Funded by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, the goal of the program is to identify at risk and trafficked youth and to respond by identifying a variety of supportive services including food, clothing, shelter, case management, transportation assistance, public assistance linkages and vocational and recreational therapy.

In addition, the Safe Harbour Program has joined with community partners and stakeholders to develop an Outreach Program to identify, educate and support the needs of at risk youth in our community.

The Safe Harbour For Exploited Children Act (2008) defines a sexually exploited child as any person less than 18 years of age who has been subject to sexual exploitation as a result of their loitering for the purposes of prostitution or their engagement in an offer to exchange sexual conduct in return for food, clothing a place to stay, drugs, or a fee.

This law was created to protect sexually exploited children from being charged with a juvenile delinquent offense in appropriate cases.

Human Trafficking is the practice of exploiting individuals, including children, as commodities in conditions of sexual and labor servitude.

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) is one type of child sexual abuse. It is defined as the sexual exploitation of a child (under the age of 18) in return for cash or in kind goods or services provided to the child or a third person or persons. Examples include sex trafficking, child pornography, stripping/dancing, cyber-enticement, intra-familial sexual exploitation and survival sex.