Transforming Lives Campaign | Santa Barbara

The Campaign for The Santa Barbara Hope Refuge Campus

THIS IS HEARTBREAKING

Today, approximately 325,000 children are commercially sexually exploited each year in the United States! The average age of these victims? 12-14 years old. Of the 4,000 children and families Olive Crest serves every day, approximately:

  • 10% have been entrapped into human sex trafficking,
  • Over 50% have been approached, and
  • 100% are targeted as high risk.

For young women over 18 years old, who are trapped in the ugliness of human sex trafficking, there are many safe houses and places to go to escape. But minors have nowhere to go, as these safe houses are not trained or licensed to work with them.

THE HORRIFIC FACTS

  • Human sex trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise of the 21st century
  • Gangs and other criminal enterprises have learned that the sex trade and prostitution provide higher profits with a lower penal and detection risk than drug or weapons trafficking
  • Almost 75% of domestic sex trafficking victims have been in foster care
  • It is estimated that 1 in 7 endangered runaways reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were likely sex trafficking victims

BRING THEM HOPE

A FACILITY FOR RESTORATION AND HEALING

To address this tragic problem, Olive Crest expanded its comprehensive sex trafficking services in March of 2021. This expansion is highlighted by the acquisition of the Hope Refuge Campus. Located at the top of a secluded mountain in Santa Barbara, the campus serves sex-trafficked minor girls (ages 12-17) from all of California. The Hope Refuge campus provides an intensive six-month residential hope restoration program, providing resources for healing and a new life, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

With only 511 beds available for minors who are victims of sex trafficking in the United States, the need is bigger than ever. But there is hope. You have the power to make a difference – you can save a young girl’s life!

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TRIED AND TRUE

In the last 50 years, Olive Crest has become a respected leader in the provision of prevention services and care to children and families, providing pathways of safety and hope to 200,000 children, youth, and families. Olive Crest has been on the forefront of combatting human sex trafficking with our comprehensive programs and trained staff and volunteers.

FUNDING THE CAMPAIGN

This $4.5 million goal will allows us to acquire the facility, stabilize the campus, create a secure, restorative campus for young girls who have been in the most horrific situations imaginable, and sustain basic facility maintenance to continue to serve up to 30 girls annually.

We invite you to stand with us as we prevent child abuse and preserve the family, One Life at a Time®. You can join us in this mission of hope and healing as together we transform lives in Santa Barbara.

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MAKE A PLEDGE

This campaign would not be possible without the help of our generous donors. To honor their compassionate philanthropy, we have facility naming opportunities. Click the button below for naming opportunities available for this campaign.

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

Follow along with our campaign as we build towards this ambitious and life-transforming goal.

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