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Hope Refuge (Oliverest) describes residential program for sex-trafficked minors and seeks community support
Summary
Sally Cook presented Hope Refuge's residential, trauma-informed program for sex-trafficked minors in the San Valley, described program capacity and outcomes, and promoted an April 26 fundraising event; Dr. Cynthia Matthews urged donations and cited operating and capital costs.
At the April 13 meeting the council heard from Sally Cook, co-founder of Hope Refuge (introduced in remarks as Oliverest Hope Refuge Campus), who described a residential, trauma-informed program serving girls ages 12'18 who have been sex-trafficked. Cook said the remote campus includes an on-site school and counseling services, that the facility serves up to 16 girls and that remote placement helps reduce runaway risk. She described the grooming process that traffickers use, summarized her organization's community partnerships with the…
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