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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.
View ResourceTake 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.
View ResourceNational 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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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.
View ResourceTexas 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.
View ResourceTexas 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.
View ResourceRanch 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.
View ResourceSchool 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.
View ResourceNetSmartz
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.
View ResourceTEA 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.
View ResourceU.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.
View ResourceA Texas School Employee’s Guide to Reporting Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect
Parent Resources
Human Trafficking Awareness Videos
Video resources provided by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services regarding human trafficking awareness.
View ResourceKidSmartz
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.
View ResourceNetSmartz
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.
View ResourceThe Carly Ryan Foundation
Provides social media fact sheets for various applications including Discord, Instagram, Facebook, Roblox, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitch, and YouTube.
View ResourceTeam HOPE
Peer support volunteers with lived experience who assist families of missing or exploited children, including those involved in child sex trafficking.
View ResourceLove 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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