b'PARTNERS IN CAREComprehensive case management for trafficking victims This story discusses sensitive and distressing topics related to sex trafficking, including descriptions of traumatic experiences, exploitation, graphic violence, and sexual assault.by Jeanne L. Allert, PhDI n 2007 the Lord called me out of a lucrative life in I.T. consulting to establish the first longterm restorative care program in the MidAtlantic, serving victims of sex trafficking. I had no personal history, no academic preparation, nor a network of forerunners I could learn fromor lean intoto do this work. At that time, our nation had scant awareness of sex trafficking as a domestic concern, and our understanding of victims was stereotypical, at best. So as an agency, we simply had to trust in the Lord and learn from the survivors themselves.\x02JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG 35'