A drop-in center is on the way to Downtown where child sex trafficking victims can find immediate safety, food, and mental health care while getting connected to resources and permanent housing.

Olive Crest CEO Donald Verleur shares the regional plan to have drop-in centers across all of Southern California for minors being sex trafficked.

“ A drop-in center is designed to be a welcoming place where the kids can come in and feel safe. These kids have been lied to. They do not trust adults. They do not trust institutions. And so our goal with this drop-in center is to build trust and relationship that when they feel safe, that we could, when they request, find a safe place for them,” explained Olive Crest CEO Donald Verleur at a press conference on Wednesday, May 14.

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