers.40
-
In addition to the physical health concerns, most survivors need mental health care for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychotic episodes and suicide attempts.
-
Exposure to violent traumatic events (such as rape and physical assault) has been associated with development of a wide range of mental health and substance abuse problems.41424344
-
Trauma history increases risk for drug and alcohol use.454647
-
Because many prostitutes have been sexually assaulted, they suffer from psychological effects of rape and child sexual abuse. These include rape trauma syndrome, low self-esteem, guilt, and self-destructiveness.
-
Prostitutes often will not seek counseling for their problems because they are suspicious of outsiders and authorities, fear rejection, and fear change. Prostitutes often fear admitting they have been harmed. They may have difficulty establishing enough control over their own lives to seek counseling, and they may fear that health care and other services will not help them because they are prostitutes.
-
Mimi Silbert, a counselor, states that many prostitutes have a “psychological paralysis” that involves wanting help, but rejecting it. However, it has been found that if 24-hour hotlines, counseling, advocacy and shelter care are made specifically available to prostitutes, these services will be used. Counseling has been found to help prostitutes recover from sexual trauma and improve their self-esteem.48
-
Approximately, one third of all survivors are chronically disabled and on Social Security.49
-
Addiction is almost always an issue in survivors of sexual exploitation because drugs were either forced upon the women, made readily available, or self discovered as a coping mechanism.50
-
In addition to these costs, the community loses the contributions which might have been made to legitimate community productivity by those sexually exploited. The operators of sex businesses not only do not pay for these expenses, many manage to avoid paying taxes at all.14
-
Family Restoration
-
Many women have at least one child that is not in her custody. This program will provide legal advocacy with parenting skills, household/financial maintenance skills, treatment of substance use and mental health illnesses in order to aid women in reunifying families.
Realistic Challenges
-
Funding
-
Relapse
-
Staffing
-
Resident Conflict
-
Safety/Security
-
Flight Risk
-
Stockholm Syndrome: Trauma
-
Follow up and Continuity of Care
-
Transportation
-
Length of time for assessments
-
Detoxification as prerequisite
-
Community support
-
Location
The Cost of Doing Nothing
Known Costs Per Year (based upon average of 1,000 women arrested per year)
-
Police Costs (Columbus Police Department) $2,315,071.00
-
Muni Court Judges, Public Defenders, Prosecutors, Clerks $148,000.00
-
Jail (ADAMH 2006) $2,600,000.00
-
Repeated Detox Treatment (based on 3 relapses/year) $2,625,000.00
-
DV/Hospitalizations for 1000 women $3,346,914.00
Subtotal $11,034,985.00
Share with your friends: |
