Providing healing, hope, and freedom for survivors.
- one daughter at a time.
You can help free and care for the vulnerable.
Our Mission
Our Services
Ernestine’s daughter takes a harm reduction and nonjudgmental approach so that people needing services feel compassionate care and support. Our staff, survivors of human trafficking, can better relate to women as they understand the recovery journey. Thus, Ernestine’s daughter can access the targeted population and encourage their entry into substance treatment.

Self-Help Groups

Self-Help Center

Yoga & Meditation

Resting Rooms

Substance Abuse Treatment

Food & Clothing
About Us
Ernestine’s Daughter is a not-for-profit organization founded by Brenda Myers-Powell, the Chief Executive Officer, in 2023. Formerly, the outreach services for adult survivors of human trafficking were under the Dreamcatcher Foundation, a not-for-profit established in 2008, where Brenda Myers Powell was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer.
Our Founder
Brenda Myers Powell

Upcoming Events
Virtual Release of 2023 Annual Report
2024 Girls Night Out Fundraiser
more details Coming Soon
Words of the Week
"All I need is within me right now."
News

OP-ED: The end of acceptable exploitation
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OPINION: Protect Black Girls in the Sex Trade, Not the Pimps Who Sell Them
Growing up in Chicago, abuse was the norm. My friends and I routinely witnessed violence and we experienced it for ourselves. As a young girl
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