Enitan Story

“Expenses program expenses 6,027 payroll taxes 8,274 office expense 7,230 travel 2,039 total 23,570”

“Accounts receivable 16,328 26,518 security deposit 448 448 total 16,776 26,966”

“Ap and other accrued liabilities 2,393 5,777 other -654 -3,133”

“The enitan story (tes) is a nonprofit dedicated to serving victims of human trafficking by advocating for them and referring them to available resources in their communities. We also strive to empower survivors through support group and mentoring to help them in their life's journey to success. Safe harbor supportive services the enitan story (tes) tes added capacity to its existing work by conducting in-depth, community-based outreach to identify sex trafficking and sexually exploited victims, assess their needs, provide direct trauma- informed, culturally relevant services in the areas of assistance in working with various systems including criminal justice, public benefits, education and/or employment resources, child welfare, emotional support, referrals to other services such as health care, shelter, housing, counseling, family support, personal items (food, clothing, personal hygiene, phone bills etc), transportation, connections to other victim advocates, etc and culturally specific training for successful program delivery to foreign born victims and survivors. As a survivor-led organization, the enitan story actively incorporates the voices of survivor leaders into the delivery of our services and programs from conception to implementation. Tes currently have a list of 8 smes that it engages regularly in a workgroup to develop an incentive policy for the organization. The group did a refresher training on income and expense tracking for the end of the year to help them learn how to prepare for the 2024 annual tax filing as a 1099 consultant. Tes worked with 4 smes with lived experience to develop training for government agencies, nonprofit, businesses and other stakeholder who are interested in meaningfully engaging survivors as smes in their programming. The training was an additional training developed along with the previously designed training for survivors who are interested in using their lived experience as experts in the anti-trafficking field. Although, funded through the office for victims (ovc) grant, it is a training that will benefit both survivors and the safe harbor network and beyond. Tes collaborates with dhs human trafficking unit to combat trafficking and meet the needs of minnesota youth experiencing or at risk for sex or labor trafficking. Executive director participates in workgroup meetings, review products and participates in product development and feedback to help elevate the voices of survivors of human trafficking and ensure safety of minnesota youth and family. Tes ed also participated in the new laws implementation for labor trafficking to compliment the work on sex trafficking and sexual exploitation by the minnesota department of children, youth and family. Ovc grant the goal of the project is to meet the unique needs of labor trafficking and labor exploited youth by implementing programs and policies that effectively and constantly incorporates the voices of smes with lived experience. During this reporting period, the enitan story (tes) has provided direct service to two qualified clients. One of them is an existing 24-year-old male client while the other is a new 17 year of female child bride referred to tes via the aspire: child trafficking victim assistance program from the u.s. Committee for refugees and immigrants. The new client was connected to one of the legal service providers within the safe harbor network, standpoint for immigration services. Tes also provided case management and helped the clients to apply for public benefits. Subject matter experts (smes) with lived experience engagement: tes engaged with smes with lived experience during this reporting period and hosted 6 advisory group meetings, however, only one was billed to the ovc grant. There were 7 smes with lived experience in attendance during the meeting. The advisory group provided a regular avenue for tes to engage with smes with lived experience for case consultations, provide feedback on programs and also de”