| Company type | Nonprofit organization |
|---|---|
| Industry | Prevention and Social Services |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | El Dorado Hills, CA |
| Owner | Ashlie Bryant |
Number of employees | 30-40 |
| Website | https://www.3strandsglobalfoundation.org/about-us |
Overview edit
3Strands Global Foundation is a U.S.-based 501(c) non-profit organization headquartered in Sacramento, CA, working globally to prevent exploitation and human trafficking. The agency's vision is “... A world FREE from human trafficking”.
History edit
3Strands Global Foundation (3SGF) was founded in 2010 by CEO Ashlie Bryant, Vicki Mead, Stephanie Loos, and Amy Johnson. Originally called the “Run For Courage,” the non-profit was led by community members affected by a close friend's daughter who was trafficked. The organization started as “The Race to End Human Trafficking,” a run to raise awareness of human trafficking and to fund nonprofits providing prevention and direct services to victims of human trafficking. The organization, now 3Strands Global Foundation, gained 501(c) status in 2011. The organization is based in Sacramento, California, and has offices in Utah, Texas, and Ohio.
Initiatives edit
3Strands Global Foundation has 3 main anti-trafficking initiatives: Education, Employment, and Engagement. 3SGF believes prevention changes everything and has seven prevention programs that deliver on the mission. 3SGF also continues to host the yearly Break Free Run to raise awareness and funds for human trafficking prevention initiatives.
Education: There are five education programs at 3SGF. The flagship program is called PROTECT. PROTECT is a national prevention education program that trains school staff and community members on recognizing and responding to human trafficking in students and youth. It also includes aspects of trauma-informed care, building safe spaces, and reporting protocols. The PROTECT program has student curricula for K-12th grade students that teaches them about healthy relationships, boundaries, trusted adults, and ways to protect themselves from exploitation. Along with the PROTECT program, 3SGF offers a parent and community prevention program that can accompany the school education program.
TATE, Telecommunications Against Trafficking & Exploitation, is national education for Telecom professionals where they are RAN certified upon completion. This means they can recognize and notify the appropriate resources if they witness exploitation, human trafficking, or abuse.
TRUE, Trauma Response and Understanding for Employers, is an education program for corporations and their employees. Research by the Social Market Foundation in 2015 shows that happy employees are 20% more productive than unhappy employees. Understanding trauma and its effects on employees is an important concept to build in staff.
BRAVE, Best practices, Responses, and Approaches for Victims of Exploitation is a comprehensive and interactive training for victim advocates to deliver services to survivors of human trafficking and others in vulnerable circumstances. BRAVE is designed to equip care providers with tools and resources to serve survivors in a trauma-informed manner and increase confidence in victim advocates as they work alongside their clients.
Positive Youth Development, Training for individuals within the Juvenile Justice Department to provide more positive-outcome-driven experience with youth
Employment: The Employ + Empower (E+E) program provides intensive case management services to survivors of human trafficking and those at risk of exploitation to break down barriers to employment and education. Case management services include providing resources to meet basic needs assessment, service plan implementation, case coordination and collaboration, service navigation, advocacy, and direct delivery of resources and services. Clients also receive education on financial literacy skills, career goal setting, promotion of job readiness, connection to job training and academic resources, and provides job placement and retention services.
Engagement: 3Strands Global Foundation has co-sponsored and endorsed several local and federal bills. AB 1227, The Human Trafficking Prevention Education and Training Act, was signed into law in 2017 and co-sponsored by 3Strands Global Foundation. This bill mandates prevention education in California schools [1]
3Strands also participated in the endorsement of HR 6522: The Trafficking Reauthorization Act of 2022. This bill put millions of dollars into anti-trafficking programs and initiatives across the country[2]
Board Members edit
- Gamil Page, Chairman
- Lisa Cohen, Board Member
- Barry Davis, Board Member
- Lisa Thee, Board Member
- Mark McCombe, Board Member
- Tiffany Xingyu Wang, Board Member
- Chad Romine, Board Member
- Jennifer Randlett Madden, Board Member
- Sherrod Patching, Board Member
- Shelley Wetton, Board Member
- Ashlie Bryant, Board Member
- William Campbell, Board Member
- Ryan Fuselier, Board Member
References edit
- ^ "Bill Text - AB-1227 Human Trafficking Prevention Education and Training Act". leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ FitzPatrick, Terry (2022-07-27). "ATEST Applauds Overwhelming Bipartisan House Passage of the First of Four Bills to Reauthorize Trafficking Victims Protection Act". ATEST. Retrieved 2023-01-06.