JANUARY IS
NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
PREVENTION MONTH
BOSTON Human Exploitation Advocacy Team (HEAT)
Creates a path to recovery for female survivors at Mass and Cass
Creates a path to recovery for female survivors at Mass and Cass
At the heart of Boston’s Mass. and Cass corridor is a crisis defined by addiction, homelessness, untreated mental illness, and an often invisible reality: sex trafficking. Sex trafficking is not a choice—it is a violent exploitation of vulnerability, where trauma and opioid use disorder collide. Women trapped in this cycle are survivors of coercion, abuse, and profound loss, searching for safety, dignity, and someone who will not abandon them.
Boston HEAT exists to reach the women most systems fail to see.
HEAT deploys an innovative approach of street psychology, combined with advocacy and community education, to empower women trapped in cycles of sex trafficking and addiction.
Founded by a forensic psychologist and a peer advocate with lived experience, HEAT provides consistent, relationship-based, trauma-informed care. Through trusted partnerships with hospitals, courts, law enforcement, and street outreach teams, our organization meets women where exploitation occurs and offers what healing begins with: compassion, trust, and hope.
Boston HEAT exists to reach the women most systems fail to see.
HEAT deploys an innovative approach of street psychology, combined with advocacy and community education, to empower women trapped in cycles of sex trafficking and addiction.
Founded by a forensic psychologist and a peer advocate with lived experience, HEAT provides consistent, relationship-based, trauma-informed care. Through trusted partnerships with hospitals, courts, law enforcement, and street outreach teams, our organization meets women where exploitation occurs and offers what healing begins with: compassion, trust, and hope.