Enhancement of these services will be tailored to address the five marked gaps in current federally funded activities described in the section directly above. The objective in
providing these services is to achieve increased safety, independence, empowerment, self-sufficiency, and well-being for victims of human trafficking in Florida-based counties. MTL serves the Suncoast and South Florida. This includes victims from other Florida regions in partnership with Department of Justice cases. In the future, this program will also serve as a replica for
other service areas of interest.
Education, Employment, and Career Development:
Without adequate and enhanced specialized mentorship in the areas of education, employment, and career goals and intervention, survivors/victims often feel
they do not have any viable options for a life outside of sex trafficking, forced prostitution, illicit trade, and human trafficking. MTL helps victims to attain their high school diplomas, GED, and higher learning, as well as other course-work and continued learning-based programs to
achieve a life of independence, empowerment, and discovered purpose.
Strengthening capacity and increased staff time will also allow MTL to designate more activities towards the attainment of High School Diplomas, GEDs, College Degrees, and
Vocational Certificates with identification and enrollment of students in
skills-based and educational career programming and coursework which will ultimately allow survivors to thrive in the workforce, in business, in entrepreneurship, and
live independently.
Substance Abuse Treatment Support:
MTL currently provides survivors with therapy and mental health management from licensed clinicians, psychiatric assessments, case management, and care from professionals and life coaches. Substance abuse remains one of the continual barriers faced by victims and survivors and one that often causes various
cycles of damage to their lives. This is often coupled with negative relationships of partner drug users with the intent to regroom and re-victimize and suffer poverty.
The MTL Substance Abuse Counselor and Peer Specialist will provide additional services and specialized resources to MTL’s victim population who suffer from substance abuse. MTL will work with participants to
assist in the aggregation of partner substance abuse support providers and direct services and addict counseling from our specialist….
