About us
PROMISE
In January of 2005, The Salvation Army’s PROMISE initiative (Partnership to Rescue our Minors from Sexual Exploitation) was launched in Chicago to combat sex trafficking of children. The model, developed by The Salvation Army, includes the formation of a task force which engages in initiatives that address the PROMISE provisions of awareness, prevention, intervention, and service delivery. Strategies for implementing the provisions are developed by members who represent the social service, education, legal, judicial, healthcare, law enforcement and other government sectors thus ensuring a comprehensive and holistic approach.
The PROMISE program is part of The Salvation Army's Chicago Metropolitan Division. Please review all our various programs and services.
Promote PROMISE
PROMISE reached agreement with the member organizations of the task force to launch an organized campaign to promote our model. To assist in the effort we provide a detailed PROMISE PowerPoint presentation. There are essential training notes included with this presentation. To access them please download the presentation and open it in Powerpoint.
Public Service Announcement
PROMISE is proud to collaborate with the United Center for the airing
of an anti-sexual exploitation public service announcement spearheaded
by The Salvation Army. See the PSA now:
Macintosh QuickTime (1.6MB)
Windows movie (1.6MB)
The Salvation Army’s Trafficking Outreach Program and Intervention Techniques (STOP-IT)
To complement the service provision of PROMISE, The Salvation Army received funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to promote the identification of trafficked victims. The STOP-IT program also conducts community outreach and provides training and technical assistance for those offering recovery services to trafficking survivors.
Members
To date, PROMISE is comprised of thirty-one governmental and non-governmental organizations, all of which support The Salvation Army model.
- The Salvation Army
- Adults Saving Kids
- Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation
- Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
- Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center
- Chicago Communities in Schools
- Chicago Police Department
- Children’s Memorial Hospital
- Christian Community Health Center
- The Circuit Court of Cook County, Juvenile Justice Division
- The Circuit Court of Cook County, Child Protection Division
- City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office of Domestic Violence
- Cook County Commission on Women’s Issues
- Cook County Sheriff, Youth Services Department
- Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department
- Dominican University
- The Dreamcatcher Foundation
- Heartland Alliance – National Immigrant Justice Center
- Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
- Illinois Department of Human Services
- Illinois Department of Children & Family Services
- Kaleidoscope, Inc.
- Law Offices of Salvador A. Cicero
- Maryville Academy
- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
- Office of the Cook County Public Guardian
- Office of the Illinois Attorney General
- State’s Attorney of Cook County
- UCAN – Teen Parenting Service Network (TPSN)
- U.S. Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation
New announcements
- Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Labor Trafficking of Minors
Training Seminar - Cook County State's Attorneys office supports the PROMISE program
The Cook County State's Attorneys office received a grant from the DOJ, ICAC to protect children from sexual exploitation and has subcontracted with The Salvation Army, PROMISE program–Anne's House, to provide trauma aftercare treatment and educational services to the young women and girls on the program. For more details see the press release. - Anne's House
In the summer of 2010,The Salvation Army PROMISE program, under the direction of the Chicago Metropolitan Divisional Social Services Department is opening a residential home for domestic women and girls who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation[sex trafficking]. The home will provide a safe nurturing environment, long term trauma treatment, life skills training, spiritual support, education, anger management, money management and recreational activities.
The program will accommodate eight socially disabled young women and girls, [ages 12-21] that desperately need a way out of their current lifestyle of sexual abuse and violence. - The Chicago School of Professional Psychology provides Anne's House with
clinical oversight.
Our Task force member, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology has graciously agreed to provide PROMISE Anne's House staff assistance in evaluating program goals, reviewing treatment plans, intake procedures, diagnostic tools, special trauma bond training techniques, various therapeutic approaches, case load reviews and overall clinical supervision. For more information on the Chicago School of Professional Psychology please view their web site. - Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority supports Anne's House by
providing research and evaluation services.
The ICJIA is supporting PROMISE by conducting research and evaluating Anne's House focusing on the following areas:- Provide a review of literature on existing residential services to victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
- Create a full program description of the services provided at Anne's House
- Develop a profile of the program participants at Anne's House
- Conduct interviews with the staff.
- Malia Designs supports PROMISE
Malia Designs, a Chicago company with a mission to combat human trafficking, has generously agreed to donate 15% of any purchase to The Salvation Army PROMISE program. Malia Designs sells products such as bags, wallets and accessories made by non-profit organizations that employ disadvantaged people in developing countries as well as small family producers. To check out their beautiful products visit http://www.maliadesigns.com. Please be sure to type “PROMISE” in the coupon code box when making your purchase. - Previous announcements
Updated 8/8/10.