The Covering House

Based in St. Louis, Missouri, The Covering House is a therapeutic recovery program for youth who have been sexually trafficked. Programs include residential, Community-Based Services (CBS), and Reducing the Risk. The Level youth residential facility provides 24/7 residential care to minors for a period of 12-14 months. Residential services include individual and group therapy, specialized therapy (equine horticultural, culinary, arts + expression, etc.), a full in-house education, nutrition, recreation, experiential learning, and sensory integration. The youth residential facility is staffed by licensed therapists, degreed educators, and trauma-informed trained Youth Development Specialists (YDS). Community-Based Services (CBS) provides intensive therapy and case management to clients in their homes when the biological and foster families are stable and intensive residential care is not required. CBS also provides aftercare to clients graduating from our program who need ongoing stability services. Prevention and Early Intervention programs include Reducing the Risk and Trafficking 101. Both curriculums are designed to educate students/faculty/parents on red flags, protective factors and recovery services specific to sex trafficking. While not everything we do is therapy, every interaction with clients is therapeutic. The Covering House’s primary objective is to recover minor survivors of sex trafficking emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Since 2009, The Covering House has served 440+ children and teens and educated at-risk youth on trafficking red flags and self-protective behaviors.