Current Projects

Eyes Up Appalachia, ONCAC and the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio conducted an initial prevalence study of human trafficking in the Appalachian area.

As a result of the work the students at Ohio State University did around vulnerability mapping, Ohio University College of Engineering and several other partners are scaling this to the state and making it sustainable. More to come as it goes live!!

The survey served to inform and allow us to empathize with the situation. Following the design thinking strategy and facilitated by Give Back Hack, we met in several stakeholders meetings to strategize next steps to address the findings. The meetings resulted in four themes around which we are preparing small prototypes to test - mobile, warm handoff for transition-age youth, social media/technology, and whole family. We are meeting now around these initiatives.