BEND, OR -- Central Oregon's Anti-Trafficking Project hosts two events next week in recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The project responds to local incidents for the Federal Office on Trafficking in Persons.
Program Manager Breanne Barrett says it handled 83 cases last year, “We do a little bit of crisis intervention services where we might respond with local law enforcement. Provide basic needs, navigational services. And then we offer long term case management so we can work with somebody for a couple of hours all the way up to a couple of years.”
The Anti-Trafficking Project partnered with the Kids Center and local law enforcement for two training seminars on January 24th and 26th.
“This training is really focused on helping parents and community members keep kids safe online. What we have seen from a lot of the trends is that youth are often groomed online… That’s where it starts, and then at some point they might say let’s meet up in person. And that’s when the trafficking can actually occur…So how we can work with parents to have those tough conversations,” says Barrett.
Learn more or register for Understanding and Addressing Human Trafficking in our Community
