Children Of The Night

TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN WHO ARE SEXUALLY EXPLOITED AND VULNERABLE TO OR INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION AND PORNOGRAPHY.

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT CELEBRATED ITS 42ND ANNIVERSARY IN 2021 AND OUR STORY OF CHANGE AND ADAPTATION IN RESPONSE TO NEW LEGISLATION GOVERNING THE CARE AND SUPERVISION OF PROSTITUTED YOUTH WAS REMARKABLE.CASE MANAGEMENT AND TUTORING, HERE IN AMERICA, ARE THE LARGEST PART OF OUR BUDGET AND THEY ARE THE CORE OF CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT PROGRAMS AND THE REASON WE EXIST.IN 2021, CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT GREW AGAIN. WE PROVIDED 11,024 CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 419 PROSTITUTED YOUTH.WE HELPED WITH 776 JOBS, 591 SCHOOL, AND 114 COLLEGE PLACEMENTS. 78% OF OUR CLIENTS WERE FEMALE, 19% MALE AND 1% TRANSGENDER. RACES OF OUR CLIENTS WERE 38% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 23% LATINO, 22% CAUCASIAN AND 12% IDENTIFIED AS BI-RACIAL AND OUR CLIENTS WERE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.PROSTITUTED YOUTH WERE REFERRED MOSTLY BY PARENTS, THEN OTHER PROGRAMS, ALUMNI OF CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT PROGRAMS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE AT A LOSS OF WHAT TO DO WITH THIS CHALLENGING POPULATION OF YOUTH.IN 2021, WE TUTORED 2,881 HOURS TO 93 PROSTITUTED YOUTH IN 13 STATES.SINCE OUR MEAGER BEGINNINGS, WE HAVE HELPED OVER 250 PROSTITUTED YOUTH OBTAIN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.60% OF OUR PROSTITUTED YOUTH WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 30, 45% BETWEEN 18 & 24 YEARS OLD AND 1 UNDER THE AGE OF 17.87% OF OUR STUDENTS WERE FEMALE, 11% MALE AND 1% TRANSGENDER. 44% WERE LATINO, 31% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 17% WERE CAUCASIAN, 5% IDENTIFIED AS BI-RACIAL AND 2% WERE NATIVE AMERICAN.IN 2021, 8 PASSED THE HIGH SCHOOL EXAM AND 35 PASSED PORTIONS (4 PORTIONS MATH BEING THE MOST CHALLENGING). MOST PROSTITUTED YOUTH WHO ENROLL IN OUR TUTORING PROGRAM ARE REFERRED BY OLDER PROSTITUTE PROGRAMS - THOSE SERVING YOUTH 18 AND OVER. SINCE A STUDENT MY BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD OUR TUTORING PROGRAM IS CRITICAL TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND NEED A 2ND CHANCE.SOCIAL WORKERS REFER MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE PROSTITUTED YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. OUR GLOBAL TUTORING PROGRAM TO CHILDREN OF PROSTITUTED WOMEN OR CHILDREN "AT RISK" OF SEX TRAFFICKING CONTINUES TO GROW. IN 2021, WE TUTORED 4,891 HOURS TO 71 STUDENTS IN 5 COUNTRIES. WE TUTOR 7 PROGRAMS IN ECUADOR, INDIA, KENYA, TANZANIA, AND NEPAL. 52 OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE STUDYING ENGLISH AND 19 MATH.58% ARE GIRLS AND 43% ARE BOYS. THE AGES OF THESE STUDENTS ARE 9 TO 26 YEARS OLD. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS ARE 13-14, FOLLOWED BY 15 16 AND THEN 11-12.WITH ENGLISH, THESE YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO PROSTITUTION FOR SURVIVAL AND A MEANS TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.