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GEMS

Offering direct services to girls & young women who have experienced domestic trafficking/CSE

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The estimated median age of entry into the commercial sex industry is between twelve and fourteen years old. Together we can change this reality. Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) is the only organization in New York State specifically designed to serve girls and young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. GEMS was founded in 1998 by Rachel Lloyd, a young woman who had been commercially sexually exploited as a teenager. GEMS has helped hundreds of young women and girls, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and to develop to their full potential. GEMS provides young women with empathetic, consistent support and viable opportunities for positive change. In 2010, GEMS provided counseling, job training, access to health care and crisis housing to more than 328 young women and provided outreach to more than 1,000 youth. GEMS also provides a continuum of services and programs, including youth-led facility outreach, Street Outreach, Court Advocacy and Alternatives to Incarceration Program, Case Management, Education, Recreational and Therapeutic Groups, Youth Employment and Leadership Training, Transitional & Crisis Housing, and Referral Services.
New York, NY
Mid-sized organization
gems-girls.org
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 13-4150972Suggest a profile edit

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