The Problem
The only way to locate and rescue these children is with more law enforcement agents. What does it take to make that happen now?

Promise to Protect's Citizen Action Strategy

2. Advocate for these resources to be prioritized for child rescue

3. Track and document the child rescues and predator arrests that result  

WITH EVERY NEW RESOURCE we secure, more children are rescued and more predators stopped. And we are measuring our success and proving it works.

Children Waiting for Help
Every day across America, anti-child exploitation agents spot thousands of online beacons signaling a child in need of help. In the vast majority of cases, those children are waiting for a rescue that will never come. There just aren't enough investigators, analysts and forensic experts. (see "Big Picture" for a more detailed explanation.)

A Simple Plan to Get Children Rescued
Promise to Protect knows that the single best way to protect the most children--and to prevent the most future child abuse from occurring--is to put more people to work investigating child exploitation.

Funding for law enforcement is a public, taxpayer responsibility. But convincing government to commit these resources is the job of citizens. By serving as the catalyst that makes child rescue a priority, we can ensure child victims are located and protected, while predators are removed from access to children. 

Building on Success, Building Momentum in 2009
Promise to Protect has taken lessons learned from winning child rescue resources in several states and distilled them into a formula that can be used by citizens everywhere.

In 2009, Promise to Protect will be recruiting volunteers around the U.S. and providing them with the tools, information and training they need to become effective advocates in their own communities and states. We are also working with national law enforcement and government organizations to make child rescue a more urgent priority on their agendas.

With each new law enforcement officer assigned to work child exploitation cases... with each new forensic analyst hired... more cases will be worked, more predators stopped and more children rescued.

Then, working in close coordination with our Child Rescue Tracking project, we will document these success and build even greater momentum.