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Safe House Project's work has been featured by national and local media as we work to eradicate human trafficking in the United States and expand support for survivors.

Safe House Project in the News 2025-2026

At Safe House Project, we are dedicated to eradicating human trafficking and supporting survivors on their path to freedom and healing. Our mission has gained significant recognition in the media as we continue to make strides in raising awareness, influencing policy, and providing critical services to those in need. Below is the latest press coverage highlighting our impactful work from 2025 to 2026.

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Safe House Project has been featured in numerous media outlets over the past year, reflecting our ongoing efforts to combat human trafficking across the nation. From securing significant funding and grants to participating in high-profile conferences and public discussions, our work is making headlines and driving change.

St. Ignatius Police signs on to Simply Report anti-trafficking partnership

June 2026

Missouri was the 5th state to partner with the Safe House Project, and Director of Anti-Trafficking Operations, Diana Haines, said this issue is impor...
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Live Action

Missouri to start using anti-trafficking app ahead of World Cup

June 2026

Missouri was the 5th state to partner with the Safe House Project, and Director of Anti-Trafficking Operations, Diana Haines, said this issue is impor...
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Live Action

Safe House Project: How one group is empowering everyday people to combat trafficking

February 2026

Safe House Project has created an app, Simply Report, to help those who recognize the signs of trafficking to safely and quickly report what they have seen.
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Live Action

Innocence Stolen Twice: Why I fight for trafficking victims and their unborn children

January 2026

sit across from survivors of trafficking whose stories of abuse and exploitation began before the age of 12. Children who were sold for sex. Sold to t...
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Live Action

Caldwell And Safe House Project Announce Partnership To Protect AI-Powered Anti-Trafficking Tool

January 2026

Caldwell, a premier global law firm known for its technology-focused legal practice, announced a pro bono partnership with Safe House Project to secur...
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Mondaq

Safe House Project and EdLogics Announce National Partnership to Advance Human Trafficking Education

January 2026

Safe House Project, a national leader in human trafficking education and victim support, and EdLogics, a national leader in health literacy and consum...
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NewsWire

Santa Maria forum aims to bring awareness to Human Trafficking Prevention Month

January 2026

Human trafficking involves taking away a person’s freedom through threats, force, or manipulation, yet exploitation often remains hidden on the Central Coast, according to the Rotary Club of South Santa Maria.
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KSBY6

Manassas City Recognizes National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

January 2026

The Manassas City Police Department, in partnership with the Manassas City Council, recognizes January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, reaffirming the City’s commitment to education, prevention, and community collaboration to combat human trafficking.
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Prince William Living

S.C. attorney general releases annual human trafficking report

January 2026

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson released new data on human trafficking in the state on Monday. In 2025, the South Carolina Law Enforce...
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12/26

Human Trafficking Awareness Forum Returns To Santa Maria in January

December 2025

The Santa Maria Rotary Club is spreading the word about the next forum raising awareness of human trafficking happening locally. Members of the Human Trafficking Task Force say that while the forum is a month away, the issue itself is ever-present.
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News Channel 3-12

Opinion: Will Epstein files actually be released by Friday deadline?

December 2025

For years, survivors of sex trafficking have stepped forward with extraordinary courage, named their abusers and described in painful detail what was ...
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The San Diego Union-Tribune

Safe House Project Announces Nationwide Free Access to Simply Report App at Attorney General Alliance Human Trafficking Conference

October 2025

At the Attorney General Alliance's Human Trafficking Conference today, Safe House Project announced that its pioneering reporting platform, Simpl...
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PR Newswire

Johnson and Wales University student victim of human trafficking in Charlotte

October 2025

A 17-year-old Johnson and Wales University student was trafficked by a man in North Charlotte, police say. Investigators found the teen walking alo...
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WSOC-TV

ProSafe adds human trafficking reporting tool to safety platform

September 2025

Safety, communication and security technology provider ProSafe, powered by WorldVue, has integrated Safe House Project’s anonymous reporting system into its mobile safety platform for hotel employees across the U.S.
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Hotel Management

Light the Night Gala returns to Virginia Beach

October 2025

The Safe House Project has helped thousands of victims of sex trafficking since its inception eight years ago, with the nationwide organization founded in Hampton Roads by two military wives working to make a difference, Kristi Wells and Brittany Dunn.
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WAVY

See Us Now Students Lead National "Blue Out" to Spotlight Foster Children and Missing Youth

September 2025

To bring national awareness to the plight of hundreds of thousands of foster children and the critical shortage of safe, consistent housing, the stude...
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PR Newswire

North and South Carolina PWIPM Chapters Raise $7,000 for Safe House Project

September 2025

The North Carolina and South Carolina Professional Women in Pest Management (PWIPM) chapters hosted Melodies that Matter: Pest Control Pop Star Edition fundraiser, raising $6,937.65 to support Safe House Project, a nonprofit dedicated to ending child trafficking.
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PCT

ProSafe aids anti-human trafficking efforts in US hospitality

September 2025

ProSafe, Powered by WorldVue, a provider of safety, communication and security technology for the hospitality industry, has announced the integration ...
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SJA Security Journal Americas

A woman fled an anti-human trafficking safe house in Montana. She alleges 'spiritual' abuse.

September 2025

One spring morning, Marcy opened the balcony door of her room in a log cabin and walked down the driveway to the main gate of a small ranch buried in ...
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WV News

Outer Banks Health awards grants to local agencies Read more at: https://www.thecoastlandtimes.com/2025/09/13/outer-banks-health-awards-grants-to-local-agencies-2/

September 2025

Outer Banks Health has announced the recipients of the 2025-2026 Community Benefit Grants Program. “Grants are awarded for projects that will signifi...
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The Coastland Times

Sheriff's Department hosts first Human Trafficking Forum

September 2025

How do you catch a cloud? this is how Suffolk Commonwealth's Attorney Narendra Pleas described tackling human trafficking.
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Suffolk News-Herald

Forum highlights dangers of human trafficking in Hampton Roads

September 2025

Community leaders and advocates gathered at Union Baptist Missionary Church for a forum aimed at raising awareness about human trafficking, a crime experts say is far more common in Hampton Roads than many realize.
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Wavy

Outer Banks Health awards grants to local agencies

August 2025

Outer Banks Health is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025-2026 Community Benefit Grants Program. Grants are awarded for projects that will ...
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The Outer Banks Voice

More than 27 million people around the world are victims of human trafficking, according to the United Nations.

July 2025

More than 27 million people around the world are victims of human trafficking, according to the United Nations.
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CBN News

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Can AI and quantum computing turn the tide?

July 2025

Marked on 30 July, International Human Trafficking Day, otherwise known as World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, was established in response to a request for the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to host a meeting to counter the buying and selling of fellow humans in 2006.
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Finextra

Gov. Youngkin signs bill aimed at boosting human trafficking prevention training

July 2025

Virginia is taking a new step in its fight against human trafficking. On Tuesday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed House Bill 2033, a measure advocates say will help everyday workers recognize and report signs of trafficking across the Commonwealth.
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WTKR

Mississippi AG announces launch of human trafficking reporting app

June 2025

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-Miss.) announced that her office will partner with national anti-trafficking nonprofit Safe House Project to launch Simply Report. This will be a new way to report suspected human trafficking in Mississippi.
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WJTV

Mississippi partners with national nonprofit to offer human trafficking reporting app

June 2025

Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced on Monday that her office is partnering with Safe House Project to launch “Simply Report,” a program allowing ci...
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Super Talk Mississippi Media

Safe House Project’s Brittany Dunn launches Simply Report app to end human trafficking

June 2025

Safe House Project Co-Founder Brittany Dunn announces the launch of Simply Report, an app that allows individuals to anonymously report suspected human trafficking cases. Dunn says the app routes trafficking tips to law enforcement agencies and offers survivors support and shelter options.
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Just the News

Nonprofit group launches app that allows Americans to report incidents of human trafficking

June 2025

The app is called "Simply Report" and was developed with the input of healthcare providers, psychologists, human trafficking survivors and law enforcement.
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VOZ

Illegal massage parlors across US targeted in major human trafficking bust

June 2025

Human Trafficking Training Center's Dan Nash and Safe House Project CEO Kristi Wells join 'America's Newsroom' after dozens of victims and traffickers are uncovered in 19 states.
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FOX News

Nationwide coalition unites in ‘Operation Coast to Coast’ to combat human trafficking

June 2025

Joint effort by law enforcement, non-profits, and corporations leads to recovery of 70 victims and 46 arrests across 19 states, with a focus on illegal massage businesses
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Police 1

A Conversation with Safe House Project’s Brittany Dunn on Ending Child Trafficking, Tech, and Taking Action

May 2025

May marks Missing and Unidentified Persons Month, a solemn reminder of the tens of thousands of people across the U.S. whose disappearances remain unresolved. Behind every missing persons case is a family looking for answers—and a system that sometimes fails to provide them.
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Frock Safety

‘Right Tool At The Right Time’: GOP Rep Unveils New App To Help Combat Human Trafficking

May 2025

Republican North Carolina Rep. Pat Harrigan partnered with Safe House Project to announce on Tuesday the launch of Simply Report — a free, first of its kind mobile app designed to modernize the fight against human trafficking.
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Daily Caller

Exclusive: Safe House Project ramps up fight against human trafficking, launches first-of-its-kind app

May 2025

The nonprofit organization Safe House Project launched an innovative anti-trafficking app Simply Report on Tuesday, empowering users to safely, anonymously, and effectively report instances of suspected human trafficking, Blaze News learned.
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Blaze Media

The Charlotte Ledger announces the 2025 class of inspirational award recipients: 40 local leaders aged 40+

April 2025

The Charlotte Ledger is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of The Charlotte Ledger 40 Over 40 Awards, presented by U.S. Bank. The awards celebrate local unsung heroes aged 40+ who are doing great things in our community.
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The Charlotte Ledger

Bill advancing in Senate makes manipulating children for prostitution illegal

March 2025

A sexual predator who nefariously develops a bond with a child to lure the juvenile into prostitution could be sentenced to five years in a South Carolina prison under legislation advancing in the Senate.
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South Carolina Daily Gazette

S.C. Human Trafficking Task Force launches new partnership

March 2025

South Carolina Attorney General and Chair of the South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force, Alan Wilson, has announced the launch of a new statewide certification program.
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Spectrum News

Does anti-trafficking work have a burnout problem — or a leadership problem?

March 2025

Within anti-trafficking nonprofits, staff turnover is an all-too-familiar challenge. Heavy caseloads, budgetary constraints and vicarious trauma lead ...
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Global Leadership Network

South Carolina forms new partnership to aid human trafficking victims

March 2025

Attorney General Alan Wilson will announce a new partnership that will impact human trafficking victim services across the state.
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News 2

Local survivor of labor trafficking speaks out

January 2025

Every year, there are hundreds of thousands of victims of human trafficking in the U.S. That includes sex trafficking and labor trafficking. Channe...
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WSOC-TV

Advocate works to empower others after surviving trafficking as a teen

February 2025

Appleberry’s journey from victim to advocate began when she ran away from home at 16. Her boyfriend at the time offered her a place to stay, but soon ...
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WSOC-TV

Man trafficked by his own father raising awareness for overlooked cases

January 2025

There are many faces to child sex trafficking – like Mike Chapman. “I am currently a survivor of both childhood sexual abuse, incestual and family-controlled sex trafficking, both by my father,” Chapman tells Channel 9′s Hannah Goetz.
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Yahoo News

Vandenberg's SAPR Hosts Human Trafficking Awareness Event

January 2025

Alia Azariah, Safe House Project aftercare director, shares her personal story as a human trafficking survivor via Zoom, raising awareness among base members during a luncheon at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.
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Vandenberg Space Force

Cetane partners with Safe House Project to fight human trafficking

January 2025

Cetane Associates partnered with Safe House Project to introduce a training initiative designed to empower propane professionals with the knowledge to...
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LPGas

Cetane Associates partners with Safe House Project for enhanced training to combat human trafficking

January 2025

Cetane Associates partnered with Safe House Project to introduce a training initiative designed to empower pest management, HVAC, propane, heating oil...
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Pest Management Professional

A New Era in the Fight Against Human Trafficking

January 2025

Brittany Dunn and Kristi Wells share their life-changing work and a groundbreaking technology to rescue victims of human trafficking.
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CBN

Supporting Survivors: Partnering With Anti-Human Trafficking Organizations

January 2025

Human trafficking (HT) is widely regarded as one of the most undetected and underreported crimes globally. It exploits millions worldwide, stripping i...
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ACAMS Today

Olive Crest launches drop-in centers to support young sex trafficking survivors

January 2025

Olive Crest Chief Executive Officer Donald Verleur knows that building a relationship with underage sex trafficking survivors can be tenuous at best. ...
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Daily Pilot

Industry Leaders Gather for INSPIRE Luxury Hospitality Conference

January 2025

The International Luxury Hotel Association (ILHA) recently hosted the INSPIRE Luxury Hospitality Conference at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The two-day ev...
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HNR Hotel News

A Strategic Approach to Addressing Human Trafficking

January 2025

Human trafficking remains one of the most egregious violations of human rights, affecting millions globally. In her book, Brittany Dunn advocates for ...
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Miami Wire

The Vision Behind ‘Eradicating Human Trafficking’: A Thoughtful Approach

January 2025

Brittany Dunn’s journey into co-authoring Eradicating Human Trafficking: A Transformative Approach Through Collective Impact was sparked by a bold cha...
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Women\'s Journal

Mobilizing Society to Address Human Trafficking: Insights from Brittany Dunn

January 2025

Human trafficking remains a pervasive issue that requires ongoing collective action across all levels of society. Author and advocate Brittany Dunn’s ...
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New York Weekly

Attorney General Miyares Announces Legislative Agenda for 2025 General Assembly Session

January 2025

Today, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced his legislative priorities and goals for the 2025 General Assembly session. “This year’s l...
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Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the Attorney General

Safe House Project Celebrates Human Trafficking Awareness Month with Milestone: Over 1,500 Survivors Supported in 2025

January 2025

In a remarkable stride towards ending human trafficking, Safe House Project announced today that in 2025, the organization supported 1,529 survivors o...
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