Leadership
Deanna Lynn
Executive Director
Melissa Wallace
Development Director
Kim Brooking
Transitional Living Program Director
Anna Lauren Jacobs
Community Engagement Coordinator
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November 1, 2023 6:30PM | Mane on Main Lexington, KY – Refuge for Women Kentucky invites you to the “Hope ’23” Gala to raise life-transforming …
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Refuge for Women is the first program in the nation to be awarded a Gold level of certification from the national Safe House Certification, provided by Safe House Project. Refuge for Women is a Kentucky based residential program providing therapeutic and restorative services to survivors of trafficking through the program’s three phase continuum of care.
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Watch as Anna Lauren Jacobs, our Community Engagement Coordinator, joins local station ABC36 to talk about the realities of sex trafficking in our communities and how to get involved.
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She was the first Refuge for Women graduate to complete the one year program. This was back when there was one sweet house with 8 beds for exploited and trafficked women on a farm in KY. Since graduating the program in 2012, she has earned a Master’s Degree from Asbury Theological Seminary and has been a speaker for Fight the New Drug, National Center on Sexual Exploitation, National Trafficking Sheltered Alliance and various podcasts ranging from theology to trauma and trafficking…
Melissa Wallace is a native of Kentucky. She and her husband, Steven, reside in Lagrange, KY with their daughter and golden retriever. Melissa loves to …
Kim has been married to Bruce for 47 years, with 3 grown sons and 10 grandchildren! She first became aware of RFW approximately 12 years …
Anna Lauren Jacobs has been a volunteer with RFW for a couple of years, and came on staff this spring. Connecting with Refuge for Women …
Executive Director
Development Director
Transitional Living Program Director
Community Engagement Coordinator
Sonia Cattoi – Secretary
Marty Lamb
Duncan Gardiner
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