Prevention before crisis
Give frontline teams the awareness, reporting pathways, and confidence to recognize concerns earlier.
About Harbor Alliance
A prevention initiative built for the realities of commercial lodging.
Harbor Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization proudly serving Texas. We help hospitality teams strengthen human trafficking awareness, training readiness, reporting confidence, and operational prevention by combining free access to approved training with a broader vision for safer lodging environments.
Our operating principles
Prevention is stronger when people, policy, and technology work together.
Our work begins with hospitality-specific education and grows into practical systems that help organizations understand participation, close readiness gaps, and maintain defensible records.
Systems, not one-time events
Connect training, certificates, reporting, property readiness, and future intelligence into a governed program.
Clear and practical guidance
Translate complex compliance and prevention expectations into understandable actions for lodging teams.
Commercial lodging teams are uniquely positioned to notice when something does not feel right.
Front desk, housekeeping, maintenance, security, management, and contract personnel each see a different part of the property. Training helps those observations become safer, more consistent, and connected to the correct reporting pathway—without asking employees to investigate or confront anyone.
Recognize patterns and context without relying on stereotypes or a single indicator.
Understand when to call 911, report suspicious activity, or seek victim-assistance guidance.
Maintain training, certificate, signage, and policy evidence in an organized operating structure.
Leadership
A multidisciplinary team focused on practical prevention.
Harbor Alliance brings together experience in systems architecture, property risk, emergency response, trauma-informed operations, survivor advocacy, and clinical support.
Keri Renee Alaniz-Griffin
Director of First Responder Advocacy, Trauma-Informed Operations & Training
keri@harboralliance.org
Strategic vision
Build the training network. Strengthen the operating network.
Harbor Alliance is expanding from approved training into a broader prevention ecosystem that can help participating organizations understand deployment, reporting, readiness, and local resource access.
- ✓Hospitality-specific training and annual completion support
- ✓Property-level readiness and evidence organization
- ✓Structured reporting and manager-facing operational tools
- ✓Future prevention intelligence, resource access, and regional partnerships
Join the initiative
Request accessBring Harbor Alliance training to your lodging team.
Participation begins with free access to Texas Attorney General approved human trafficking training and a guided conversation about your property’s needs.