Responding to the Call: We Need This Here
Responding to the Call: We Need This Here
Safe Places for Women was born from a simple faith-rooted conviction: women trapped in exploitation deserve safety, dignity, and a tangible path forward. Over the years, the faithfulness of our founder, Ked Frank, our dedicated leadership, and our Denver community — through prayer, giving, and steadfast presence — have shaped a model of care that works. Your generosity has not only sustained a ministry here; it has laid the foundation for something beyond what can just help Denver.
Today, we are humbled and honored to share that another city has said, “We need this here.” In response to that call, a sister organization has been launched: Safe Places Miami — a new nonprofit dedicated to emergency housing and life-changing outreach for survivors of sex trafficking in the Miami community. This expansion reflects more than just organizational growth; it reflects a heart of generosity, collaboration, and a shared commitment to respond where the need is greatest.
We are very excited to announce that Safe Places Miami will be opening this summer.
Safe Places Miami will be a sister organization to Safe Places for Women. It will operate with the same spirit, mission, and heart that have guided the work in Denver, and some of the same leadership relationships will help support the effort. At the same time, it will be its own separate organization, focused specifically on meeting the needs of survivors in South Florida.
Miami consistently ranks among the top five locations in the United States where women are trafficked and exploited. Despite the scale of the problem, there are very few resources available where law enforcement or frontline providers can bring a survivor who has just been identified—especially in the middle of the night—when immediate safety is needed. Safe Places Miami is being created to help meet that urgent need.
The program will include a short-term emergency home designed as a 35-day residential stay. The home will operate as a 24/7 care facility and will be staffed by licensed professionals and trained caregivers. The goal is to create a safe, well-run, state-of-the-art environment where women can step out of immediate danger and begin stabilizing.
During their stay, each woman will be individually assessed so that staff can better understand her goals, needs, and next steps. The program is designed to come alongside each survivor, keep her safe, and help her begin taking the first steps toward a brand-new life.
This type of immediate emergency housing resource is largely absent in the South Florida area, making Safe Places Miami one of the first programs of its kind available to law enforcement and frontline responders.
Although Safe Places Miami and Safe Places for Women in Denver will operate as separate organizations, they will work in tandem. Donations given to Miami stay in Miami. Likewise, donations in Denver, stay in Denver. Maintaining this distinction allows each community to support the work happening locally while still being connected through a shared mission.
At the same time, the long-term vision is to develop a network of safe locations that can work together across the country. In many cases, survivors need distance from the environment where they were being exploited. The hope is to build something that functions almost like an “Underground Railroad” of safety, where survivors can be relocated when necessary.
In some situations, a woman escaping exploitation in Florida may come to Denver or be connected with Rescue America and placed within their national network of trusted programs. In other situations, someone identified through our relationships may be placed in the Miami home when that is the safest option. The goal is simple: wherever a survivor is identified, there should be somewhere safe she can go.
The Safe Places Miami home is currently undergoing renovations, and staff are already being interviewed and hired to prepare for the launch of the 24-hour program. Our hope is to have the home open in time for the increased demand expected as Miami prepares for the upcoming World Cup.
We ask for your prayers for the team building this work, for the women who will soon find safety there, and for the churches, partners, and supporters who are helping make this possible. The spiritual battles in this field are real, and yet the hope of transformation — the tangible love of Christ — is more powerful still.
Thank you for your generosity, for your courage to go farther than comfort, and for believing that no woman — here in Denver, or now in Miami — should walk this journey alone.
If you are interested in learning more about Safe Places Miami or contributing to the work, please visit SafePlacesMiami.org. We would also love to connect with anyone in the South Florida area—churches, businesses, or community leaders—who may want to partner in building this resource for women in need.
GIVE NOW
RECENT POSTS
