My Life My Choice

What My Life My Choice does

My Life My Choice is a survivor-led nonprofit organization founded in 2002 and headquartered at 209 Columbus Avenue, Suite 301 in Boston, Massachusetts, operating as a program of the Justice Resource Institute, a 501(c)(3). It combats the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), serving commercially sexually exploited and high-risk youth ages 12 to 18 in Eastern Massachusetts, with approximately 185 girls, trans, and non-binary youth served annually and roughly 85% of mentees under Massachusetts DCF supervision. The average age of first exploitation among those served is 14, and 38% of Mentoring Program participants identify as LGBTQIA+, reflecting a deliberate focus on the populations disproportionately at risk.

The organization's core offerings include one-on-one Survivor Mentoring, an 8 to 10 session Prevention Curriculum co-facilitated by clinical staff and survivors, the paid project-based Leadership Corps, the Prevention Solution Fellowship for national replication, Professional Training for service providers and law enforcement, the 'Ending Exploitation' podcast, and policy and advocacy work supporting the Equality Model. The Prevention Curriculum, developed in 2002, is described as the first comprehensive CSEC prevention curriculum in the country, and published evaluation studies report reduced drug use, delinquent behavior, and arrest rates among participants.

My Life My Choice has no proprietary technology product; its digital footprint consists of a Squarespace website, blog, podcast, YouTube video content, and an online learning course launched in 2020 for congregate care settings. Revenue is derived from four streams: individual donations (including Turn on the Light sponsorship), foundation and institutional grants, a Massachusetts DCF government contract supporting the Prevention Solution Fellowship and Leadership Corps, and corporate sponsorships such as New England Patriots Charitable Foundation. Distribution combines direct service delivery in Eastern Massachusetts with a hub-and-spoke Training Hub and Fellowship model that has reached 15 programs across 12 states nationally since 2020, anchored by a long-standing partnership with Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey that has trained over 200 Certified Facilitators across 36 DCF provider agencies.

Name

My Life My Choice

Legal name

Justice Resource Institute

Website

https://mylifemychoice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

My Life My Choice is a Boston-based, survivor-led nonprofit (founded 2002, program of Justice Resource Institute) that prevents and responds to the commercial sexual exploitation of children through survivor mentoring, a national prevention curriculum, professional training, and policy advocacy across 12 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Anti-Trafficking Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Wraparound & Community-Based Behavioral Support (ABA-Adjacent) (EDAKAHAO)

Keywords

• Youth survivor services
• Sexual exploitation prevention
• Survivor mentorship programs
• Trafficking prevention curriculum
• Professional CSEC training

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: Individual donations and charitable contributions from supporters, including sponsorship opportunities through the Turn on the Light campaign.
2. Foundation and Institutional Grants: Funding from foundations including grants coordinated by the Grants and Data Coordinator position.
3. Government Contracts: Partnerships with Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) for Prevention Solution Fellowship and other state-funded programs.
4. Corporate Sponsorship: Corporate sponsorships such as New England Patriots Charitable Foundation funding.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

My Life My Choice is a survivor-led nonprofit that delivers direct services, prevention programs, professional training, and policy advocacy to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Core offerings include one-on-one Survivor Mentoring, an 8-10 session Prevention Curriculum, the Leadership Corps youth development program, the national Prevention Solution Fellowship, and Professional Training Services for providers and law enforcement. All direct services are provided free of charge to exploited and at-risk youth and their families.

Product overview

My Life My Choice is a survivor-led nonprofit organization providing a holistic, battle-tested approach to preventing and ending commercial sexual exploitation of children. The organization operates multiple interconnected programs: the Survivor Empowerment Model serves as the core framework, delivered through Survivor Mentoring (one-on-one mentor support), the Prevention Curriculum (10-session psycho-educational groups), and the Leadership Corps (project-based youth leadership development). The Prevention Solution Fellowship extends their model nationally to congregate care programs through training and consultation. Additional offerings include Professional Training Services, the Ending Exploitation Podcast, and Policy and Advocacy work. All programs are grounded in survivor experiences and emphasize that every survivor's story comes from a place of strength.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Survivor Mentoring
• Prevention Curriculum
• Leadership Corps
• Prevention Solution Fellowship
• Professional Training Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Youth served show reduced drug use, delinquent behavior, and arrest rates compared to baseline
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Stephen Smith / SDSmith ProductionsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Podcast producer who worked with Audrey Morrissey to produce the 'Ending Exploitation' podcast series featuring 5 episodes with survivors and allies.
• Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership to bring the Prevention Solution Fellowship to congregate care programs serving female-identifying youth in Massachusetts. DCF funds the Leadership Corps program and posters displayed statewide.
• Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey (PCANJ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2013First My Life My Choice Training Hub. PCANJ received funding from NJ DCF for statewide rollout of the Prevention Curriculum and has trained over 200 Certified Facilitators from 36 DCF provider agencies, reaching 1,067 adolescent girls. Also trains nationally with My Life My Choice team.
• Massachusetts Congregate Care ProgramscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTen programs including Key Program in Methuen, Bridges Homeward in Cambridge/Malden, Wayside Youth and Family Support Network in Framingham, The Home in Plymouth, Center for Human Development in Springfield, and Young Parent Living Programs.
• Suffolk County Children's Advocacy CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the 6th Annual Beyond Exploitation Youth Summit Virtual Conference.
• Roxbury YouthWorksminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the 6th Annual Beyond Exploitation Youth Summit Virtual Conference.
• Boston GLASSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the 6th Annual Beyond Exploitation Youth Summit Virtual Conference.
• Boston Police DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the 6th Annual Beyond Exploitation Youth Summit Virtual Conference.
• Boston Center for Youth and FamiliesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the 6th Annual Beyond Exploitation Youth Summit Virtual Conference.
• Family Justice CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosted the 6th Annual Beyond Exploitation Youth Summit Virtual Conference.
• Denver Anti-Trafficking Alliance (DATA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative of 40+ agencies fighting against commercial sexual exploitation. Ann Wilkinson participated as survivor leader to share expertise and discuss replication of My Life My Choice's programs.
• National Human Trafficking HotlinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partner for youth and families seeking help. Contact: 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733). Connects individuals to local resources including My Life My Choice.
• WGBH StudiosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoston PBS affiliate where sneak preview screening of A Path Appears documentary was held.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Covenant House: Large national nonprofit providing shelter and support services to youth experiencing homelessness, trafficking, and exploitation. Operates anti-trafficking programs targeting the same commercially sexually exploited youth demographic.
• Polaris Project: National anti-trafficking organization operating the National Human Trafficking Hotline and Survivor Services programs. Most directly comparable to My Life My Choice as a fellow CSEC/human-trafficking survivor-support nonprofit with national policy advocacy and direct service programs.
• ECPAT-USA: U.S. affiliate of ECPAT International focused on ending the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Operates prevention education, training, and policy advocacy programs targeting CSEC.
• CAST (Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking): Los Angeles-based anti-trafficking organization providing comprehensive services to survivors of human trafficking. Comparable survivor services, prevention education, and policy advocacy portfolio.
• A21: Global anti-trafficking nonprofit with survivor services, prevention education, and aftercare programs. Operates a Walk Free prevention curriculum and direct survivor support that overlap with MLMC's offerings.
• GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services): New York-based nonprofit serving girls and young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. Survivor-led programming and youth-centered prevention model parallel MLMC.
• Shared Hope International: National anti-trafficking organization focused on prevention, protection, and policy for sex trafficking of minors. Highly comparable on the policy advocacy and training/curriculum side of the portfolio.
• FAIR Girls: Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit serving survivor girls and young women of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. Closely aligned mission, beneficiary profile, and survivor-led direct service model.

Broad incumbents

• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC): Large national nonprofit addressing missing and exploited children via hotline, recovery, and prevention services. Overlaps with MLMC on CSEC prevention but operates at much greater scale and broader mandate.

Emerging players

• Thorn: Tech-driven nonprofit building tools to combat child sexual exploitation (e.g., Spotlight). Comparable mission area (CSEC) but differentiated by technology/AI approach vs. MLMC's direct survivor-led service model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=e-mmECFImqY
• Xx.com/mlmcboston
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jri-mlmc

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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