05/07/2026
For this year’s Big Day of Giving, we’re highlighting the work of the IRC’s Anti-Trafficking Program—a program built around one urgent reality: children cannot wait for systems to catch up.
This team supports young people who have been exploited, overlooked, or silenced. By the time help arrives, their needs are immediate, complex, and deeply human.
The work begins in the most critical moments. As Program Supervisor Sarahid explains, what happens in those moments can shape whether a child moves toward safety or remains in harm.
Every response is guided by a survivor-centered approach: restoring safety, dignity, and agency while ensuring that each young person leads their own path forward. Services range from housing and healthcare access to legal support and education—always delivered with consistency, trust-building, and cultural understanding at the center.
But the impact of trafficking extends beyond individual cases. Across Sacramento, community members often recognize warning signs but hesitate to act—uncertain of what to do or how to help.
That gap is exactly where this program extends its reach: through outreach, partnerships, and training that help communities recognize risk and respond safely. The goal is not only to respond to trafficking, but to prevent it.
This work is urgent because circumstances change quickly—and every delay matters. Without intervention, harm continues. With it, young people can begin to rebuild stability, trust, and a future beyond exploitation.
Protecting children from trafficking is not work any one organization can do alone. It requires a coordinated community response—and sustained investment in prevention, awareness, and care.
💛 Give today and help make that response possible.
