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GEMS Training and Technical Assistance Center

 

Over the last ten years, GEMS has been at the forefront of the movement to end the commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of girls and young women.  Serving thousands of girls and young women since its inception, GEMS has garnered national recognition for its groundbreaking work and is recognized as the country’s leading resource on the commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of girls and young women. As a survivor-led agency, GEMS brings a unique and relevant perspective to its work and all of our work is informed by the voices and experiences of the girls and young women we serve.

 

 

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Trainings

 

GEMS provides customized trainings to organizations and institutions looking to provide their staff with the knowledge and tools to understand and address commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children and youth. Trainings range from introductory 101 level awareness raising workshops to three-day intensive trainings that will prepare participants to effectively engage and intervene with victims.

 

GEMS trainings and workshops are designed to bring a human face to the issue of  commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking; challenge and address stereotypes of the victims; train youth workers in creating effective, gender-specific programming; assist service providers and professionals who come into contact with at risk youth in identifying signs of exploitation, and train them to intervene and assist girls and young women in their healing and recovery.

 

GEMS provides customized trainings to best accommodate the needs of participants.  Please download our training request form.

 

 

 

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Services Offered

 

GEMS core trainings are based on a ground-breaking, national curriculum, written by GEMS in conjunction with the CSEC Community Intervention Project and funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in 2007. GEMS has updated and revised this interactive and intensive curriculum ensuring that participants receive relevant and practical trainings that will empower them to effectively serve victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking.

 

Understanding Domestic Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation

This introductory workshop is ideal for organizations who are new to the issue, but may be serving trafficked/commercially sexually exploited children and youth. This training is customized to the needs of the organization and can range from 2 hours to 8 hours in length.

 

Addressing Domestic Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation

This three-day intensive training is designed for organizations or institutions who are serving, or wish to serve, commercially sexually exploited and domestically trafficked children and youth. Participants will have an opportunity to learn about the unique needs of victims and ways to craft programming to address these needs.

 

Breaking the Silence: Survivor Voices on Commercial Sexual Exploitation

This training is based on the youth-created Breaking the Silence video and book that share survivor experiences through art, poetry and prose. Participants will learn how to ensure that survivors voices are a critical element of programming and will receive copies of the video and book to implement workshops on CSEC with their youth.

 

From Victim to Survivor: From Survivor to Leader

This unique workshop utilizes the survivor-created white paper on promising practices in implementing positive youth development programming in serving survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. Participants will learn the key elements of youth development as identified by youth survivors/leaders and practical ways to implement them into existing program.  

 

Additional trainings include:

Promising Practice Programming for Girls and Young Women

Creating a Safe Space for Commercial Sexually Exploited Girls and Young Women

Alternative to Incarceration Programming for Commercially Sexually Exploited Young Women

Implementing Youth Leadership Programming for Survivors of CSEC and Trafficking

 

 

 

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Testimonials

 

 

“Excellent and relevant to the work we do on a daily basis. It filled in the blanks regarding what was happening to a lot of young girls we interact with as CSE, especially the ones that runaway from their parent/caretaker’s home.”

 

 

 

“The topic was very enlightening and very relevant to the type of families we work with.”

 

 

 

“This has improved my skills in relating to girls who have had these types of experiences.”

 

 

 

“Excellent, excellent workshop – the trainer was driven, detail-oriented, provided for question and answer session and provided ‘real’ experiences.”

 

 

 

“Very informative and worthwhile. I would recommend this program to any child care worker.”

 

 

 

“This is one of the best trainings I’ve ever attended”

 

 

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Technical Assistance

 

Drawing upon our expertise, GEMS provides technical assistance and consulting to organizations who are currently or plan to provide services to victims of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. Recent clients have included The New York State Office of Children and Family Services, The Jewish Child Care Association and The GIFT Network funded by the Massachusetts Department of Social Services.

 

GEMS technical assistance services help build the capacity of organizations and institutions to provide specialized services to commercially sexually exploited girls and young women. Technical assistance is carefully customized to meet the needs of the organization and is led by GEMS Founder/Executive Director Rachel Lloyd who brings ten years of experience in creating and sustaining successful programming for commercially sexually exploited girls and young women.

 

 

 

 

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Client List

 

With years of experience in training thousands of direct service providers, law enforcement, child advocates and legal professionals, GEMS trainings and workshops are proven to change perceptions, enhance knowledge and develop the skills of the participants. GEMS has provided training to numerous organizations and institutions throughout the US, including:

 

- Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, Boston, MA and Springfield, MA

- New York Office of the Courts, White Plains, NY

- Network for Peace, New York, NY

- Odyssey house, New York, NY

- Leakes and Watts, New York, NY

- Office of Children & Family Services, Staten Island, NY

- Administration for Children Services (ACS) Conference, New York, NY

- Children Advocacy Centers Conference, Orlando, FL and New Orleans, LA

- North Star Fund Gala, Speaking Engagement, New York, NY

- Think Freedom: Colorado’s Response to Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking Conference, Boulder, CO

- Pornography and Pop Culture Conference, Speaking Engagement, Boston, MA

- Shared Hope Conference on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, Dallas, TX

 

 

 

 

 

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Girls Educational & Mentoring Services

(212) 926-8089 · info@gems-girls.org · www.gems-girls.org

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GEMS provides customized trainings to best accommodate the needs of participants.  Please fill out a Request a Training form to tell us about your specific needs.