Inner City Visions offers 24-hour virtual support services
through 'Angelito', an app to ensure at-risk children and families
safety from human trafficking. Inner City Visions (ICV) is a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2007 in the epicenter
of South Los Angeles. They engage what is statistically the most
vulnerable population of at-risk and exploited youth and provide
solutions to their ever-evolving hardships. Combatting human
trafficking
LOS
ANGELES, Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Inner
City Visions offers 24-hour virtual support services through
'Angelito', an app to ensure at-risk children and families safety
from human trafficking
Robert Rodriguez Co-Creator of Angilito
App. "Sex Trafficking happens 24 hours a day. We need a tool that
works 24 hours a day."
Alfred Lomas, founder and Executive Director of Inner City
Visions (ICV), and his team take the next step in expanding their
initiatives through the creation of 'Angelito', an app that aims to
prevent the exploitation of families and sex trafficking of at-risk
children.
The community-based organization has created promising results
of harm reduction at the epicenter of South Los Angeles and continues to operate and
make societal improvements within that community. ICV's
anti-trafficking efforts have resulted in an 85% success rate based
on a one-year programming retention process outcome (2017).
The organization's work continues to expand as they propose a
new, virtual outlet in support of victims facing risks of
exploitation and sex trafficking.
'Angelito' aims to establish a safe space away from violence by
using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for strategic assistance and to
prevent harm ideation. The app serves as an easily accessible,
virtual lifeline that provides 24-hour support for victims and
trafficking survivors in order to reduce the high recidivism rates
as a result of the existing gaps in other services. It consists of
emergency response and critical care support, connectivity for
high-risk trafficking survivors to essential services, algorithms
supported to prevent harm ideation, data recovery for strategic
interventions and prevention efforts and more.
'Angelito' is engineered to appear as a gaming app at first
glance as a way to protect users from pimps and controllers. This
hidden feature functions as a safety measure that will less likely
draw a perpetrator's attention, allowing a client to use it without
the fear of getting caught.
The app highlights ICV's unique ability to engage and connect
with Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth (CSECY).
ICV aims to have 'Angelito' be available for installation through
Apple IOS and Android applications and is set to be released in the
fall of 2025.
Written by: Odessa
Hairapetian
odessacelestt@gmail.com
(626) 223-0840
Media Contact
Inner City Visions
Email: info@innercityvisions.com
Phone: 323.484.0004
Media Contact
Cynthia Dinh, Inner City Vision,
1 323-484-0004, icvinfo@icvcommunity.org,
https://innercityvisions.org/
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