This qualitative study leverages the experience and knowledge of 13 victim assistance service providers to better understand how these service providers operationalize the concepts of trauma-informed and victim-centered care, how United States Department of Justice-funded aftercare is being provided to survivors of human trafficking, and to identify gaps and barriers to the provision of such care. A wicked problem perspective was used as the conceptual framework. All of the individuals interviewed asserted that their programs were trauma-informed and most considered their programs to be victim-centered. However, the respondents explained their understanding of the concepts more as aspirational goals to be pursued instead of as practical approaches to aftercare. Identified gaps and barriers to aftercare for survivors were frequently similar to issues faced by other poor people, to include the lack of affordable housing and the need for long-term mental health care and treatment for severe substance abuse. Keywords: aftercare; human trafficking; program evaluation; trafficking-in-persons; trauma-informed; victim-centered;