At the Washington State Legislature’s request, researchers were invited to study the impacts of the commercial sex industry on Black females and to provide culturally informed and survivor-informed policy recommendations for reducing sex trafficking of Black and African American Washingtonians. The Office of Crime Victims’ Advocacy (OCVA) contracted with Our Sisters' House, a Black-women-led community organization that has provided outreach, risk assessments, advocacy, resources, basic needs and financial support to Black and African American interpersonal violence victims and survivors since 1995. Our Sisters’ House partnered with One Survivor to Another, a small, survivor-owned, anti-trafficking consulting business, led by Jasmine Conway, and Dr. Carolyn West, a University of Washington Clinical Psychologist and expert on interpersonal violence against Black women. Using interviews, focus groups, and participant and environmental observations to collect data (Rapid Ethnographic Assessment), Jasmine Conway, a Black survivor-leader, interviewed 22 commercially sex industry impacted (CSI) Black women: • Age range from early 20s to mid-60s • Mixture of inactive to currently active in the commercial sex industry • Approximately 65% entered the commercial sex industry between the ages of 12-17 years old • Approximately 25% were between the ages of 18-20 when they entered the commercial Sex industry Several CSI-impacted women were also identified as being supportive services advocates and or activists, and their dual identities were explored for their personal and professional expertise regarding meeting the needs of CSI-impacted Black women. To understand the social and cultural barriers to help-seeking and to identify culturally appropriate interventions, we also conducted one-on-one interviews and focus groups (averaging 2 hours) with12 service providers and system professionals (mostly Black women) who worked in health care, law enforcement, and social services. Participants identified the following recommendations for addressing commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) among Black at-risk and CSE-impacted youth: 1. Develop and provide culturally competent parenting programs. 2. Provide targeted community outreach and culturally-specific youth prevention programming. 3. Provide "Safe Harbor" implementation training for local law enforcement agencies. 4. Provide funding for local law enforcement agencies to hire staff who specialize in reaching out to and working with CSE youth. 5. Fund juvenile justice systems' Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC) screening costs. 6. Require juvenile justice systems to hire Black CSI-impacted adults to provide CSE-screening training. 7. Develop and fund emergency shelter and transitional housing alternatives for at-risk and CSE youth.