Resources.See below for additional national and regional organizations that provide assistance and information.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
“Faces of Human Trafficking” Video Series United States Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime
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NATIONAL RESOURCES National Human Trafficking Resource Center
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STATEWIDE RESOURCES
Justice at Work (215-733-0878 or 800-729-1607)
- https://www.justiceatworklegalaid.org
- Mobile therapy services
- Travel throughout the state to provide therapy services
- Legal Representation
- Minimum wage and wage payment problems
- Violation of workers’ rights under federal and state protective statutes relating to employment
- Protecting workers from unsafe and unhealthy work conditions
- Remedying discrimination or retaliation against workers for exercising their legal rights
- Remedying discrimination in employment and housing based on race, national origin, gender, disability, or familial status
- Remedying problems associated with substandard housing provided to groups of workers in connection with their employment
- Establishing eligibility rights to public benefits
- Advocacy
- Employment
- Housing
- Eligibility Rights to Public Benefits
- Language Access
- Immigration Reform
- Services in English and Spanish
- Free
- Persons under 18 years old or post foster care youth to age 21
- Evaluated by a doctor through Child Advocacy Center
- Placed in a home or facility until family is contacted (if there is a family to contact)
- Will be placed in counseling and school
- Free
- https://eastsidelasercenter.com/the-erase-project
- The Erase Project
- No cost laser tattoo removal for trafficking/gang related tattoos
- https://www.pirclaw.org/
- Our programs work to provide access to justice for vulnerable immigrants in detention, immigrant survivors of violence, and legal permanent residents seeking to naturalize, through legal services, education, and advocacy.
- Immigrant Survivor’s Project
- Provides legal services to immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other violent crimes.
- ISP attorneys and advocates work with immigrant survivors to determine the appropriate, and safest, form of relief available through in-depth screenings and intakes, thorough communication, and legal advocacy.
- Coordinates the provision of family law and immigration legal services, and social services including shelter/housing, counseling, and advocacy to low-income clients through a growing collaboration of partners in the region.
- Website provided resources
- List of answers to commonly asked questions regarding the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center and individuals who are detained
- List to provide general information on immigration law and immigration forms of relief from removal
- List of Immigration Resources for Legal Advocacy
- Website: www.northpennlegal.org
- Counties served: Bradford, Susquehanna, Carbon, Clinton, Lycoming, Tioga, Columbia, Montour, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming, Sullivan, Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe, Pike, Northumberland, Snyder, Union, Wayne
- Free legal services for eligible applicants in certain matters, including:
- Expungements
- Housing
- Public Benefits
- Family law matters etc. (See website for additional case types handled and eligibility guidelines)
- 610-519-7037 or [email protected]
- Attorneys Alexia Tomlinson and Mary Haggerty
- Free legal services for survivors of sex trafficking
- Statewide and will work with out of state survivors who have convictions in Pennsylvania
- How it works:
- There is a Pennsylvania law that can help clear your criminal record
- Offenses that may be vacated or cleared include:
- Prostitution, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, loitering and prowling at nighttime, obstructing highways and other public passages, and simple possession of a controlled substance
- Eligibility:
- You may be eligible if your arrest and conviction occurred as a result of being trafficked.