The Data Behind Every Child We Protect
The Cost The numbers are hard to read. That’s exactly why our teams read them every day. Every case Rescue 1’s R.I.S.E. Teams and SAF3CRU (SAFE Care Response Unit – pron. safe crew) touch starts as a data point in a report before it becomes a name and a face. What the national data showsNCMEC’s full 2025 data is now…
Freedom Isn’t Finished: Why Trafficking Prevention Matters Beyond July 4th
Why Trafficking Prevention Matters Every Day Every July we celebrate freedom out loud. For the people still trapped in trafficking, freedom is still something we’re fighting to give them. This Freedom Month, it’s easy to let the flags, faith, family, community, patriotism, and fireworks stand in for the whole idea of freedom. But for the men, women, and children still…
Human Trafficking: Closer Than You Think
When we hear about human trafficking, many of us imagine it happening in faraway places, involving strangers in distant lands. The truth is far more unsettling—trafficking is happening right here, in our own communities, hidden in plain sight. Recently, a major human trafficking ring was dismantled, revealing a dark network operating in our backyard. The survivors of this horrific crime…
Office on Trafficking Persons Release
At the Department of Health and Human Services, the core of our anti-trafficking mission is to identify victims, support survivors’ aim for independence, and equip organizations — including faith-based and community organizations — to help survivors toward independence. These organizations bring well-developed networks, strong community trust, long-standing expertise serving refugees, victims of violence, and other populations in need. They also have…
COVID-19 may put some kids at risk while offering others protection
National Sexual Assault Hotline sees record demand during pandemic. Many reaching out are children. Alia E. Dastagir USA TODAY Article 07/21/2020 Many of them call when they feel there is nowhere else to turn. The girl whose brother was brought home by the pandemic and began to abuse her again. The victim separated from her favorite teacher after a coronavirus-related…
EMS ROLE IN ENDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING
“How EMS can identify, help victims of human trafficking“ By debunking human trafficking myths, EMS providers can assist the victims they encounter in their own communities Jun 16, 2020 When Rodney Daniels’s daughter, Tiffany, went missing in August, 2013, it was several weeks before anyone considered the possibility that she’d disappeared into human trafficking. Daniels, assistant fire chief (ret.) at…