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Human Trafficking Victim & Homeless Youth Support
In 2014, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) released a report that estimated that more than 4,000 students in Massachusetts public high schools were experiencing homelessness. In our opinion, that number is simply too high.
In 2014, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) released a report that estimated that more than 4,000 students in Massachusetts public high schools were experiencing homelessness. In our opinion, that number is simply too high.
FOHAG is on a mission to provide adequate homeless youth support to these students and the victims and survivors of human trafficking. Human trafficking is the second most lucrative crime in the world—second only to drug trafficking. It is a modern-day form of slavery in which individuals perform commercial sex using force, fraud, or coercion. Any minor under the age of 18 engaging in commercial sex is a victim of human trafficking—regardless of the reason.
Many of the children and young adults that become victims of human trafficking are experiencing some form of homelessness. The predators see this lack of a support system and take advantage of it. This is also why children who are just leaving foster care are at such a high risk since nearly 40% of the 20,000 young people who “age out” of foster care each year will become homeless.
Reach out to our team to better understand how your donations can assist us in creating a support network for these young people so that they can avoid falling prey to—or recover from—trafficking.
Reach out to our team to better understand how your donations can assist us in creating a support network for these young people so that they can avoid falling prey to—or recover from—trafficking.
