Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking: Goals

Development of guidelines for use by the INS and U.S. Courts in releasing trafficked persons to community care.
Coordination and training of a network of private non-profit human services providers to respond to the critical needs of this underserved population.
Advocacy for policy change and recognition of trafficking as a human rights abuse.

To effectively coordinate among human service providers in order to best accomplish the following goals:

To assist trafficked persons in re-establishing healthy and normal lives through coordination of direct service capacities in the areas of health, mental health, job skills training and educational services.
To ensure the availability of trafficked persons for service as effective material witnesses in order to contribute to the prosecution of traffickers.
To establish a safe and secure shelter for trafficked persons, and a resource center to provide ongoing training, information and research.
To provide a model that can be used in other regions of the country.
To work with international organizations, government agencies and non-governmental organizations in order to provide appropriate and safe repatriation and reintegration for trafficked persons returning to their countries of origin.