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This is good work - some trafficking victims cannot make phone calls and many REALLY do not want to engage authorities/the police. I was close to an incident i

This is good work - some trafficking victims cannot make phone calls and many REALLY do not want to engage authorities/the police. I was close to an incident involving some J1s a few years ago. I'm not how this technology would have helped that particular situation, though Polaris Project did help. A big problem with NHTRC is that if you connect the victims with them, they ask MANY MANY MANY questions of the victim but legally cannot DO very much. It tires the victims out and roughs up already shaky trust. So my question is: What happens if you text this number? Also: How do victims of trafficking learn about this number?

RobSpectre 14y ago
When a victim texts BEFREE, he or she gets connected to a trained NHTRC staffer working the SMS channel 24/7. Staffer works the case and provides resources through Chatter for the center's existing SFDC instance, ensuring the new short code is well integrated with their existing toolset. Twilio, Salesforce, Thorn and Polaris are all raising awareness about the short code through a number of marketing channels, but as with anything important, any one calling attention to the story and the issue helps.