![]() To learn more, volunteer or donate, citizens can visit the Coastal Bend Wellness foundation at. The Red Cord initiative receives no government funding and is supported entirely through donations. Since its inception in 2013, 180 men and women have qualified for the program, and 37 have graduated from the program. ![]() Participants who successfully complete the program have their cases dismissed by the District Attorney’s Office.įour of the women during the operation agreed to participate and were accepted into the program, the other was deemed ineligible due to prior convictions. Since 2013, Red Cord has provided case management, health services, job training, substance abuse treatment, clothing, housing, counseling, and other social services needed to address the circumstances related to their involvement in prostitution. The program affords those involved with sex work an opportunity to address the myriad of behavioral, social, and psychological problems they have faced throughout their lifetime. The program is successful due to the collaboration between the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation, social service organizations, the Nueces County District Attorney Office, and the Corpus Christi Police Department. The Red Cord Initiative is a prostitution diversion program aimed to provide practical and emotional support for those involved in prostitution. NVID Detectives were assisted in the operation by Operations Division Officers, as well as civilians with the Red Cord Initiative. The women were arrested after they solicited an undercover CCPD Officer for sex acts in exchange for money. An anti-prostitution operation conducted by the Corpus Christi Police Department’s Narcotics and Vice Investigations Division Wednesday afternoon resulted in the arrests of eight women on charges of prostitution.
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