A new hospital for trafficking victims is coming to the West Valley.<\/p>\n
In response to the growing national crisis of human trafficking, Cyber Dive \u2014 a technology company focused on helping families and recovery professionals protect and support youth in the digital age \u2014 is expanding its partnership with Where Hope Lives, a nationally recognized nonprofit under City Help Inc. of Phoenix (Phoenix Dream Center) that provides trauma-informed residential care and comprehensive therapeutic services to survivors of sex trafficking.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about growing our footprint and centralizing our care,\u201d said Brian D. Steele, CEO of City Help Inc. of Phoenix. \u201cMy wife, Skye, and I have dedicated our lives to this work, walking with survivors through their hardest moments, and we\u2019ve seen how much healing is possible with the right care.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis hospital isn\u2019t just a facility. It\u2019s a foundation for generations to come. And our hope is that it becomes the gold standard for every center in the country fighting to restore what trafficking tried to steal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Planned on nine acres of development-ready land in Glendale, the state-of-the-art facility is in the funding phase and will provide 170 beds, including 120 for youth in intensive behavioral health recovery and 50 for survivors with serious physical injuries or chronic conditions. The center will pair trauma-informed clinical care with real-time digital safety tools designed for long-term healing. Staff will be able to monitor residents\u2019 activity across Aqua One smart TVs, laptops and smartphones through a single dashboard, part of Cyber Dive\u2019s integrated Aqua X ecosystem.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re creating a turning point in how recovery is delivered and understood,\u201d said Jeff Gottfurcht, co-founder and CEO of Cyber Dive. \u201cThis recovery campus sets a new precedent: a space where healing from trauma includes healing your relationship with technology. For the survivors who will walk through its doors, and for every organization watching for what\u2019s possible, we\u2019re raising the bar. This isn\u2019t a patch. It\u2019s a permanent shift.\u201d<\/p>\n
The total projected cost of the project is $60 million. The organization has secured its initial $7.5 million annual operating budget through a mix of public funding, insurance reimbursement and philanthropic support. Funds raised will go toward facility development, phased construction, technology integration, clinical staffing and long-term sustainability planning.<\/p>\n
Preliminary design work, site layout and care model planning are complete. The project\u2019s advisory board includes architects, behavioral health experts, developers and technology leaders. Construction will begin in phases once capital milestones are met.<\/p>\n
Globally, more than 50 million people are enslaved, with the average age of entry into sex trafficking in the U.S. between 12 and 14. Children make up nearly 40% of all trafficking victims. Despite the numbers, national referral waitlists continue to grow because of a shortage of trauma-informed beds, aging facilities and limited access to care. Where Hope Lives has already served more than 5,900 survivors, and leaders say the new facility will dramatically expand its reach and elevate the standard of care nationwide.<\/p>\n
Cyber Dive\u2019s Aqua X, adapted from its Aqua One smartphone, is designed specifically for trauma-informed environments and will be embedded in the recovery model. Rather than isolating survivors from technology, Aqua X allows recovery staff to see online activity, supporting early intervention, healthy boundaries and digital healing.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery piece of data we gather tells a story \u2014 and when we listen closely, we can step in before someone slips,\u201d said Derek Jackson, COO and co-founder of Cyber Dive. \u201cThis is precision protection \u2014 technology that recognizes risk and empowers staff to act before it becomes a crisis. We\u2019re not just changing recovery \u2014 we\u2019re changing how we show up for the people living it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new hospital for trafficking victims is coming to the West Valley. In response to the growing national…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":144877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,71831,71829,1589,85894,85893,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,71830],"class_list":{"0":"post-144876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-brian-d-steele","12":"tag-cyber-dive","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-trafficking-recovery-center","15":"tag-trafficking-victims","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-where-hope-lives"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115026749413847734","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}