You Are Changing Lives in San Diego
Powered by People like YouGirls Rising Above Child Exploitation (GRACE) was founded with a goal: Our mission has always been to empower, support and provide services to trafficked, exploited and…
GRACE 2026 Summer Review!
Our 2026 Summer Adventures! GRACE Summer adventures have brought smiles and memories to the faces of so many youth in our program and in San Diego Youth Services' program. This…
Understanding Online Exploitation and Keeping Your Children Safe
“Beware of Strangers” is a phrase almost everyone has heard before. We know how unsafe it can be for a child to wander in a grocery store, trolley station, or…
From Crisis to Stability: June GRACE Success Stories
A Refuge In Time Of Need Last month we received an emergency request to support a client in need of housing. We quickly responded and were able to move the…
May Breakthroughs & Partnerships
May was an amazing month at GRACE, and June is going to be even better!May was a month filled with success stories for the youth in our program! We have…
2025 GRACE Impact Report
2025 has been an impactful year for GRACE, both for our organization and for the youth we serve. GRACE was founded in 2017 with the hope that we would be…
How to Talk About Trafficking in Relationships – Grooming, Boyfriending, Love Bombing and More
Romance is in the air – but like the movies or is it a tactic? Most of us can name our favorite romance movie. You know, the one where the…
GRACE 2022 Year-In-Review
Hello GRACE Family! Thank you so much for assisting our mission to support, empower, and provide services to trafficked, exploited, and at-risk youth in 2022. Because of your generous giving,…
Substance Abuse in Human Trafficking
Written By Paresa Moosa Human trafficking has an adverse effect on its victim’s, both psychologically and physiologically. As for the psychological aspects; PTSD, depression, and anxiety can all be common…
Human Trafficking: More than Sexual Exploitation
Written by Alexis Romo When we hear about human trafficking, we usually think about the buying and selling of people for sex. It’s no surprise that we mostly talk…