WITHOUT PERMISSION EXISTS TO LEAD THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY INTO THE BATTLE THAT WILL
End Sex Trafficking
Our Impact
764
Victims Served
3,150 +
Youth trained at Juvenile Hall
$3.8 Million
Funds Raised & Invested Back Into Our Community
41,000 +
Volunteer Hours Mobilized
$368,000 +
Raised by Church Partners
29,500 +
School District Prevention training
*Stats as of June 2022
Our Vision
We exist to end sex trafficking in the Central Valley.
Our Promise
We restore the victimized, educate our youth to prevent exploitation, and attack the lies that drive demand.
Our History
Since 2010, Without Permission has been working to end sex trafficking through Prevention, Justice, and Restoration. Beginning as a two person ministry, and growing into a 50+ strong, registered 501(c)3 organization, WP has developed roles for staff and volunteer to serve city and survivor. Through partnerships and task force relationships in local counties, WP has created a local response to the evil of sex trafficking and exploitation.
In September of 2015 Just His House began the journey of survivor restoration as our day center for navigation and restoration. The continued mobilization of the faith community, thousands of citizens and market place leadership drives the hope of ending the culture of human trafficking in the Central Valley.
Our Values
Without Permission strives to operate within five core values
Serving
We believe in giving of self in order to meet the needs of individuals and the communities that we work in.
Community
It is the purpose of Without Permission to create, fund, and serve a local Central Valley response to sex trafficking. Our Cities, Our People!
Family
There must always be a balance between serving within the organization and supporting one’s own family. Family is always first.
Faith
Above all else, Jesus is the reason for the work that we do. Being whole in body, soul and spirit allows our team to effectively lead and serve.
Excellence
We desire to have longevity to the mission that we so passionately give our lives to. Only through excellence, will there be years of service to our cities.
Serving
We believe in giving of self in order to meet the needs of individuals and the communities that we work in.
Community
It is the purpose of Without Permission to create, fund, and serve a local Central Valley response to sex trafficking. Our Cities, Our People!
Family
There must always be a balance between serving within the organization and supporting one’s own family. Family is always first.
Faith
Above all else, Jesus is the reason for the work that we do. Being whole in body, soul and spirit allows our team to effectively lead and serve.
Excellence
We desire to have longevity to the mission that we so passionately give our lives to. Only through excellence, will there be years of service to our cities.
Our founder
Debbie Johnson is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Without Permission Inc., a faith based non-profit organization founded in 2010 and located in the Central Valley of California.
Debbie has been married to her husband Chris for 33 years. They have three children, Logan, Dylan and Megan. Debbie is a licensed minister. Her mission is to bring human trafficking education and prevention training to the Central Valley and to provide life restoration to survivors through a Crisis Navigator. The Crisis Navigator program, which she developed, provides trauma informed mentors to the survivors of human trafficking and exploitation. The Crisis Navigator team to date has served over 700 survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation in the Central Valley.
Debbie has also developed and presented educational training programs to law enforcement, juvenile probation, social services, school administrators, and emergency medical staff. She developed a campus education program called #NotAPriceTag. This program is taught in Stanislaus and San Joaquin County junior high and high schools. She has implemented a “Parent Partnership” program to help nurture & support the families who have experienced sex trafficking and exploitation. Without Permission has provided training to over 27,000 community members to date. Debbie has always had a desire to disrupt the demand side of sex trafficking and in 2021 she partnered with a national organization that operates in 22 states. This partnership is a key part of the “I Am Change” men’s movement to end sex trafficking in the Central Valley.
Debbie continues to collaborate with people in key leadership positions throughout the Central Valley who share her commitment to end sex trafficking. She was instrumental in developing the “209 Freedom Project” Human Trafficking Task Force along with the Stanislaus County District Attorney, Birgit Fladager. Debbie has a staff of 11 and more than 100 volunteers that drive her vision annually. Without Permission currently has onsite staff members located at Stanislaus County Juvenile Hall, The Family Justice Center of Stanislaus County and Community Services Agency.
Debbie’s Civic Honors Include:
2021
Co-Author “Voices from the Front Line” Ideas to Help Educators Solve Today’s Critical Issues Published by Roman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2021
2021
“Outstanding Woman of the Year”,
Stanislaus County Commission for Women
2019
California Victims’ Rights Week Honoree
2017
California Non Profit of the Year, District 12
2016
“Liberty Bell” Award for outstanding community service, Stanislaus Co. Bar Assoc.
2014
Women of the Year for California, District 12
2013
National FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award
2013
Distinguished Woman of the Year, Soroptomist International