The University of Maryland SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors provides comprehensive survivor-centered and trauma-informed services that empower sex and labor trafficking survivors to heal and reclaim their lives.
The University of Maryland SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors provides comprehensive survivor-centered and trauma-informed services that empower sex and labor trafficking survivors to heal and reclaim their lives.
A Rights-Based Approach to Supporting Survivors
A Rights-Based Approach to Supporting Survivors
The SAFE Center takes a rights-based approach to supporting clients, which places justice for survivors at the center of our work and respects survivors’ agency to determine what justice means to them. Our team creates opportunities for survivor leadership and leads strategic policy, research, and advocacy initiatives.
A Comprehensive Approach to Combating Human Trafficking
Services for Survivors
The SAFE Center provides bilingual (Spanish/English) case management, legal immigration, mental health, and economic empowerment services to survivors of sex and labor trafficking.
Policy Advocacy
Informed by our direct engagement with survivors, the SAFE Center works at the local, state, and federal levels to advocate for policies that expand rights and services for survivors and seek to prevent trafficking.
Prevention
The SAFE Center takes a systemic approach to sex and labor trafficking prevention by working with students, caregivers, educators, medical professionals, and other service providers in Maryland to facilitate the identification of potential survivors and reduce vulnerabilities to trafficking.
Outreach
The SAFE Center joins tabling and community events, as well as expert panels, to connect with individuals who may be vulnerable to trafficking or who may work with vulnerable populations, enhancing our on-the-ground knowledge of the risks faced in our communities.
Training
The SAFE Center leads trainings on human trafficking trends, the root causes of trafficking, and services available for survivors to raise awareness among social workers, lawyers, worker rights groups, corporate partners, students, and other community members.
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Services for Survivors
The SAFE Center provides bilingual (Spanish/English) case management, legal immigration, mental health, and economic empowerment services to survivors of sex and labor trafficking.
- Policy Advocacy
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Policy Advocacy
Informed by our direct engagement with survivors, the SAFE Center works at the local, state, and federal levels to advocate for policies that expand rights and services for survivors and seek to prevent trafficking.
- Prevention
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Prevention
The SAFE Center takes a systemic approach to sex and labor trafficking prevention by working with students, caregivers, educators, medical professionals, and other service providers in Maryland to facilitate the identification of potential survivors and reduce vulnerabilities to trafficking.
- Outreach
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Outreach
The SAFE Center joins tabling and community events, as well as expert panels, to connect with individuals who may be vulnerable to trafficking or who may work with vulnerable populations, enhancing our on-the-ground knowledge of the risks faced in our communities.
- Training
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Training
The SAFE Center leads trainings on human trafficking trends, the root causes of trafficking, and services available for survivors to raise awareness among social workers, lawyers, worker rights groups, corporate partners, students, and other community members.
Services for Survivors
The SAFE Center provides bilingual (Spanish/English) case management, legal immigration, mental health, and economic empowerment services to survivors of sex and labor trafficking.
Policy Advocacy
Informed by our direct engagement with survivors, the SAFE Center works at the local, state, and federal levels to advocate for policies that expand rights and services for survivors and seek to prevent trafficking.
Prevention
The SAFE Center leads trainings and panel presentations on human trafficking trends, the root causes of trafficking, and services available for survivors to raise awareness among social workers, lawyers, foreign embassy and consulate officials, corporate partners, university students, and other local community members.
Outreach
The SAFE Center joins tabling and community events, as well as expert panels, to connect with individuals who may be vulnerable to trafficking or who may work with vulnerable populations, enhancing our on-the-ground knowledge of the risks faced in our communities.
Training
The SAFE Center leads trainings on human trafficking trends, the root causes of trafficking, and services available for survivors to raise awareness among social workers, lawyers, worker rights groups, corporate partners, students, and other community members.
- Services for Survivors
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Services for Survivors
The SAFE Center provides bilingual (Spanish/English) case management, legal immigration, mental health, and economic empowerment services to survivors of sex and labor trafficking.
- Policy Advocacy
-
Policy Advocacy
Informed by our direct engagement with survivors, the SAFE Center works at the local, state, and federal levels to advocate for policies that expand rights and services for survivors and seek to prevent trafficking.
- Prevention
-
Prevention
The SAFE Center leads trainings and panel presentations on human trafficking trends, the root causes of trafficking, and services available for survivors to raise awareness among social workers, lawyers, foreign embassy and consulate officials, corporate partners, university students, and other local community members.
- Outreach
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Outreach
The SAFE Center joins tabling and community events, as well as expert panels, to connect with individuals who may be vulnerable to trafficking or who may work with vulnerable populations, enhancing our on-the-ground knowledge of the risks faced in our communities.
- Training
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Training
The SAFE Center leads trainings on human trafficking trends, the root causes of trafficking, and services available for survivors to raise awareness among social workers, lawyers, worker rights groups, corporate partners, students, and other community members.
The Latest News
Human trafficking prevention starts with youth empowerment. The SAFE Center’s youth engagement initiatives bring together social, legal, and mental health professionals to equip youth and their families with tools to recognize risk factors, strengthen healthy relationships, and prevent human trafficking and dating violence. Since our founding nearly 10 years ago, more than 40% of the
SAFE Center November 10, 2025
This fall, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), in partnership with the Universities at Shady Grove, featured the SAFE Center as a model for innovative university-community collaboration. The program showcased the community impact of our work and marked the launch of the SAFE Center’s expanded collaborations with UMB’s schools of Dentistry, Nursing, and Social Work. The event featured
November 10, 2025
The SAFE Center’s Housing Program plays a critical role in helping survivors of human trafficking to work toward safety, stability, and long-term independence. “Housing is foundational to healing and recovery; without safe and stable housing, survivors cannot effectively address other challenges related to mental health care, employment, and long-term financial stability. Ensuring survivors have
April 17, 2025
