Breaking Free
Street Outreach
770 University Ave W, St. Paul, MN, 55104
(651) 645-6557
breakingfree@breakingfree.net
https://breakingfree.net
Service Details
Description
Program where staff or volunteers interact with people who live on the street, build relationships, try to identify immediate needs and provide information about longer-term support services.
Additional Information
* Provide street-based outreach to prostituted individuals to help build a rapport with them
* Inform about available programs and services through the agency
* Provide hygiene kits, condoms and other seasonal items in an effort to meet their ongoing needs
Outreach workers canvas areas in St. Paul and surrounding communities that are known to be high traffic areas for prostitution.
Features
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Area Served by County
- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Dakota County
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County
- Scott County
- Washington County
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Payment
- Free / no cost to eligible clients
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Specialization
- Female
- Homeless
- Individuals with criminal histories accepted
- People with low income
Eligibility
Prostituted and trafficked women and girls
Area Served
Twin Cities Metro Area
Websites
Phone Numbers
| Type | Number | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Main | (651) 645-6557 |
Last Update
11/22/2024
Other Locations
This provider does not offer this service at other locations.
Other Services or resources
Taxonomy Terms Used: Clicking a taxonomy term from the list below launches a new search.
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PH-8000Street Outreach Programs Definition
Programs that are staffed by outreach workers who spend time with people who live on the street, build relationships with them, identify and address their immediate needs (e.g., crisis intervention, food, clean clothing, hygiene kits, blankets, someone to listen) and provide information about and linkage to longer-term forms of support such as shelter, counseling, drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation, care/case management and, where applicable, family reunification services. Street outreach programs may be staffed by volunteers or peers who were formerly homeless; and may target special populations such as homeless youth at risk for sexual abuse or exploitation, veterans, or people with specific medical or mental health conditions, or be available to the larger homeless population.
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YB-9000Young Adults Definition
Individuals who are generally between the ages of 18 and 25 depending on the ages that specific programs use for qualification.
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YO-8200.8000Sex Trade Workers Definition
Men and women who are employed in the provision of sexual acts, and other activities designed specifically for sexual stimulation. Included are prostitutes, strippers, phone sex workers, live website sex performers and adult video performers.
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YS-2000Females Definition
Individuals who have needs and interests in common as a result of similar experiences, concerns or expectations as females.
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YV-3000Homeless People Definition
Individuals and families who have no fixed, regular and adequate residence, who are residing temporarily with relatives or friends or who live on the street, in emergency or transitional shelters, in a hotel or motel paid for with a shelter voucher, in seriously substandard housing or in an abandoned building, place of business, car or other vehicle, or other public or private place that is not ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for people. Some people who are homeless have issues with substance abuse, chronic or severe mental illness, chronic unemployment or underemployment, or other problems that prevent them from obtaining housing.
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YX-1500.9000Victims of Human Trafficking Definition
Individuals (including adults and children, males and females) who have been abducted, sold, recruited under fraud or pretence or otherwise brought under the control of another person, and forced, by means of threats, intimidation, violence or other forms of coercion, into unpaid or underpaid labor, servitude, prostitution or forced marriage, either domestically within their own country or internationally. Other forms of exploitation include provision of children for illegal adoption, provision of women as mail-order brides, and subjection of individuals of all ages to the forced removal of organs.