Posted by PLM
 
 
Intersection to Care (ITC) Rotary Global Grant mission is to provide community reintegration services for vulnerable women leaving incarceration to prevent victimization into trafficking and sexual exploitation.
 Committee membership is open to anyone interested in providing assistance to women leaving incarceration. Please contact Patti Mellard at 785-640-9999, patti@keystaffing.com for more information or if you would like to attend the meeting via Zoom.
 
In our community more than 50 women are released from jail every month. The community has no comprehensive reintegration process or plan for these women. This lack of reintegration services makes them susceptible to sex traffickers who are waiting in the jail’s dark and ominous parking lot to “help.”  These women are extremely vulnerable because they have experienced trauma; many having been sold for sex. They leave incarceration with only the clothes they wore coming to jail, no food, money, phone, transportation, or housing. Traffickers offering basic needs in exchange for sexual servitude are likely very tempting. Prior to a woman’s release, our project will provide a comprehensive community-based support program implemented as they exit the jail door. We will provide immediate, basic needs in the form of clothing, food vouchers, prepaid phones, and bus fare. We will meet with each woman to develop a mentorship plan to help them overcome barriers to housing, employment, education, and healthcare.