Wisconsin Regional Anti-Human Trafficking Program (WRAP)
UMOS’ Latina Resource Center (LRC) operates the Wisconsin Regional Anti-Human Trafficking Program (WRAP), a statewide program aimed at expanding the capacity of Wisconsin communities to identify and protect domestic and foreign-born victims of labor and sex trafficking as well as enhance the quality and quantity of services available to victims and survivors.
If you or someone you know may be the victim of human trafficking, click here:
What is Human Trafficking?
U.S. law defines human trafficking as the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor against their will.
Labor Trafficking
Labor trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery (22 USC § 7102). (humantraffickinghotline.org)
Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for the purposes of a commercial sex act, in which the commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age (22 USC § 7102). (humantraffickinghotline.org)
Human trafficking is a complex issue and not always immediately recognizable. We have the experience and resources to add capacity where it is needed, and to train community members, law enforcement agencies, and other organizations.
Direct Services Provided
Training
UMOS’ training efforts ensure that critical information around human trafficking is delivered to professionals who may interact with a potential victim. Click here to schedule a training.
Screening and Identification
WRAP staff offer screening services for potential victims in order to properly identify victims of trafficking. Screening services are available in both Spanish and English. If additional languages are needed, staff will gather appropriate resources to accommodate.
Legal Assistance Services & Advocacy
Civil legal assistance is offered to human trafficking victims of sexual assault in Eastern Wisconsin. Victim-centered, culturally relevant legal assistance aims to increase victims’ awareness of and access to legal services and advocacy.
LATEST W.R.A.P. NEWS
For Victims/Survivors, or to report a crisis 24 HOURS, 7 DAYS A WEEK:
The UMOS Latina Resource Center Crisis Line:
(414) 389-6510
The National Human Trafficking Hotline:
(888) 373-7888
UMOS Latina Resource Center, general information:
414-389-6500
UMOS Anti-Human Trafficking services are funded by:
U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
Project Respect/ARC Community Services, Inc.
Howard G. Buffett Foundation