Elijah Rising

Restoration: Elijah Rising provides long-term, trauma-informed restorative care for adult women survivors of sex trafficking. This trauma-informed, residential program focuses on eight dimensions of wellness: physical, emotional, spiritual, social, occupational, intellectual, financial, and environmental. When women enter the program, often they have no clothing to speak of, are in fear for their lives, and are overcoming addictive behaviors. Elijah Rising meets these and many other needs at no cost to the resident. Additionally, the program features case management, mental health services, mentorship, and job skills training with the goal of successful independent living after the program. Prayer & Awareness: Elijah Rising hosts an average of five prayer meetings per week as a way of remaining focused on the organization's core values while also mobilizing its faith-based constituency. Elijah Rising is committed to equipping people with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify the signs of sex trafficking within society and respond accordingly. As such, Elijah Rising provides some of the most creative and impactful awareness opportunities in the anti-sex trafficking ministry. The organization does this through speaking engagements and training. The Awareness Van Tour is Elijah Rising's longest running awareness initiative and has resulted in widespread impact. More than 13,000 people have taken the tour over the past ten years. Numerous partner organizations, nonprofits, coalitions, and intervention teams have been launched as a result of people taking the tour. In 2020, Elijah Rising launched a new awareness initiative, the Elijah Rising podcast which has reached six continents. Intervention: Elijah Rising facilitates multiple monthly outreaches to potential trafficking victims in high probability trafficking areas across the greater Houston area. Volunteers provide gifts, resources, and a local help hotline number. Since its inception, Elijah Rising has reached, on average, more than 800 sex trafficking victims each year through direct outreach to women in illicit massage parlors, streets where trafficking and prostitution are commonplace, cantina brothels, truck stops, and women sold via online sites.