Resilience Rising
Resilience Rising combats the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children in the United States by providing residential and mentoring programs with opportunities for safety, healing, and empowerment.
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LEARN ·2025 Grants ChallengeSupportive Housing for Trafficking Survivors Exiting Foster Care
Resilience Rising provides supportive housing for female youth aging out of foster care who also have a history of sexual exploitation and trafficking. Residents in our home receive intensive case management, crisis support, mental health and recovery services, coordination of medical and dental care, educational and vocational support, legal advocacy, and unique therapeutic interventions like ocean therapy, animal-assisted yoga, and expressive arts.
LEARN ·2023 Grants ChallengeResidential Treatment for Survivors of Exploitation

Resilience Rising's new adult residential facility will serve female-identifying survivors of sexual exploitation, trafficking, and the sex trade. The six-bed program will provide 24-hour care, supervision, and treatment for young adults ages 18-25 with mental and behavioral health needs. It will be licensed through the California Department of Social Services and will partner with child welfare for older system-involved youth and justice diversion and re-entry programs for prostitution concerns.