This Space is led by us and for us.
Welcome to You Are More Than Survivor Space
A curated space to explore your mental health, education, and financial needs in order to help nurture your growth forward.
Our program is geared towards Black, Indigenous, Survivors of Color and 2SLGBTQ+ survivors of trafficking, sex workers and those impacted by the commercial sex industry.
Mental Health Resources
Here you can find support in navigating through your own healing journey. Exploring and understanding your emotional journey is hard but you don’t have to do this alone!
We offer
Free Individual counseling services for survivors in NJ and PA
Group therapy to survivors nationally,
Connect, match, and support survivors throughout the United States with costs to see mental health clinicians in their local communities through our Directory
We offer Peer Mentorship services to survivors nationally.
Education Resources
Here you can find support in navigating through your education journey. Education is a huge barrier for many survivors within our community and we would like to change that!
We offer no-strings-attached access to grants for schooling (either to go back to school or maintain within your school setting).
Financial Resources
Here you can find support in navigating through your financial journey. We all deserve a world where we can live on our own terms, with the financial means to support ourselves and the folx we love.
We offer no-strings-attached access to grants to uplift and support survivors-led small businesses and survivor-led nonprofits.
Grants include access to financial literacy group, small business coaching and professional development support.
How do I know if I Qualify for Services?
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You may have been impacted by trafficking if you have engaged in the commercial sex industry and Force, Fraud or Coercion was utilized to keep you there.
If you had to engage in survival sex (as a kid or an adult) in order to get your needs met?
If your parent made you engage in sexual acts as a kid in exchange for something of value, cash, substance use, etc. Or forced you to engage child sexual abuse material for exchange of money.
If you have experienced being unhoused or aged out of the foster care system and had to utilize sex to get your basic needs met.
If you have a partner (gender does not matter) that has convinced you or made you engage in sexual acts with others in exchange for something of value like money or housing, food, clothing, etc.
Your employer refuses to pay you or has withheld payment from you for the work that you have done.
You were exploited by a group of individuals whether it be thru religiously, through a cult, gang etc.
You identify as a sex worker and consensually exchange in the commercial sex industry.
Please note that this list is NOT all-encompassing. There are so many experiences of exploitation and harm that someone can experience in their lifetime; these are just examples of what engagement in the commercial sex industry can look like.
Do you identify as a domestic survivor of trafficking? (This means that you were born in the United States and Trafficked here in the United States).
Are you between the ages of 18-45 years old?
Do you identify as a sex worker?
Have you engaged in the commercial sex industry but don’t label yourself as either of these individuals?
Are you Black, Indigenous, or Survivor of Color?
Do you identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex?
Are you fully exited from the commercial sex industry (if you are a trafficking survivor)?
Do you have your basic needs met? Stably housed and not currently facing food insecurity or substance use difficulties?
If you are still unsure if you are a good fit, see our table to the left describing some of the experiences clients we serve face.
*Please note: YAMT does not currently offer case management services; in order to gain access to our services, we ask that you are stably housed, not struggling with active substance use that impedes your day-to-day functioning, and not facing food insecurity to be an appropriate referral.