Services consist of information and referral, follow-up with referrals to other agencies, monitoring progress with child protection case plans and probation conditions, and serving as liaison with child protection workers and probation officers. Community Organizing Staff does community education and organizing regarding issues of prostitution with neighborhood block clubs, community activists, elected officials and public servants, law enforcement, corporate leaders, and county medical facilities. Breaking Free is a founding member of the Metropolitan Coalition Against Prostitution. Educational Support Groups Weekly educational support groups facilitated by Breaking Free staff are held at women's correctional facilities and at both Breaking Free offices and are a combination of women sharing their experiences and learning about the dynamic of prostitution and other forms of violence against women. We also offer the Expanded Life Choices course for personal growth.
Staff serve as expert witnesses in court cases and legislative hearings.
Six Month Mentoring Project Breaking Free implemented an intensive mentoring program to reintegrate women and girls into the community by assisting them in making fundamental change for self-supportive, safe living and developing leadership at Breaking Free, in their families and communities. Breaking Free has developed a 6 month mentoring program to reintegrate prostituted women and other battered women involved in the criminal justice system into the community and assist them in developing leadership in their communities and in their lives. We have designed a program according to ideas generated by women from these populations to assist women in overcoming barriers of low self image, lack of education, nonexistent or limited job history, and isolation that keep them trapped in systems of violence and the penal system. Each woman attends 2 two hour groups per week on topics of personal empowerment, personal relationships, daily living responsibilities and meets with the coordinator for a 1 hour consultation. Guest speakers also conduct groups on conflict resolution, relaxation and meditation techniques, money management, job seeking skills, and professionalism.