Help is available when you need it.

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National Human Trafficking hotline - 1-888-373-7888

You have the right to live and work safely.

No one has the right to force you to work or have sex for money, food, medicine, a place to live, or anything else. Not family, not friends, not a partner, not a landlord. No one.

 

Help is available when you need it.

The National Human Trafficking Hotline is a toll-free hotline, available to answer calls, texts, emails, and live chats from anywhere in the United States, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in more than 200 languages.

Call: 1-888-373-7888  |  Text: 233733  |  Chat: humantraffickinghotline.org/chat  |  TYY: 711

If you are in immediate danger, contact 911.

When you contact the Hotline, specially trained advocates will listen and connect you with the help you need to stay safe. All communication with the Hotline is confidential.


Requests for Assistance

Individuals who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing human trafficking may be eligible for federal, state, and local assistance. 

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Additional Federal Resources

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Crisis
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
988
Text: 988

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Disaster
National Disaster Distress Hotline
1-800-985-5990
Text: 1-800-985-5990 

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Domestic Violence
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233
Text: 88788

 

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Sexual Assault
National Sexual Assault Hotline
1-800-656-4673

 

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Teen Dating Violence
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
1-866-331-9474
Text: 22522

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Domestic & Sexual Violence for Native Americans and Alaska Natives
StrongHearts Native Helpline
1-844-762-8483
Text: 1-844-762-8483

 

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Unaccompanied Alien Children
Office of Refugee Resettlement National Call Center
1-800-203-7001

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Youth Homelessness 
National Runaway Safeline
1-800-786-2929

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Pregnancy & New Baby
National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
1-833-852-6262
Text: 1-833-852-6262

 

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Worker Rights
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division
1-866-487-9243

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Drugs & Alcohol
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1-800-662-4357