“Within 48 hours of running away 1 out of 3 children are solicited for sex. Victims can be sold 15-40 times every 24 hours. 1 in 9 children receive online sexual solicitation.
- Human Trafficking Statistics & Resources, Selah Freedom
Trauma occurs repeatedly … and includes catastrophic…and entrapping trauma.
“For these victims, complex trauma occurs repeatedly and cumulatively, usually over a period of time and often includes catastrophic, deleterious and entrapping trauma that can be persistent and devastating.”
- Evelyn P. Boyer, Ph.D., as published in www.HumanTraffickingSearch.org
What is most consistently expressed is the lack of qualified shelter care.
Estimates for the number of people at risk of becoming trafficking victims in the United States varies widely, from 100,000 to 300,000. What is most consistently expressed is the … [lack] of qualified shelter care programs to aid victims in their healing and restoration back into society.
- National Trafficking Sheltered Alliance