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Helpful Websites and Organizations
on trafficking and sexual exploitation, pornography and online safety, housing, recovery resources, slavery awareness, advocacy, outreach and education.
There are governmental and non-governmental resources.
The list is alphabetical. This is not an exhaustive list of resources.
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Montgomery County Community Connections
We strive to act as the front door and one stop shop to all Montgomery County services as well as all community resources. Our Mission is to provide compassionate assistance, by highly skilled staff who navigate and advocate for those in need of human services and to foster partnerships with the community and providers to improve access to service. Website: https://www.montcopa.org/1585/Community-Connections |
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A21
Simply put, A21 exists to abolish injustice in the 21st century through a comprehensive system achieving preventative measures to help potential victims evade trafficking, victim protection through our shelters and aftercare program, prosecution of violators, and strategic partnerships.
Website: www.thea21campaign.org
ATEST
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery around the world.
Website: endslaveryandtrafficking.org/
Blue Campaign
The Blue Campaign is the unified voice for DHS’ efforts to combat human trafficking. Working in collaboration with law enforcement, government, non-governmental and private organizations, Blue Campaign strives to protect the basic right of freedom and to bring those who exploit human lives to justice.
Website: www.dhs.gov/end-human-trafficking
CAST -Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
Our mission is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations.
Website: www.castla.org
Children of the Night
Children of the Night is a privately funded non-profit organization established in 1979 and dedicated to rescuing America’s children from the ravages of prostitution.
Website: www.childrenofthenight.org
ECPAT International
ECPAT is a global network dedicated to protecting children. We coordinate research, advocacy and action to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Website: www.ecpat.org/
END IT Movement
END IT is a Coalition of the leading organizations in the world in the fight for FREEDOM.
Website: enditmovement.com/
End Slavery Now
Our goal at End Slavery Now is for the public to learn about the issue, connect with organizations, and take action to end slavery. Through this, we are building a community of activists that can come alongside the lawyers, law enforcement and service providers to not just address the victims and consequences of slavery, but to truly end the practice.
Website: www.endslaverynow.org
Exodus Cry
Exodus Cry is built on a foundation of prayer and is committed to abolishing sex slavery through Christ-centered prevention, intervention, and holistic restoration of trafficking victims.
Website: www.exoduscry.com
FAAST – Faith Alliance Against Sex Trafficking
FAAST is a Christian alliance working in collaboration to eradicate human trafficking and restore survivors.
Website: www.faastinternational.org
FBI
The FBI has stepped up its efforts to disrupt human trafficking operations worldwide and to free its victims. These efforts are focused on combating the exploitation of individuals who work in labor industries, such as agriculture and domestic service, and who are forced into prostitution and/or slave labor.
Website: www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/human_trafficking
Fight the New Drug
Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative organization that exists to provide individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography by raising awareness on its harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts.
Website: www.fightthenewdrug.org
Freedom Collaborative
Freedom Registry facilitates the opportunity for local, national and transnational referral mechanisms, and promotes regional best practices to ensure quality victims services.
Website: www.freedomcollaborative.org
Free the Slaves
Free the Slaves is dedicated to ending slavery worldwide. Our mission is to liberate slaves around the world and change the systems that allow slavery to exist.
Website: www.freetheslaves.net
GEMS – Girls Educational & Mentoring Services
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services’ (GEMS) mission is to empower girls and young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of girls and young women by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact sexually exploited youth.
Website: www.gems-girls.org
Global Modern Slavery Directory
The Global Modern Slavery Directory is a collaborative effort led by Polaris, the Freedom Fund, and the Walk Free Foundation to build a resource for any organization or individual that seeks to identify and connect with the full range of actors working to end slavery across the globe. The Directory aims to map out the contours of the movement worldwide to enable more effective communication among stakeholders.
Website: www.globalmodernslavery.org
Hope for Justice
Hope for Justice exists to end human trafficking and slavery, in our generation.
Website: hopeforjustice.org/
IJM – International Justice Mission
Our vision is to rescue thousands, protect millions, and prove that justice for the poor is possible.
Website: www.ijm.org
Justice At Work (Formerly known as Friends of Farmworkers)
We support low-wage workers as they pursue economic and social justice. We do this through the provision of legal services, education and advocacy. Website: www.justiceatworklegalaid.org
Justice Society
Justice Society provides advocacy, awareness and social business opportunities
for trafficked and high-risk people and communities.
Website: www.justicesociety.org
Love146
Love146 is an international human rights organization working to end child trafficking and exploitation through survivor care, prevention education, professional training and empowering movement.
Website: www.love146.org
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
Defending human dignity. Confronting sexual exploitation.
Website: endsexualexploitation.org/
National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC)
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a national anti-trafficking hotline and resource center serving victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States. The toll-free hotline is available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year in more than 200 languages.
Our mission is to provide human trafficking victims and survivors with access to critical support and services to get help and stay safe, and to equip the anti-trafficking community with the tools to effectively combat all forms of human trafficking. We offer round-the-clock access to a safe space to report tips, seek services, and ask for help. We also provide innovative anti-trafficking trainings, technical assistance, and capacity building support.
Website: www.traffickingresourcecenter.org
Nationalities Service Center
Nationalities Service Center prepares and empowers immigrants and refugees in the Philadelphia region to transcend challenging circumstances by providing comprehensive client-centered services to build a solid foundation for a self-sustaining and dignified future.
Website: www.nscphila.org
Not For Sale
We work with people and communities to build a world where no one is for sale.
Website: www.notforsalecampaign.org
Polaris
Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery and restore freedom to survivors.
Website: www.polarisproject.org
Protect Young Minds
Our mission is to empower parents, professionals and community leaders to protect young kids from pornography, and promote healing from any sexual exploitation.
Website: www.protectyoungminds.org
The Rescue & Restore Campaign
The intent of the Rescue & Restore campaign is to increase the identification of trafficking victims in the United States and to help those victims receive the benefits and services they need to restore their lives.
Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/programs/anti-trafficking
Salvation Army's New Day to Stop Trafficking (NDST)
The Salvation Army’s New Day to Stop Trafficking (NDST) Program recently received a grant under OVC that provides funding to offer services to men, women, children, and youth in Montgomery County who have or are experiencing a trafficking situation.
HOTLINE: (267)838-5866
View more information HERE
Shared Hope International
Shared Hope International strives to prevent the conditions that foster sex trafficking, restore victims of sex slavery, and bring justice to vulnerable women and children. We envision a world passionately opposed to sex trafficking and a committed community restoring survivors to lives of purpose, value and choice – one life at a time.
Website: www.sharedhope.org
Slavery Footprint
Find out how many slaves work for you.
Website: slaveryfootprint.org/
Stop the Traffik
We are a global movement of activists around the world who passionately give their time and energy to build resilient communities and prevent human trafficking.
Website: www.stopthetraffik.org
UN.GIFT
UN.GIFT aims to mobilize state and non-state actors to eradicate human trafficking by reducing both the vulnerability of potential victims and the demand for exploitation in all its forms; ensuring adequate protection and support to those who fall victim; and supporting the efficient prosecution of the criminals involved, while respecting the fundamental human rights of all persons.
In carrying out its mission, UN.GIFT will increase the knowledge and awareness on human trafficking; promote effective rights-based responses; build capacity of state and non-state actors; and foster partnerships for joint action against human trafficking.
Website: www.ungift.org
U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential.
Website: www.usaid.gov/trafficking
U.S. Department of Justice
In 2007, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice created the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit (HTPU) within the Criminal Section to consolidate the expertise of some of the nation’s top human trafficking prosecutors. HTPU prosecutors work closely with Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) and law enforcement agencies to streamline fast-moving trafficking investigations, ensure consistent application of trafficking statutes, and identify multijurisdictional trafficking networks.
Website: www.justice.gov/crt/about/crm/htpu.php
U.S. Department of State
The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons leads the United States’ global engagement against human trafficking, an umbrella term used to describe the activities involved when someone obtains or holds a person in compelled service. At the heart of this phenomenon are the myriad forms of enslavement as outlined in the United States’ Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Major forms of human trafficking include: forced labor, sex trafficking, bonded labor, debt bondage, involuntary domestic servitude, forced child labor, child soldiers, and child sex trafficking. The Office has responsibility for bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, targeted foreign assistance, and public engagement on this issue of modern slavery and partners with foreign governments and civil society to develop and implement effective counter-trafficking strategies.
Website: www.state.gov/j/tip/
Virtual Global Task Force
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) seeks to build an effective, international partnership of law enforcement agencies, non government organisations and industry to help protect children from online child abuse and other forms of transnational child sexual exploitation.
Website: virtualglobaltaskforce.com/
Simply put, A21 exists to abolish injustice in the 21st century through a comprehensive system achieving preventative measures to help potential victims evade trafficking, victim protection through our shelters and aftercare program, prosecution of violators, and strategic partnerships.
Website: www.thea21campaign.org
ATEST
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery around the world.
Website: endslaveryandtrafficking.org/
Blue Campaign
The Blue Campaign is the unified voice for DHS’ efforts to combat human trafficking. Working in collaboration with law enforcement, government, non-governmental and private organizations, Blue Campaign strives to protect the basic right of freedom and to bring those who exploit human lives to justice.
Website: www.dhs.gov/end-human-trafficking
CAST -Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
Our mission is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations.
Website: www.castla.org
Children of the Night
Children of the Night is a privately funded non-profit organization established in 1979 and dedicated to rescuing America’s children from the ravages of prostitution.
Website: www.childrenofthenight.org
ECPAT International
ECPAT is a global network dedicated to protecting children. We coordinate research, advocacy and action to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Website: www.ecpat.org/
END IT Movement
END IT is a Coalition of the leading organizations in the world in the fight for FREEDOM.
Website: enditmovement.com/
End Slavery Now
Our goal at End Slavery Now is for the public to learn about the issue, connect with organizations, and take action to end slavery. Through this, we are building a community of activists that can come alongside the lawyers, law enforcement and service providers to not just address the victims and consequences of slavery, but to truly end the practice.
Website: www.endslaverynow.org
Exodus Cry
Exodus Cry is built on a foundation of prayer and is committed to abolishing sex slavery through Christ-centered prevention, intervention, and holistic restoration of trafficking victims.
Website: www.exoduscry.com
FAAST – Faith Alliance Against Sex Trafficking
FAAST is a Christian alliance working in collaboration to eradicate human trafficking and restore survivors.
Website: www.faastinternational.org
FBI
The FBI has stepped up its efforts to disrupt human trafficking operations worldwide and to free its victims. These efforts are focused on combating the exploitation of individuals who work in labor industries, such as agriculture and domestic service, and who are forced into prostitution and/or slave labor.
Website: www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/human_trafficking
Fight the New Drug
Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative organization that exists to provide individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography by raising awareness on its harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts.
Website: www.fightthenewdrug.org
Freedom Collaborative
Freedom Registry facilitates the opportunity for local, national and transnational referral mechanisms, and promotes regional best practices to ensure quality victims services.
Website: www.freedomcollaborative.org
Free the Slaves
Free the Slaves is dedicated to ending slavery worldwide. Our mission is to liberate slaves around the world and change the systems that allow slavery to exist.
Website: www.freetheslaves.net
GEMS – Girls Educational & Mentoring Services
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services’ (GEMS) mission is to empower girls and young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of girls and young women by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact sexually exploited youth.
Website: www.gems-girls.org
Global Modern Slavery Directory
The Global Modern Slavery Directory is a collaborative effort led by Polaris, the Freedom Fund, and the Walk Free Foundation to build a resource for any organization or individual that seeks to identify and connect with the full range of actors working to end slavery across the globe. The Directory aims to map out the contours of the movement worldwide to enable more effective communication among stakeholders.
Website: www.globalmodernslavery.org
Hope for Justice
Hope for Justice exists to end human trafficking and slavery, in our generation.
Website: hopeforjustice.org/
IJM – International Justice Mission
Our vision is to rescue thousands, protect millions, and prove that justice for the poor is possible.
Website: www.ijm.org
Justice At Work (Formerly known as Friends of Farmworkers)
We support low-wage workers as they pursue economic and social justice. We do this through the provision of legal services, education and advocacy. Website: www.justiceatworklegalaid.org
Justice Society
Justice Society provides advocacy, awareness and social business opportunities
for trafficked and high-risk people and communities.
Website: www.justicesociety.org
Love146
Love146 is an international human rights organization working to end child trafficking and exploitation through survivor care, prevention education, professional training and empowering movement.
Website: www.love146.org
National Center on Sexual Exploitation
Defending human dignity. Confronting sexual exploitation.
Website: endsexualexploitation.org/
National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC)
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a national anti-trafficking hotline and resource center serving victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States. The toll-free hotline is available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year in more than 200 languages.
Our mission is to provide human trafficking victims and survivors with access to critical support and services to get help and stay safe, and to equip the anti-trafficking community with the tools to effectively combat all forms of human trafficking. We offer round-the-clock access to a safe space to report tips, seek services, and ask for help. We also provide innovative anti-trafficking trainings, technical assistance, and capacity building support.
Website: www.traffickingresourcecenter.org
Nationalities Service Center
Nationalities Service Center prepares and empowers immigrants and refugees in the Philadelphia region to transcend challenging circumstances by providing comprehensive client-centered services to build a solid foundation for a self-sustaining and dignified future.
Website: www.nscphila.org
Not For Sale
We work with people and communities to build a world where no one is for sale.
Website: www.notforsalecampaign.org
Polaris
Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery and restore freedom to survivors.
Website: www.polarisproject.org
Protect Young Minds
Our mission is to empower parents, professionals and community leaders to protect young kids from pornography, and promote healing from any sexual exploitation.
Website: www.protectyoungminds.org
The Rescue & Restore Campaign
The intent of the Rescue & Restore campaign is to increase the identification of trafficking victims in the United States and to help those victims receive the benefits and services they need to restore their lives.
Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/programs/anti-trafficking
Salvation Army's New Day to Stop Trafficking (NDST)
The Salvation Army’s New Day to Stop Trafficking (NDST) Program recently received a grant under OVC that provides funding to offer services to men, women, children, and youth in Montgomery County who have or are experiencing a trafficking situation.
HOTLINE: (267)838-5866
View more information HERE
Shared Hope International
Shared Hope International strives to prevent the conditions that foster sex trafficking, restore victims of sex slavery, and bring justice to vulnerable women and children. We envision a world passionately opposed to sex trafficking and a committed community restoring survivors to lives of purpose, value and choice – one life at a time.
Website: www.sharedhope.org
Slavery Footprint
Find out how many slaves work for you.
Website: slaveryfootprint.org/
Stop the Traffik
We are a global movement of activists around the world who passionately give their time and energy to build resilient communities and prevent human trafficking.
Website: www.stopthetraffik.org
UN.GIFT
UN.GIFT aims to mobilize state and non-state actors to eradicate human trafficking by reducing both the vulnerability of potential victims and the demand for exploitation in all its forms; ensuring adequate protection and support to those who fall victim; and supporting the efficient prosecution of the criminals involved, while respecting the fundamental human rights of all persons.
In carrying out its mission, UN.GIFT will increase the knowledge and awareness on human trafficking; promote effective rights-based responses; build capacity of state and non-state actors; and foster partnerships for joint action against human trafficking.
Website: www.ungift.org
U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential.
Website: www.usaid.gov/trafficking
U.S. Department of Justice
In 2007, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice created the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit (HTPU) within the Criminal Section to consolidate the expertise of some of the nation’s top human trafficking prosecutors. HTPU prosecutors work closely with Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) and law enforcement agencies to streamline fast-moving trafficking investigations, ensure consistent application of trafficking statutes, and identify multijurisdictional trafficking networks.
Website: www.justice.gov/crt/about/crm/htpu.php
U.S. Department of State
The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons leads the United States’ global engagement against human trafficking, an umbrella term used to describe the activities involved when someone obtains or holds a person in compelled service. At the heart of this phenomenon are the myriad forms of enslavement as outlined in the United States’ Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Major forms of human trafficking include: forced labor, sex trafficking, bonded labor, debt bondage, involuntary domestic servitude, forced child labor, child soldiers, and child sex trafficking. The Office has responsibility for bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, targeted foreign assistance, and public engagement on this issue of modern slavery and partners with foreign governments and civil society to develop and implement effective counter-trafficking strategies.
Website: www.state.gov/j/tip/
Virtual Global Task Force
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) seeks to build an effective, international partnership of law enforcement agencies, non government organisations and industry to help protect children from online child abuse and other forms of transnational child sexual exploitation.
Website: virtualglobaltaskforce.com/
