Programs and results
What we aim to solve
All over the US, men, women, girls, and boys from a wide variety of backgrounds are victimized through sex trafficking. The sex trafficking industry is fueled by buyers who pay traffickers to supply victims to meet their demand. By law, sex trafficking occurs when a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud or coercion if the victim is 18 years of age or older. Any minor who performs a commercial sex act is federally defined as a victim of sex trafficking, regardless of the use of force, fraud or coercion. But there's hope to combat this problem with your help!
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Stop the Injustice Campaign
This campaign seeks to end the criminalization of child sex trafficking victims and develop protective responses to connect youth to trauma informed services.
Protected Innocence Challenge
Every state receives an annual Report Card that grades the strength of state laws in combating child sex trafficking and offers practical recommendations for improvement.
Partners & International Villages of Hope
Since our founding in 1998, Shared Hope has been committed to supporting holistic, long-term, survivor-informed care for victims of sex trafficking by supporting residential facilities where residents have access to medical and mental health care, education, job training and economic development programs.
Shared Hope has built and continues to support Villages or Homes of Hope in Fiji, Nepal, India, and Jamaica, which offer safe communities of refuge and restoration to rescued victims of sexual slavery and their children. In other locations, including South Africa and Japan, we funded the establishment of restoration facilities that has become self-sustaining. Shared Hope also provides grants to US partners working directly with survivors.
JuST Conference
This unforgettable and inspiring conference features today’s most pressing issues in the anti-trafficking field. Presentations and workshops focus on skill-building, survivor experiences, cross-discipline collaboration, task force development, case studies and lessons learned. The JuST Conference continues to stand by the motto that each person has a role to play in preventing and ending commercial sexual exploitation, and that a collaborative community response is critical.
Center for Justice & Advocacy
Shared Hope’s Center for Justice and Advocacy supports the development of federal and state policies and legislation. By providing research, expert testimony, coalition support, and advocacy initiatives we strengthen trafficking laws and build better policies to protect victims and prosecute traffickers and buyers.
Ambassadors of Hope
Ambassadors of Hope are people like you – men and women who educate, equip and connect with information and resources to wake up their communities to help prevent sex trafficking in America. They are an army of trained volunteers for Shared Hope, expanding our impact around the nation. Through Chosen, our youth sex trafficking prevention film, and our Ambassadors of Hope, we spread awareness about sex trafficking and teach communities to defend their children.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
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Direction of Success
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Total dollars received in contributions
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Shared Hope combats this issue with our comprehensive, three-pronged approach: prevent trafficking, restore and empower survivors, and bring justice to vulnerable adults and children. Together we can create a world passionately opposed to sex trafficking where every survivor is surrounded by trained professionals, an alert community, just law and policy, knowledgeable service providers and appropriate shelter options.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Through our pillars of Prevent, Restore and Bring Justice, we respond with creative strategies to end sex trafficking:
PREVENT
Training - We host annual training conferences to equip professionals and community members to identify signs of trafficking and respond to help sex trafficking victims. Shared Hope also offers a variety of e-learning courses, webinars, training guides and videos so agencies and organizations can receive comprehensive training anytime.
Awareness- Through Chosen, our youth sex trafficking prevention film, and hundreds of trained Ambassadors of Hope—our army of
volunteers—we spread awareness about sex trafficking and teach communities to defend their children.
Research-Shared Hope International has conducted two decades of research on the issue of sex trafficking. Visit sharedhope.org/resources
for a complete list.
RESTORE
Partners - We provide funding and technical assistance to partners in India, Nepal, Jamaica and the United States.
We support:
• safe homes
• medical care
• education
• vocational training
• therapy and outreach
• intervention services
JuST Response Council - We lead a group of over 30 organizations that collaborate on the best responses for juvenile sex trafficking victims based on the group’s combined research and experience in services, law and policy.
Women's Investment Network - Job training and leadership development programs help women compete in the global market and achieve financial independence. International programs include cosmetology, jewelry and leather making, and print services. The U.S. program focuses on computer and administrative skills.
BRING JUSTICE
Center for Justice & Advocacy - The Center supports the development of federal and state policies and legislation. By providing research, expert testimony, coalition support, and advocacy initiatives we strengthen trafficking laws and build better policies to protect victims and
prosecute traffickers and buyers.
The Protected Innocence Challenge - Every state receives an annual Report Card that grades the strength of state laws in combating child sex trafficking and offers practical recommendations for improvement.
Stop the Injustice Campaign - This campaign seeks to end the criminalization of child sex trafficking victims and develop protective responses to connect youth to trauma informed services.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Shared Hope operates out of two offices, one the Washington, DC area and our headquarters in Vancouver, Washington State. A staff of 26 help us reach our goals to prevent trafficking, restore and empower survivors and bring justice to perpetrators.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Shared Hope – the only non-government organization working in every state to end child sex trafficking through legal reform. We will press forward through our prevention and restoration initiatives, as well as our Shared Hope Center for Justice and Advocacy to bring justice to the victims of this crime.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
Victims/survivors of sex trafficking.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL
Board of directorsas of 01/20/2023
Christine Harmon, MD
Shared Hope International
Term: 2013 -
Linda Smith
Shared Hope International
Nick Lembo
Shared Hope International
Marjorie Austen
Shared Hope International
Donna Lancaster
Shared Hope International
Dan O'Bryant
Shared Hope International
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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