SAN diego youth services will provide flexible short term housing assistance (STHA) and transitional housing (TH) with culturally appropriate, survivor-centered services for transitional age youth who…

San Diego Youth Services will provide $800,000 in flexible short-term housing assistance and transitional housing services through September 2025 under a Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320).

In partnership with the San Diego Refugee Communities Coalition and its 12 member organizations, S.D. Youth Services will deliver culturally appropriate housing, case management, and community referrals to 24 survivors of sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation ages 16 to 25, with an emphasis on underserved refugee populations from East Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, Eastern Europe, and Haiti. Additional services include assessing trafficking risks within refugee communities to develop tailored education for 360 individuals, anti-trafficking training for coalition members, and language-specific outreach materials in Russian, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Burmese, Dari, and Pashto.

SAN diego youth services will provide flexible short term housing assistance (STHA) and transitional housing (TH) with culturally appropriate, survivor-centered services for transitional age youth who have experienced SEX trafficking/commercial sexual exploitation (ST/CSE), emphasizing underserved refugee populations, especially those from east african, middle eastern, central and south asian, slavic, and haitian backgrounds, in SAN diego county. In partnership SAN diego refugee communities coalition (SDRCC), a collective of 12 ethnic-community based organizations serving refugees, asylum seekers, and their families, SAN diego youth services will provide: 1) flexible, hybrid STHA and TH for 24 survivors between 16- to 25-years-old with culturally appropriate, strengths-based, survivor-driven assessments, service plans, case management, linkages, and follow-up support; 2) linkages to community resources and services, including SDRCC-member culturally specific supports, employment and education services, and permanent housing; 3) assessment of refugee communities risks and needs for human trafficking (HT) to develop a SAN diego-specific refugee HT curricula delivered to 360 individuals; 4) train SDRCC member staff on screening, assessment, and referrals of ST/CSE survivors; SDRCC will train sdys on refugee needs, strengths, and cultural resources; 5) language-specific trafficking materials (russian, haitian creole, arabic, burmese/karen, dari/pashto).