Northeastern Coastal NC: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking Rapid Response Team developed in partnership with Beloved Haven, Hyde County Hotline, Inner Banks Hotline, Ruth’s House, Law Enforcement and Service Providers working together to meet the needs of victims of human trafficking through the collaborative efforts of compassionate communities across Northeastern North Carolina. The mission for the RRT is to identify and connect liberated victims to the services and resources in the community as quickly and efficiently as possible with an emphasis on service provision within the first 72 hours after identification. The RRT fills security and safety gaps that may exist within the process to assist a victim or client after an extraction or with an exit strategy that provides a professional security detail for caseworker, advocate, victim, and client. The RRT can assist with a plan of action to assist a victim or survivor who wants to exit out from their trafficking dynamic. The RRT can assist with providing a safety plan between the caseworker, advocate, and victim as well as where the best neutral location to meet the victim may be and provide an overwatch security detail during the entire exit process. If the victim wants to exit immediately and needs secure transportation; it will be provided. The RRT assists law enforcement with various operations where skillsets and resources may not be available by law enforcement or when a gap can be better served by a non-law enforcement team.

The Rapid Response Team (RRT) currently covers Hyde, Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Pasquotank, Perquimans and Tyrell Counties.

What does RRT do?

• Crisis Intervention

• Survivor Services

• Emergency Food and Safe Shelter

• Safety Planning

• Legal Services

• Referrals for Therapy and Substance Abuse Issues