WHY PARTERSHIPS?
The complex needs of victims in their transformation to survivors and potentially leaders must met through a myriad of collaborations.  

Here are a few reasons:
1).  The collaboration between service providers and law enforcement are essential to helping the individual understand that they are not a criminal.
2).  Access to a wide variety of legal, medical, dental and psychological professionals is essential to assessing the victims' needs and providing high quality, professional care.
3).  Knowledge of and access to a variety of emergency, treatment and transitional housing options for youth and adult/female and male survivors is critical to assisting survivors.  Specific housing for this population is preferable over mixing of client populations (i.e. domestic violence).
4).  Resources for basic needs must be readily available.  For example: food/drinks, clothing, toiletries.   Victims/Survivors often arrive with nothing.
5). Peer advocacy, education and service provision should be provided from emergency response to aftercare.  Survivors come with a set of needs/challenges that are often not understood by professionals: legal, medical/dental personnel, or law enforcement.