Mountain plains youth services, INC. (DBA youthworks) provides anti-trafficking services throughout north dakota to runaway, homeless, trafficked and street youth (rhtsy)

Mountain Plains Youth Services, Inc. (DBA Youthworks) will provide $799,998 in specialized housing and supportive services to survivors of human trafficking through September 2025 under a Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime. The funding supports the Services for Victims of Trafficking program (CFDA 16.320), which aims to develop and strengthen victim service programs.

Specifically, Youthworks will operate a housing program for 25 youth survivors of human trafficking annually in North Dakota. Fifteen survivors will receive rapid re-housing and supportive services each year, while ten will be housed in transitional housing units located in Bismarck and Fargo. The program includes two full-time Human Trafficking Housing Navigator positions to assist survivors in securing permanent housing and employment through intake, screening, needs assessment, and ongoing case management support services. The Navigators aim to help trafficking victims and their dependents stabilize and reintegrate into their communities.

Under this grant, youthworks will offer a specialized housing program for identified survivors of human trafficking, aged 18-24. Annually, the project will provide 15 youth survivors with rapid RE-housing and supportive services and 10 youth survivors will be housed in transitional housing. The program design will include: two human trafficking housing navigator (hthn) positions and transitional housing units in bismarck and fargo. Hthns will be responsible for intake, eligibility screening and assessment, and support services to enable survivors of human trafficking and their dependents to locate and secure permanent housing and employment, and integrate into the community.