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United States of America

Covenant House

Address

Covenant House, Inc.
346 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011-5002

Contact Information

Tel: 1-212-727-4021
Fax: 1-212-989-9098

Website

http://www.covenanthouse.org

Email

GOrtiz@covenanthouse.org

Other Forms of Contact

HOTLINE (Human Trafficking Information and Referral Hotline): 1-888-3737-888. (toll-free, 24 hour/7 days-a-week)

Hotline Supervisor on duty: 212-727-4008 (24 hour/7 days-a-week)

Activities

Covenant House is the largest privately-funded childcare agency in the United States providing shelter and services to homeless and runaway youth. It was incorporated in New York City in 1972 and has since expanded in the United States to Anchorage, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, New Orleans, Oakland, Orlando, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington, D. C., and, outside the United States, to Toronto, Vancouver, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.

In February 2004, Covenant House was selected by the Department of Health and Human Services to operate a national hotline for Human Trafficking Victims. In granting this award, the Department of Health and Human Services is relying on Covenant House’s NINELINE, which has 16 years of experience in the field of telephone crisis intervention and information/referral.

Operators are on call 24 hours a day and trained in:

Explaining to a potential victim of trafficking or to persons calling on behalf of a potential victim of trafficking how to recognize that an individual has been subjected to an act of trafficking;
Describing to potential victims of trafficking or to persons calling on behalf of a potential victim of trafficking the programs available to assist trafficking victims and providing practical advice on how to access these benefits;
Contributing to the safety and rescue of trafficking victims by providing potential victims of trafficking or persons calling on behalf of a potential victim of trafficking real-time referrals to local organizations willing to provide emergency, case management and other services to victims of trafficking within their community