Press Kit
PRESS KIT
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BOILERPLATE “About” Language
ABOUT THE REFUGE FOR DMST™ (LONG VERSION)
The Refuge for DMST™ (Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has developed The Refuge Ranch, a long-term, residential, therapeutic community for girls, ages 14 through 19, who have been recovered from sex traffickers. Built from the ground up on 50 acres in a beautiful and restorative setting outside of Austin, TX, The Refuge Ranch provides trauma-informed, holistic care for the girls on-site, including: psychiatric services from Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Psychiatry and the Institute for Early Life Adversity Research; education through the Trinity Charter School; medical services by community partners; and various therapeutic programs uniquely designed for the development of a child survivor. For more information, go to www.therefugedmst.org.
ABOUT THE REFUGE FOR DMST™ (ONE SENTENCE)
The Refuge for DMST™ (Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking) developed and operates The Refuge Ranch, a long-term, residential, therapeutic community for girls, ages 14 through 19, who have been recovered from sex traffickers.
MEDIA INQUIRIES:
Steven Phenix
Chief Communications Officer
press@therefugedmst.org
512-806-0558
Media Assets
Brand Photos
Supporters and the press are welcome to use brand photos and b-roll footage with permission from The Refuge for DMST. B-roll footage contains trafficking re-enactments shot with volunteers and actors, not actual residents from The Refuge Ranch.
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Press releaseS
THE REFUGE FOR DMST PRESENTS “CIRCLE OF HOPE: A SPECIAL TOUR OF THE REFUGE RANCH”
Online fundraiser gives public never-seen-before tour of the nation’s largest long-term rehabilitation community for child sex trafficking survivors
AUSTIN, TX, September 22, 2020 – The Refuge for DMST™ (Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking) invites the public to Circle of Hope, a first-time-ever, online tour of The Refuge Ranch, Wednesday, September 23rd at 12:30PM Central. Opened in 2018 with 48 beds, The Refuge Ranch is the largest long-term, live-in rehabilitation community for child survivors of sex trafficking in the United States.