Philosophy

• The Second Chance Program believes that children do not choose prostitution.
• Prostitution is not a “lifestyle” for children/adolescents.
• Involvement in prostitution for those under the age of 18 years old is child abuse.
• Those who seek out and pick up under aged victims for the purposes of a paid sexual encounter are not johns or customers, but are sexual predators.
• Adult women may or may not choose prostitution. Often, however, prostitution is chosen for women through poverty, abuse, and drug addiction.
• High Risk Behaviors are viewed as Personal Solutions to complex and overwhelming problems that did not receive the proper support, assessment, and intervention.