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Nonprofit offering online training to parents, teens to prevent sex trafficking

Selah Freedom: 1 in 9 kids approached by predator online
Posted at 10:23 PM, Jun 17, 2020
and last updated 2020-06-22 14:54:30-04

SARASOTA, Fla. -- As the Tampa Bay area continues to practice social distancing and the new safer-at-home orders being enforced, local nonprofits are concerned about what that could mean for the people they help.

Selah Freedom, a nonprofit based in Sarasota, can no longer meet in person with all of the the human trafficking victims it serves. So, I-Team Investigator Kylie McGivernfound the group is moving its educational training online during the pandemic.