In a critical step to combat sex trafficking, Olive Crest has launched a comprehensive initiative for the Prevention and Restoration of Minors Impacted by Sexual Exploitation (PROMiSE).
a coordinated response to sex trafficking
Our initiative addresses this crisis through five key components:
- Drop-In Centers: These facilities provide immediate, no-strings-attached access to basic needs, safety, and essential services including meals, clothing, counseling, educational resources, and vocational training.
- Rapid Response Teams: Operating 24/7, these highly trained mobile teams provide crisis intervention and in-home support tailored to each family’s needs. Comprised of clinicians, trained mentors, and family support partners, they stabilize youth in their current environments while building long-term resilience and emotional well-being.
- Teen/Young Adult Housing: Safe and supportive housing options give 16- to 18-year-olds a secure space to develop independence, life skills, and confidence as they transition from crisis to stability.
- Trained Host Families: Specialized, loving families provide safe, consistent care for children who have experienced sexual exploitation, creating nurturing environments where healing can begin.
- Residential Homes: Intensive, trauma-informed care to sex-trafficked minors, in a residential setting, emphasizing restoration and empowerment. Includes our Hope Refuge Campus in Santa Barbara.
Through these efforts, Olive Crest aims to provide safe, stable homes to at least 150 children who have been sex trafficked by 2027.
Witness Lily’s growth and transformation after a life of sexual exploitation.
olive crest’s new drop-in centers across southern california
Counseling rooms are available for youth and teens who need a safe space to receive services.
Kitchen areas are fully equipped for a warm meal.
Food pantries are stocked with non-perishable food items, diapers/wipes, and hygiene products.
“I honestly love this drop-in center. It makes me feel seen and comfortable. I want to come back.”
– Drop-In Center Youth
stand with olive crest to prevent and restore the lives of children who have been sexually exploited
We invite you to join us in this critical initiative. Whether you’d like to learn more or make a financial contribution, together we can break the cycle of abuse and restore hope to children in crisis.
Use your voice to fuel a freedom movement
You can get involved by praying, touring a local Olive Crest location, volunteering, or inviting a guest speaker to your church, service club, or company.
Give today to bring freedom and help end sexual exploitation
Will you consider becoming a Champion, Defender, Restorer, Protector, or Guardian?
voices of support
Supported by partnerships with law enforcement, local Human Trafficking Task Forces, District Attorney’s community agencies, and generous donors.
Chief Rick Armendariz, Anaheim Police Department
“Having a partner like Olive Crest with the depth and breath of experience and regional presence across county lines, be it Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside County, and beyond, is exactly what law enforcement needs to provide these children and teens with the support they need regardless of where they are from.”
Sheriff Robert G. Luna, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
“A significant challenge in this effort is securing safe housing, food, clothing, and trauma-informed counseling for victims. That’s why these drop-in centers are so crucial – they provide a safe haven for youth to turn to at any time, helping us better protect young people at risk of exploitation.”
Nathan Hochman, Los Angeles County District Attorney
“I am so impressed by what Olive Crest has come up with – drop-in centers that provide safety, that provide stability, that people who don’t have that in their lives, can come here and begin the process to recognize their own self-esteem and break from the traffickers who have exploited them. It starts with placed like Olive Crest.”
Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson, Owner and President of In-N-Out Burger and Founder of Slave 2 Nothing
“In-N-Out Burger and our foundations will be behind you one hundred percent.”