Why this home
Freedom is the first step. Healing needs a home.
When a girl escapes trafficking, the hardest part often comes next: finding somewhere safe enough to heal.
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The Well of Hope will be one steady, loving place where a girl can sleep safely, stay in school, receive real therapeutic care, and begin to imagine a future that is truly hers.
THE NEED
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When a girl has nowhere safe to go, traffickers find her first.
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Federal research (HHS, 2020) finds that every time a girl is moved to another temporary placement, the risk that she runs goes up, often straight back toward the people who exploited her. The numbers below show how wide the gap is.
1 in 7
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missing children reported to NCMEC were likely victims of child sex trafficking
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Source: NCMEC, 2025
17%
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of children missing from foster care were likely victims of child sex trafficking
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Source: NCMEC, 2025
92%
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of likely child sex trafficking victims were girls, most ages 15 to 17
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Source: NCMEC, 2025
682
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beds in homes for trafficking survivors nationwide; 28 states had none
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Source: ICJIA national survey, 2013
PLANNED SERVICES
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Safety is the foundation. A chosen future is the purpose.
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Every service is trauma-informed, clinically supervised, and centered on each girl's long-term independence. Everything she needs to heal, learn, and dream again, under one roof.
Safe residential housing
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A secure, homelike setting for up to 10 girls, with staff on site 24/7.
Trauma-informed counseling
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Individual and group therapy with licensed professionals using evidence-based care.
Education without interruption
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Residents keep learning, with academic progress supported alongside emotional healing.
Life skills & vocation
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Practical skills for independence, from financial literacy to job readiness.
Legal advocacy
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Access to legal representation and advocates who protect each girl's rights.
Mentorship & community
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Mentoring relationships that continue after residency, so no one walks out alone.
THE ENVIRONMENT
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A sanctuary designed for restoration
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Healing needs safety, space, and attention. This secluded, nature-filled setting gives girls the physical and emotional privacy recovery requires.
5.6 acres
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Of quiet, private land
10 girls
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Each with individualized care
Its location stays private to protect the girls who will call it home.
PROGRESS
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The path to opening day
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Zoning
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County approval secured.
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✓ Completed
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Licensing
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License issued.
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✓ Completed
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Facility prep
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Renovating the house into a home for 10 girls.
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In progress · $500K goal
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Doors open
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Welcoming our first residents. Target: late 2027.
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Pending funding
YOUR NAME ON THE FOUNDATION
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Help open the doors, your way.
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Every gift below helps give a girl a safe bed, licensed counseling, school, and a path to independence, and brings opening day closer.
FOUNDING SPONSOR · $5,000 TO $35,000
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Sponsor a room
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Twelve rooms, one sponsor each, from the kitchen where she's finally asked what she'd like to eat to the gathering room where trust is rebuilt.
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Your name goes on the Founding Dedication Wall. No donor names enter the home, and no resident photos leave it.
Questions we hear
About the Well of Hope
When will the home open? We're targeting late 2027, once the $500,000 campaign is funded. Founding Sponsors will be the first to hear the date.
Who will live there? Up to ten girls, ages 12 to 17, who have survived trafficking, referred to us by the FBI and other government agencies. Paid, trained staff will be on site around the clock.
How long will a girl stay? As long as healing takes. Recovery from trafficking is measured in months or years, not weeks, so each girl's stay follows her care plan, not a calendar.
What happens when she leaves or turns 18? Leaving is planned, never sudden. Whether she returns to safe family, moves to a foster home, or ages out, her team builds a plan with her for housing, school or work, and adults she can count on. Her mentors stay in her life after she leaves.
Where is it? Its location stays private to protect the girls who will call it home.
Can I visit or volunteer there? The girls' privacy comes first, so there are no public tours. If you have skills to offer, we'd love to hear from you through our Contact page.
Considering a major gift or grant? We'd love to talk. Reach our founder through our Contact page, and we'll walk you through the plan and timeline.