Covenant House [to 1 November 2014]

Covenant House Awarded $1 Million Anonymous Foundation Grant To Support Human Trafficking Survivors
Monday, October 27, 2014 at 2:30 pm
A new, anonymous grant of $1 million over three years will result in Covenant House New York and LifeWay Network establishing the Aspire Home in New York, a safe house for trafficked youth.
Covenant House New York and LifeWay Network will transform an underutilized property into a therapeutic home with a 10 bed capacity, where these young women can transition from victim to survivor. The home will serve survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and labor and sex trafficking between the ages of 18-24 and offer comprehensive, wrap-around services including mental health and casework services. Survivors can live in the home for up to 18 months. Referrals will be made into through Covenant House New York’s main homeless shelter…