A group of proponents of anti-human human trafficking called “Safe House Project” is insisting on the Trump administration and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary -nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. To reform the National Hotline for human trafficking.
The Hotline, It is run by HHSWas started in 2007 to provide 24/7 assistance to victims of human trafficking.
According to Safe House Project, which offers victims a range of services, including a network of hiding places, the Hotline has “lost all credibility” and he simply does not achieve the purpose of ending human trafficking.
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After Kennedy On Tuesday a committee has been releasedBy taking him a step closer to the confirmation, the non -profit organization has issued a statement in honor of the step and said that “our nation urgently needs leadership that it will restore (the hotline) to fulfill its goal To identify victims of victims who escape from their human traffickers and help to put justice to those who abuse desperate and vulnerable population and make the victim. “
In accordance with the Ministry of Government Efficiencies Mission to reduce the waste wasteSafe House Project says that HHS can reform the Hotline to maintain its tax dollar finance and save more lives at the same time.
“The American taxpayers have financed the National Hotline for human trafficking, and the reality is that it has failed,” CEO of Safe House Project Kristi Wells told Fox News Digital.
Wells claimed that people who call the hotline often have to wait more than 45 minutes, so that many people hang up before they even report an incident with human trafficking. She also said that in many cases hotline employees cannot return calls or share tips with law enforcement.
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If he is confirmed by the Senate, Wells said that Kennedy will have a “phenomenal opportunity” to save thousands of lives by moving quickly to increase the efficiency of the hotline.
“The national hotline for human trafficking has the potential again to save thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of lives, “she continued.” And so (since) the Ministry of Health and Human Services is the one who supervises the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the hotline, it is really important that the current administration gives priority and keeps the current hotline really responsible and ensures that the services work as they have to work. “
Instead of the current Hotline, Wells is insisting on HHS to use modern technology – such as Mobile Apps and AI – To make a new system that is “fast, usable and easy to use”.
After conducting extensive research with law enforcement agencies and related NGOs, Wells said that she believes that a new system could be created with the help of modern technology, which would spend the tax dollars much further and achieve more.
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“When you use the technology, you really create scale efficiency and you really increase the scale, “she said.” And so I don’t believe that this is a solution that would cost the government more money. I think it would enable them to use the dollars that are currently spent on a national hotline and to see more effective results. “
Wells said the Trump administration “has already shown an encouraging willingness to tackle human trafficking,” but has noticed, “we want to participate to check whether this is a top priority for them and to ensure that the right actions are taken to get victims from the shadow To increase the reporting and to increase the law enforcement and persecution of human dealers and buyers. “
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“Human trafficking happens everywhere around us and we as members of the community have the opportunity to identify and respond human trafficking and a new tool is really vital for us to ensure that that happens,” she continued. “If we have the right reporting mechanisms and we ‘see something and say something’, then this idea is that human trafficking is undercover and is not detected no longer the reality.”
“The reality is that we can see it more and when we see it more, we can enable our legislators to create more effective data to create more effective policy. And so I am enthusiastic about the process that a more robust reporting mechanism can be the purpose of The extermination of human trafficking in America. ”
