Embracing Freedom Ministry

Harvest House Ministry is a non-profit organization that provides advocacy services to victims of sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children. Through federal grant subawards from the Governor's Office of the State of Texas, Harvest House Ministry has expanded advocacy center services in multiple Texas counties, ensuring trauma-informed care and support for healing and progress among child victims.

Specifically, Harvest House Ministry utilization of federal grant funding includes serving as a subawardee on projects providing specialized shelter, case management, counseling, therapy, and other assistance to commercially sexually exploited children. Subawards also enable Harvest House Ministry to conduct education and training on these issues with schools, churches, medical offices, law enforcement, and other community entities in targeted regions of Texas. Types of direct client services include attending court hearings with child victims, coordinating healthcare appointments and other advocacy services, and generally ensuring high-quality care and continuity of care. Federal grants supporting this work have derived from programs aimed at serving crime victims, with the Governor's Office of the State of Texas acting as the prime grantee and Harvest House Ministry fulfilling specialized victim assistance roles as a subawardee.