<Ul> <Li> New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition is an umbrella group of more than 140 anti-trafficking organizations, and work towards raising public awareness, pass laws, improve law enforcement, and providing services to victims of human trafficking . Together with Sanctuary for Families it launched New York's New Abolitionists campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking . </Li> <Li> Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) is a non-profit organization that provides services to commercially sexually exploited and domestically trafficked girls and young women, typically underage youth exploited by pimps and traffickers . The organization was founded in 1998 by Rachel Lloyd and is based in Harlem, New York City . The organization has helped several hundred young girls transition out of the sex industry and get back to their full potential . They also participated in lobbying for passage of the Safe Harbor Act for Sexually Exploited Youth, which provides that girls under the age of 16, who are arrested in New York for prostitution will be treated as victims, rather than criminals . The bill was signed into law in September 2008 . The work of GEMS is the subject of the 2007 documentary Very Young Girls . </Li> </Ul> <Li> New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition is an umbrella group of more than 140 anti-trafficking organizations, and work towards raising public awareness, pass laws, improve law enforcement, and providing services to victims of human trafficking . Together with Sanctuary for Families it launched New York's New Abolitionists campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking . </Li> <Li> Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) is a non-profit organization that provides services to commercially sexually exploited and domestically trafficked girls and young women, typically underage youth exploited by pimps and traffickers . The organization was founded in 1998 by Rachel Lloyd and is based in Harlem, New York City . The organization has helped several hundred young girls transition out of the sex industry and get back to their full potential . They also participated in lobbying for passage of the Safe Harbor Act for Sexually Exploited Youth, which provides that girls under the age of 16, who are arrested in New York for prostitution will be treated as victims, rather than criminals . The bill was signed into law in September 2008 . The work of GEMS is the subject of the 2007 documentary Very Young Girls . </Li> <P> The Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force was created by executive order on March 29, 2012 . It coordinates efforts between 11 departments to identify and rescue victims, to coordinate investigation of human trafficking cases, and to provide the services and treatment for victims . Since then, Ohio has spent $2 million on programs for trafficking victims . Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Paul Herbert established a program called Changing Actions to Change Habits (CATCH court), which is a two - year probation program for adult victims of human trafficking that allows them to have their prior convictions dismissed . </P>

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