Foster Care to Child-Sex Trafficking Pipeline | What we Can Do | Angela Featherstone | DTH Podcast

There is an estimated 46 million people held in modern-day slavery today in what we call the human trafficking business...which is more than any other time in human history.

21% are being sex trafficked which is rape for hire. And the remaining 79% is physical labor held by force or terror.
The victims of this are overwhelmingly the poor and especially poor women and children.

This is happening right underneath our noses. There are approximately 125k ads online everyday in the US for people being advertised for purchase.The cities in the US that report the most incidents are California, Texas, Florida, and New York.

A report from the Freedom Thought Project shows that 88% of missing sex trafficked children come from the US foster care system.

This is something we all need to be aware of, and bring more awareness too, and have a lot more conversations about. And not only awareness but each of us needs to take action in any way we can.

My guest, Angela Featherstone is founder of The Fostering Care Healing School. Which is a non profit healing school for youth aging out of foster care, who’s goal is to not only help these children heal but to thrive.
She’s also a successful Actress and model, a Pushcart Prize nominated essayist and speaker. She writes and lectures on healing PTSD, child abuse, human trafficking, and intimacy.

She is an advocate for children in the foster care system. She herself has mentored a child in foster care through Kidsave. And she was a consultant on the Netflix documentary Cracked Up, documenting the effects of trauma and healing trauma.

Donate to The Fostering Care Healing School:
https://fosteringcare.org/

Last Weeks Episode: Aging out of The Foster Care System:
https://youtu.be/QghSrOUjxG8

To Report Exploitation:
The Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers
1-800-222-TIPS (1-800-222-8477)

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
(888) 539-2373
info@da.lacounty.gov

Resources for Internet Safety:
California Cyber Safety for Children Connect Safely
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Resources for Health and Mental Health Treatment:
Department of Mental Health
(800) 854-7771

Department of Public Health
Planned Parenthood
(213) 284-3307

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
(800) 273-8255
DrugRehab.com
24/7 Help Line: 877-589-4784

St. Johns Wellness Center
(323) 541-1411

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
(800) 662 4357

Resources for Victims/Survivors:
1736 Family Crisis Center

Ang Karapatan Mo Sa America
Call (855) 300-2552 for legal advice
Asian Pacific Islander Human Trafficking Task Force
Association for the Recovery of Children
Children of the Night

Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)
(888) 539-2373
24/7 In LA County 2-hour call out for social worker and attorney

Communities in Schools
toctave@dcfs.lacounty.gov
Department of Children & Family Services Coordinated Services Action Team
(310) 668-6598

East LA Women’s Center
Hotline (800) 585-6231
SART Team 24/7 Hotline with SART and other services

Global Center for Woman and Justice

Helpline Youth Counseling
14181 Telegraph Rd., Whittier 90604
KLOPEZSAGASTUME@HYCINC.ORG

Inner City Vision
International Institute of Los Angeles
(323) 224-3800

Journey Out
www.journeyout.org
818-988-4970
Korean American Family Services
(213) 389-6755

LA Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
(800) 540-4000

Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force
24-Hour Hotline 1-888-539-2373

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
(323) 801-7991

One Degree
Anyone can use this site to search for resources from job training to shelters

Optimist Youth Homes & Family Services Pacific Lodge
Power of A Shower
Safe Place for Youth
Safe Shelter Collaborative
Thai Community Development Center

Victims Assistance Sanctuary
(323) 364-8678

The W.E.L.L. Organization
(562) 201-4344

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Links:
https://mindinghearts.com/2020/09/06/88-of-children-rescued-in-sex-trafficking-operations-were-trafficked-from-state-custody/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/31/student-mental-health-decline-cdc/

https://jlc.org/news/what-foster-care-prison-pipeline

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-foster-care-to-prison-pipeline-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/554163588/high-rate-of-foster-care-children-are-on-psychotropics-despite-pledged-oversight

https://rights4girls.org/advocates-say-cyntoia-browns-case-part-sexual-abuse-prison-pipeline/

https://www.ifoster.org/blogs/how-does-the-foster-care-system-work/

https://advocacyinaction.casaforchildren.org/well-being/psychotropic-medication-and-children-in-foster-care/

https://www.thorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/