Earlier Connection
Young adults connect to support through trusted referral partners.
Prevention is stronger when young people recognize risk and the adults and institutions around them know how to respond.
UNITY Prevention brings together education for young people, training for adults and institutions, survivor-informed practice, and community-based coordination to help people recognize risk earlier and respond more effectively.
UNITY Prevention builds on the prevention work established by UNITAS, carrying that experience forward under a clearer, prevention-focused identity.
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Recognition & Partnerships
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Prevention works across people and systems.
LIGHTS gives young people practical knowledge to recognize exploitation and know where to seek support.
Professional Development prepares adults and institutions to recognize concerns and respond with greater clarity.
UNITY Networks bring prevention into communities through stronger referral, coordination, and support pathways.
Prevention, Built Into Community
UNITY Detroit is the first UNITY Network, a referral-based prevention hub for young adults ages 18–21. It will pair case management with coordinated referrals and local partnerships so young people can access support before instability deepens.
Coordinated Response
Case managers help participants navigate services based on their individual needs.
Local Partnership
Detroit organizations bring specialized expertise while UNITY coordinates connections and follow-through.
What changed because of UNITAS?
Years of prevention work have strengthened what young people know, how professionals respond, and how schools and community partners approach exploitation risk.
YOUNG PEOPLE EQUIPPED
Young people gained clearer language to recognize trafficking, manipulation, vulnerability, and where to seek help.
PROFESSIONALS PREPARED
Educators, service providers, law enforcement, and other professionals strengthened how they recognize concerns and respond.
SCHOOLS BETTER PREPARED
Schools and districts gained curriculum, training, and response tools that support earlier recognition and clearer action.
COMMUNITIES STRENGTHENED
Partnerships connected schools, service providers, public agencies, and community organizations around prevention.
PREVENTION SYSTEMS BUILT
UNITAS combined curriculum, professional training, response practices, and institutional support so prevention could extend beyond a single lesson or training.
"The UNITAS team will truly make a difference in the lives of vulnerable students."
Jess Dannhauser
Administration for Children's Services Commissioner
This is the best training on human trafficking I've had... powerful, necessary."
Social Worker | NYC DOE
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Kamille Stine, LMHC
Founding Assistant Vice President | The Phoenix Project
The training provided by UNITAS and protocol set by the NYPD will enable swift identification and recovery of victims."
Marlon Larin
Deputy Chief | NYPD School Safety Division
"The NYPD believes that educating and empowering our children to learn about and avoid trafficking is critical and knows that the UNITAS team brings the required experience, skill set, and passion."
Amy Capogna
Lieutenant | NYPD Special Victims Division Human Trafficking Squad
What changes through LIGHTS
98%
Could define human trafficking.
96%
Understood how traffickers manipulate and groom young people.
85%
Could identify warning signs of manipulation in relationships.
LIGHTS is designed to move young people beyond awareness by strengthening recognition, understanding, and knowledge of where to turn for help.