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Our Program
Our Mission:
To educate and equip youth and communities with the tools to prevent exploitation, heal from trauma, and lead in community change.
Our Vision:
A society where young people are protected, aware, and equipped to resist trafficking.
Taking Back the Girls is the first of its kind. We are a non-profit organization that is an ALL-IN-ONE program for services adolescents. Our focus is on ensuring that adolescents in the community receive services to promote respect, independence, and a successful future.
We are always looking for volunteers, interns, and donations of all kinds.
Our Services
We have a small team of experienced Social Work professionals with extensive knowledge in adolescent behaviors, group facilitation, child welfare, community organizations, program development, and instructing Independent Living Skills. Our center is working within the community to provide adolescent girls the support and services needed to promote human dignity, self-esteem, independence, and ultimately a successful future.
Support and Services:
Our center specifically works on adolescent wrap around support, necessary skills through group work, mentorship, family supports, and provides referrals for outside resources the whole family may need. We build on strengths and encourage positive reinforcement, so they can believe in themselves on their way to accomplishing goals.
Taking Back the Girls works to provide services the community needs. Our outreach staff conducts surveys to the community to continue to provide truly needed services.
Workshops:
Taking Back the Girls offers various trainings/workshops and guest presentations in a variety of areas listed below. Groups will be 12 weeks, there is Phase 1 & Phase 2. The topics will change day to day to allow participants to get a full range of insight in all areas for a successful future. There is Phase 3 for those participants that have completed Phase 1 & 2 and come back to assist in facilitating, intakes, mentorship, and community service. We understand every youth is unique and can offer services for a shorter term and specific services needed; please contact us to discuss this further.
The perfect candidate for groups are:
Girls between the ages of 11 and 17,
Struggling with self-esteem/self-worth,
Lacking positive peer relationships,
Engaging in unhealthy relationships,
Engaging in sexual promiscuity/activity,
Skipping school, fighting,
Getting suspensions and/or detentions,
Lacking support,
Acting out,
Needing Independent Living Skills.
Human Trafficking Prevention:
Being that Florida is the 3rd highest state affected by Human Trafficking in the US, we understand how important prevention methods on this topic are. Human Trafficking is a multi-billion-dollar industry that affects our youth, mostly from age 12 to 17. Study's have shown that youth are learning about trafficking through movies and television which do not depict accurate information. TBTG is focused on lowering the amount of youth involved in trafficking through prevention methods while increasing awareness throughout the community.
Here is how:
-Awareness Talks/Presentations
-Human Trafficking Prevention (Overview)
-Prevention Presentations
-Grooming/Online Safety
-Healthy Relationships
-Having Tough Conversations (Parent Focused)
-HT Prevention Workshops
-Survivor Mentorship
-Survivor Motivational Presentations
-3 Day Workshop Presentation
These presentations are hosted by Motivational Speaker & Sex Trafficking Survivor Gloria Martinez, MSW as needed. If interested in having a presentation listed above at your school, business, retreat, or other type please contact Gloria.Martinezpd@takingbackthegirls.org.
Questions? Reach out to us at contact@takingbackthegirls.org
or visit our 'Contact Us' tab to fill out our contact form.
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