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Trafficked Victims

Human trafficking is modern day slavery involving the use of force, fraud and/or coercion to obtain some type of labor or for commercial sex acts. Traffickers use these methods to lure and force victims into labor and/or commercial sexual exploitation.

Identifying and Assisting a Trafficked Victim

 

Everyone has the potential to discover a human trafficking situation. While the victims may sometimes be kept behind locked doors, they are often in plain site at; construction sites, restaurants, elder care facilities, nail salons, agricultural fields, and hotels, etc. Knowing indicators and follow up questions will help you act on your gut feeling that something is wrong and report it

 
Human Trafficking Indicators

  • Living with employer

  • Poor living conditions

  • Multiple people in cramped spaces

  • Inability to speak to individual alone

  • Answers appear to be scripted and rehearsed

  • Employer is holding identity documents

  • Signs of physical abuse

  • Submissive or fearful

  • unpaid or paid very little

  • Under 18 and in prostitution

  • Other red flags that catch your attention

Questions to ask

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Sample questions to a potential victim privately, without jeopardizing the victim's safety because the trafficker is watching:

  • Can you leave your job if you want?

  • Can you come and go as you please?

  • Have you been hurt or threatened if you tried to leave?

  • Has your family been threatened?

  • Do you live with your employer?

  • Where do you sleep and eat?

  • Are you in debt to your employer?

  • Do you have your passport/identification? Who has it?​

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Where to get help
 

911 Emergency

For urgent situations, notify local law enforcement immediately.

Call to report a tip; connect with anti-trafficking services in your area or request training and technical assistance, general information, or specific anti-trafficking resources. The Hotline is equipped to handle calls from all regions of the United States from a wide range of callers.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Risk factors include multiple mental disorders, all subcategories of abuse, stress, and certain medications.

What are the signs and symptoms for suicidal behavior?

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Warning signs that an individual is planning to suicide may include getting his/her affairs in order, suddenly visiting friends or family members (one last time), buying instruments of suicide like a gun, hose, rope, pills, or other forms of medications, a sudden and significant decline or improvement in mood, or writing a suicide note. Many people who complete suicide do not always tell of their plan. If they communicate it is more likely to be someone with whom they are personally close, like a friend or family member.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These individuals tend to suffer from severe anxiety or depression, alcohol abuse, insomnia, severe agitation, loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy, hopelessness, and persistent thoughts of negativity. 

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Nevada Suicide Hot Lines and Websites

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Clark County​

  • Teen Suicide line/ Covenant House Nine Line

1 (800) 553-7273

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  • Suicide Hotline

(800) 333-5580​

 

  • Austin Suicide Prevention

(702) 964-1221

 

  • Las Vegas Suicide Prevention Center

(702) 456-0244​​​

 

  • Suicide Prevention Center

(702) 731-2990​

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Abuse

Cruel and violent treatment on self, others, and animals. Types of abuse: economic, sexual, physical, verbal, emotional, academic, psychological, use of technology, dynamics for immigrants, same sex gender relationship, dynamics for disabilities, and power and control wheels.

5 SIGNS OF FINANCIAL ABUSE
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  • Forbidding the victim to work

  • Sabotaging work or employment opportunities

  • Not allowing access to bank accounts

  • Ruining the victim's credit

  • Manipulating federal benefits

Academic Abuse
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Psychological abuse isn’t limited to intimate partners. Seek help by any means necessary, including a department head, a dean, a professional society officer, a member of your PhD committee, or organizing with fellow grad students. That could mean leaving academia, if it’s that or suicide. No professor’s opinion is worth your life. If you’re feeling suicidal, tell a friend. If nothing else, contact the National Suicide Prevention Line @(800)273-TALK. Don’t suffer in silence.

Abuse Using Technology
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Digital abuse is the use of technologies such as texting and social networking to bully, harass, stalk or intimidate a partner. In most cases, this type of abuse is emotional and/or verbal and though it is perpetuated online, it has a strong impact on a victim’s real life. 

Abuse & Immigrants
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Due to the victim’s immigration status, abusive partners have additional ways to exert power and control over their victims:

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  • Isolation

  • Threats

  • Intimidation

  • Manipulation regarding citizenship or residency

  • Economic Abuse

  • Threatening children and/or other family members

Abuse of the Disabled
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Disability abuse is when a person with a disability is abused physically, financially, sexually and/or psychologically due to the person having a disability. For financial abuse you should begin by contacting the toll-free Social Security Administration Fraud Hotline at (800) 269-0271.

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Wellness / Recovery

F.A.I.T.H. has built community relationships with area behavioral health organizations providing services in Nevada and New Mexico. Our focus is on Domestic Violence Awareness, Substance Abuse/Alcohol, Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Counseling and Life Coaching, GED Preparation, Entrepreneurial Skills, and Employment Readiness.

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RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES

  • Peer to Peer Recovery Support Services

  • Christian Recovery

  • Sexual Addiction Recovery

  • Prison Reentry Coaching / Recovery

  • Life Coaching / Recovery

  • Family / Marriage Counseling

  • Food Addiction Recovery

  • Drug / Alcohol Recovery

F.A.I.T.H. WELLNESS SERVICES

"The community is where our strength lies and where our support should be given."

F.A.I.T.H. WELLNESS SERVICES is a Nevada non-profit organization that has been formed with the goal of bringing together the most appropriate resources to help our local community regain our stride and become even stronger.

Advisory Board Members are comprised of Women and Veterans and other community individuals with exceptional expertise in one or more areas.

We have two Nevada locations; the Pahrump, Nevada Center is located at 1100 Dollar Street and the Las Vegas, Nevada location is at 7324 W. Cheyenne Ave. Suite 7. We also have a Farmington New Mexico office at 4801 N. Butler Ave. Suite 9101.

F.A.I.T.H. will assist in providing the following services.

  • Life Skills Training

  • Employment Training

  • Job Opportunities/Referrals

  • Financial Education

  • PTSD Counseling

  • Wellness and Recovery Coaching

  • Meals and Clothing

  • Peer Support Groups

  • Legal Assistance referral

  • Other Community Resources and Referrals

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  • National Helpline

    Free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service.

    1-800-662-HELP (4357)

  • The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.

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DONATE TODAY!

F.A.I.T.H. provides clothing, food, transportation, coaching, counseling, recovery, job training, employment services, educational training, and many other referral programs and resources.

F.A.I.T.H.’s tax identification number is 84-3185902. F.A.I.T.H. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization recognized by the IRS. All gifts to F.A.I.T.H. are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

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Make Checks Payable & Mail to

F.A.I.T.H. WELLNESS SERVICES, Inc. 

7324 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 7 Las Vegas, NV 89129

Attention: FAITH Funding

funding@faithbehavioralnv.com

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