by Julie Morris | Mar 15, 2021 | C@R Blog, Human Trafficking, Policy
Children at Risk Senior Staff Attorney and Anti-Trafficking Expert, Jamey Caruthers, testified in support of House Bill 1540 (S. Thompson) in front of the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee on March 15, 2021. In Fiscal Year 2019, 1,973 children and youth...
by Julie Morris | Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19, COVID-19 Policy, Human Trafficking, Parenting
Child safety experts from Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and the Rio Grande Valley highlight how COVID-19 is impacting their regions, what they are doing to adapt, and what Texas Legislators need to know. While children have largely been spared the worst of the...
by Center to End the Trafficking and Exploitation of Children | Jan 24, 2019 | C@R Blog, Events, Human Trafficking, Policy
By Caroline Roberts On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, over 200 advocates, legislators and concerned citizens from around the state gathered on the south steps of the Texas Capitol to support human trafficking legislation. Members of the crowd excitedly braved the cold,...
by Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation | Apr 10, 2018 | C@R Blog, Human Trafficking, K-12 Education, Publication
By David McClendon & Jamey Caruthers, CHILDREN AT RISK Across the state of Texas, there are hundreds of illegal massage businesses (IMBs) acting as fronts for human trafficking and sexual exploitation. These illicit businesses are found in nearly all major Texas...
by Julie Morris | Apr 26, 2015 | Human Trafficking, Publication
Thanks to the generous support of the Texas Bar Foundation, CHILDREN AT RISK is pleased to announce the release of its latest publication, The Sex Trafficking Marketplace: Addressing Demand through Legislation and Tactics. In order to better understand the sex...
by SophekTounn | Sep 2, 2011 | C@R Blog, Human Trafficking, Op-Ed
“Can this city really change?” This was a question I asked a young woman named “Dee” a little over a year ago. When I first met Dee she was working in a local “gentlemen’s club” and making a living the only way she knew how…by selling herself. After being kicked out...
