Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Toolkit

8.0 Resources: National, State, School, and Parent

National Resources

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children helps victims, families, law enforcement, social service agencies, mental health agencies and others when they need help with a missing, exploited or recovered child.

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Take It Down

Take It Down is a free service that can help you remove or stop the online sharing of nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos taken of you when you were under 18 years old. You can remain anonymous while using the service and you won’t have to send your images or videos to anyone.

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National Human Trafficking Hotline

National Human Trafficking Hotline provides ways to get help, report a tip, find local services, safety planning, and resources for human trafficking victims. It also includes how to recognize the signs, common myths, and the federal law.

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Texas Resources

The Child Sex Trafficking Team in the Office of the Governor

Works to end child sex trafficking, including resources for Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth advocacy agencies that provide crisis response, long-term support and case management services.

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Texas Health and Human Services Human Trafficking Resource Center

Provides information and connects people to resources needed to locate services, help prevent trafficking, and ways to recognize and respond to potential trafficking situations.

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Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Human Trafficking

Provides information about human trafficking, including who the victims are, what you can do, and national, state, and local resources.

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Ranch Hands Rescue

Bob’s House of Hope, a program of Ranch Hands Rescue, is a human trafficking safe house in North Texas for male survivors, aged 18 and up, of human trafficking.

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School Resources

KidSmartz

A child safety program that educates families about preventing abduction and empowers kids in grades K-5 to practice safer behaviors. Offers resources to help parents, caregivers, and teachers protect kids.

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NetSmartz

An online safety education program from NCMEC that provides age-appropriate videos and activities to help teach children to be safer online and become more aware of potential online risks.

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TEA Texas Gateway Prevention and Awareness

TEA amended its child abuse prevention, mandatory reporting, and training requirements to include human trafficking in alignment with updates to state law.

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U.S. Department of Education Human Trafficking in America’s Schools

This resource is a guide for schools on what they can do to prevent, respond, and help students to recover from human trafficking.

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A Texas School Employee’s Guide to Reporting Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect

English Version

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Spanish Version

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Parent Resources

Human Trafficking Awareness Videos

Video resources provided by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services regarding human trafficking awareness.

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KidSmartz

A child safety program from NCMEC that educates families about preventing abduction. Includes parent tips, at-home lessons, and resources to help parents and caregivers protect kids.

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NetSmartz

An online safety education program from NCMEC helping children become more aware of potential online risks and empowering them to make safer choices on- and offline.

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The Carly Ryan Foundation

Provides social media fact sheets for various applications including Discord, Instagram, Facebook, Roblox, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube.

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Team HOPE

Peer support volunteers with lived experience who assist families of missing or exploited children, including those involved in child sex trafficking.

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Love 146

Works to prevent child trafficking and provide holistic support to survivors, including parent and caregiver resources and tips to keep your children safe.

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