Frequently Asked Questions
Where do the women come from?
We take ladies from anywhere in the US, from any state, city, and county. Sex trafficked victims are in every city in America. We have ladies who have come to us from; Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Illinois, Idaho, Tennessee, California, Nevada, Washington State, Hawaii and others.
Do the women have children?
About 85 % of the women we work with have from 1 to 7 children. They are with grandparents, in foster care, CPS, aunts & uncles and friends.
What happens to the children while the mother is with us?
Restored Hope Ministries does not house children in Phases 1 or 2. However, with reunification as the ultimate goal we do facilitate weekly calls and consistent communications throughout the year with the children, bi-weekly visits, as well as extended Christmas & Thanksgiving day visitation. Reunification is ALWAYS our goal and a first priority in Phase 3
What is our success rate?
Since 2012, Restored Hope Ministries has welcomed hundreds of women and children
into our life-changing 12-to-18-month healing program. Some stayed for just 30 minutes,
others for a day, a month, six months—or a full year or more. Each story is different, but
every life matters deeply to us.
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In our 13 years of ministry, focused on rescuing, healing, and restoring survivors of trafficking, we are humbled to share an incredible statistic: only 5 women have returned to a life of trafficking. That means 95% of the women who enter our program never go back.
Why such success? Because we are not a short-term shelter or a six-month holding place. The deep wounds these women carry often take months just to begin to surface. In fact, it can take six months or more for a woman to feel safe enough to make eye contact or engage in her first true healing conversation.
That’s why our 12-to-18-month program is intensive, highly structured, and uniquely focused on lasting transformation—spiritually, emotionally, and practically. But the healing doesn’t end when the program does. We walk with them for life. They become part of our family, and we remain a safe haven and support system for years to come.
We invite you to learn more about what this journey looks like in the “First Glimmer of Hope” section on our homepage.
Please consider joining this boots-on-the-ground ministry—pray, give, volunteer, and share this mission with everyone you know. Together, we can help rewrite stories of despair into testimonies of redemption.