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NYPD's collaboration with advocate partners to support trafficking survivors

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Deputy Chief Ortiz explains how the NYPD works closely with various advocate partners and organizations to provide comprehensive support to trafficking survivors.

NYPD collaborates with international, national, and community-based advocacy organizations
They work with the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence and Family Justice Centers in every borough
Services provided include medical care, mental health counseling, housing, legal representation, education opportunities, and job placement
NYPD also supports advocate partners in their direct engagement with survivors

Carlos Ortiz

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This multidisciplinary collaborative approach provide provides the best result for our survivors who are transitioning out of a dangerous situation.

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We work in conjunction with our advocate partners to ensure that we provide the best, most trauma informed service to our survivors.

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As I mentioned earlier, exploited or trafficked individuals are often deeply traumatized and trauma bonded to their abusers and require significant resources and counseling to break that cycle of abuse.

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For this reason, and not only do we work with advocates from international and national recognized organizations who support survivors of human trafficking, we also work with advocacy organizations within the community.

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We serve we serve to provide the most complete and culturally sensitive care to to our survivors.

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By cultivating strong relationships with the mayor's office of to end, domestic and and gender bias violence, our family justice centers that operate in every borough, we have been able to better serve our survivors by providing information and access to services.

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Through these relationships, we've been able to connect our survivors with support services, such as medical care, mental health, psychiatric counseling, housing, legal representation for immigration concerns, as well as education opportunities, job readiness, job placement, as well as the basic human needs of food and clothing.

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We also provide our advocate partners when they conduct direct self initiated, engagement with survivors.

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