Lighthouse partners include Child Advocacy Centers, Court Appointed Special Advocate Centers (CASAs), drop-In centers, child sexual exploitation (CSEY) advocate organizations, residential treatment centers, and emergency shelters. Lighthouse partners screen vulnerable populations they serve using the Commercial Sexual Exploitation Identification Tool (CSE-IT), integrated with Lighthouse through a partnership we formed with the WestCoast Children’s Clinic who created the CSE-IT.
Since 2016, Texas child-serving agencies have conducted over 40,000 CSE-IT screenings of youth 10-24 years of age. Based on indicators identified throughout the screening process, youth are scored on a spectrum of risk, from “No Concern” to “Clear Concern”. To date, over 5,000 screenings have been completed for youth who were identified as clear concern for exploitation and sex trafficking. Youth who screen as clear concern are referred to Survivor Care Coordination, a process where multi-disciplinary teams deliver comprehensive, trauma-informed services for identified victims.
