Generatehope

GenerateHope provides residential restorative care programs for adult female survivors of sex trafficking in 3 different shelter homes in San Diego, CA, and Northern Colorado. The three pillars of our services are safe housing, intensive therapy, and education/vocational training. Safe long-term shelter is provided with individual bedrooms for 6 survivors at a time in each home. We deliberately house and care for survivors in a family-style environment to heal in a trusting and intimate community. We provide room and board, all basic necessities, and a comprehensive restorative care program at no cost to survivors, who may remain in our Restorative Care Programs for up to two years. Our Transition Home in San Diego provides ongoing support for 6 women who have completed the Restorative Care program. The guided independence model supports their collegiate or vocational goals and allows them to live rent-free for an additional 1-2 years. Through our continuity of care model, we are able to support healing, restoration, and self-sufficiency for the women who participate in our programs.

EDUCATION (Academic and Life Skills Acquisition): USED AND CREATED TRAUMA-INFORMED CURRICULUMS TO MEET THESE COMPLEX NEEDS FOR ADULT SURVIVORS. OUR PROGRESSIVE FOCUS ON SCHOLARSHIP ADDED VALUE TO PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS. KEY OUTCOMES TO LONG-TERM SUCCESS INCLUDED A LIVING-WAGE VOCATION AND NEW SKILLS AS CRITICAL THINKERS AND LIFE-LONG LEARNERS. THE EDUCATION PROGRAM RUNS YEAR-ROUND. OUR CREDENTIALED TEACHERINTEGRATED ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT WITH INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING OUTCOMES, AS EVERYVICTIMS NEEDS ARE UNIQUE. ADJUNCT PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS BRING A VARIETY OF EXPERTISE INTO THE LEARNING CENTER IN AREAS LIKE WRITING AND EXPRESSION, FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE, RESUMES AND INTERVIEW SKILLS, CAREER PATH COACHING, AND OTHER KEY VOCATIONAL SKILLS.

TRAUMA THERAPY (Individual and group therapy FOR healing): ON-SITE LICENSED PSYCHOTHERAPISTS PROVIDED TRAUMA-INFORMED THERAPY, INCLUDING COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT) AND DIALECTIC BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT). EACH SURVIVOR RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF FOUR GROUP SESSIONS AND ONE HOUR OF INDIVIDUAL THERAPY PER WEEK, INCLUDING PROGRESSIVE EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR). THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RESIDENTS RECEIVED TRAUMA-INFORMED CLINICAL CARE IN OVER 20 TOPIC-SPECIFIC GROUPS SUCH AS: ANGER MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, PTSD, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, AND EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SELF-REGULATION TO REVERSETHE COMPLEX IMPACT FROM SURVIVING THE TRAUMAS OF SEX TRAFFICKING.