Innovations HTC
Our mission is to engage first responders, tribes, and other stakeholders in eliminating human trafficking through solution-based knowledge and trauma-informed strategies, and to empower survivors to heal and build self-sufficient, affirming lives.
Founder and Executive Director
Who We Are:
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative (Innovations HTC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Olympia, WA, dedicated to combating human trafficking and supporting survivors. Founded in 2016 by Jeri Moomaw, a renowned leader and survivor of human trafficking. We have 21 years of experience providing essential training and assistance.
What We Do
Our Approach:
- Empowering Survivors: We empower survivors to build fulfilling careers and become experts in the field, emphasizing their critical role in shaping policies without fear of re-exploitation.
- Training and Technical Assistance: We offer comprehensive training to various organizations and professionals, equipping them to respond effectively to human trafficking.
Our Current Initiatives:
- Direct Survivor Support: We provide support services to survivors, including peer resource navigation, outreach, and client advocacy.
- National Training: As a leader in human trafficking training, we focus on equity, LGBTQ2IA+ inclusion, and addressing trafficking in communities including tribal lands.
- Awareness and Systems Creation: We work to raise awareness, develop response protocols, and provide trauma-informed screening assessments to improve victim identification and support.
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative is a nonprofit organization founded with the mission to effectively combat all forms of human trafficking and support its victims. From our base in Olympia, WA, we operate nationwide, engaging with first responders, tribes, vand various stakeholders in an effort to eradicate human trafficking through solution-based knowledge amd trauma-informed strategies.
At our core we are survivor-led with our leadership team consisting of survivors from diverse backgrounds. We continually draw on our lived experiences to inform our work and adapt our methods, ensuring a genuinely empathetic, victim-centered approach to our advocacy, training, and overall service. With our strong belief in empowerment, we offer various prgrams and initiatives amed at equipping survivors with the tools to heal and create self-sufficient, fulfilling lives free from thier past experience
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Our Mission
Our mission is to engage first responders, tribes, and other stakeholders in eliminating human trafficking through solution-based knowledge and trauma-informed strategies, and to empower survivors to heal and build self-sufficient, affirming lives.Our Vision
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative’s vision is to rebuild the lives and elevate the voices of women and men with lived experience of human trafficking in order to lead a movement ending exploitation in all forms. Then create educational pathways and careers for the survivors to find a place in the society with grace and dignity.Our Values:
At Innovations HTC we are a survivor-led organization with our leadership team consisting of survivors from diverse backgrounds. We reflect on our lived experiences to inform our work and adapt our methods, ensuring a genuinely empathetic, victim-centered approach to our advocacy, training, and overall service. We strongly believe in empowerment and we offer various programs and initiatives, equipping survivors with the tools to heal and create self-sufficient, fulfilling lives – free from their past experience.
What makes us most proud
Innovations HTC is dedicated to delivering the best client service possible
by providing professionalism, compassion, and a personalized approach to every client.
Our Funders and Partners
