A woman and her four children arrived at the shelter two weeks before Christmas. The mother had visible bruising on her face. They all wore expressions of fear and uncertainty. The case manager took the children to the den, where they could play games or watch TV while their mother completed her intake interview.
Over a decade ago, Lindsey Crawford was home with her newborn daughter on a Sunday morning. Watching a sermon via DVD, she heard the pastor reference an event within his church that was designed to reach sex workers in Orlando.