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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.

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

Partnership Highlights

Victorian Rose Garden Bed & Breakfast

organized and hosted Breakfast with the Boys, a Father’s Day event with the recent leading cast members of the Chicago company of JERSEY BOYS, now known as Under the Streetlamp. Victorian Rose Garden will continue to collaborate with PROMISE on future events.
Download the full details! (1MB pdf)

Cook County State's Attorney’s Office

supports the PROMISE program. The Cook County State's Attorney’s 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.

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.

For more information on the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority please visit the ICJIA web site.