in central Arkansas would have been able to meet with them more quickly. There is also a need for residential


services, because survivors always are in need of a safe place to stay. The need for safety was emphasized


in the story of one survivor. Early on, Carter remembers meeting a girl in a detention center who was strong and a born leader, but had been through a lot. She had run away from home countless times and had been placed in the detention center at least eight times. Carter asked the girl where she saw her life in the future, and she was unable to answer at first, because she had only thought about surviving each day. Carter then asked where she saw herself in a week, a month, a year and five years into the future. “She said, ‘I want to have my own house where I feel safe,’ ” Carter said. When asked where she felt most at home, the girl responded it was at the detention center. “They need a place to be safe,” Carter said. “I will never forget her name and face. This is why we do what we do.”


Since Into the Light was founded, the following has been accomplished: the “TRAPS” has been presented to 2,409 at-risk minors; 791 law enforcement officers, juvenile probation officers and juvenile detention staff have been trained on domestic minor sex trafficking; 105 volunteers have been equipped to serve survivors of domestic minor sex trafficking.


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