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Resources
National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
Lifeskills Crisis Line: 270-843-4357
Law Enforcement
Bowling Green Police Department Warren County Sheriff’s Office
911 Kentucky Street 429 E. 10th Ave, Suite 102
Bowling Green, KY 42101 Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-393-2473 270-842-1633
Kentucky State Police – Post 3
3119 Nashville Rd.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-782-2010
Medical Services
Greenview Hospital The Medical Center
1801 Ashley Cir 250 Park St.
Bowling Green, KY 42104 Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-793-1000 270-745-1000
Women’s Health Specialists
350 Park St., Suite 203
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-781-0075
Survivor Recovery Housing
- The Well of Lexington, programdir@thewelllexington.com
859-559-2658 or 229-4190 - Esters House, summerdickerson79@gmail.com
502-498-6018 - Unshackled by Love, info@unshackledbylove.org
859-509-6421
Community Organization
Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center Barren River District Health Department
103 E. 12th Ave; BG, KY 42101 1109 State St.; BG, KY 42101
270-783-4357 270-781-8039
Bowling Green Housing Authority Bowling Green Parks and Recreation
247 Double Springs Rd; BG, KY 42104 225 East Third Ave.; BG, KY 42101
270-467-7120 270-393-3249
BRASS CASA of South Central KY
2321 Old Louisville Rd.; BG, KY 42101 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
270-832-1183 316 E. 10th Ave; BG, KY 42101
270-782-5353
Community Action of South Kentucky Goodwill Industries
921 Beauty Ave; BG, KY 42101 1806 U.S. Hwy 31 West Bypass; BG, KY 42104
270-782-3162 270-781-4930
HOTEL Inc. Lifeskills
1005 Boatlanding Rd; BG, KY 42101 380 Suwannee Trail St.; BG, KY 42103
270-782-1263 270-901-5000
Salvation Army United Way of Southern Kentucky
400 W. Main Ave; BG, KY 42101 1110 College St.; BG, KY 42101
270-843-3485 270-843-3205; 2-1-1
What to Do
The most important 2 things do if you encounter a victim: Listen and Document.
Realize the trafficker may be a parent, guardian, grandparent, neighbor, uncle, boyfriend. girlfriend, family friend, or classmate.
Explain the limits of confidentiality & mandated reporting.
Trust your instincts; trafficking happens across all groups: ethnic, socioeconomic, religions, sexualities, education, and genders.
If possible, speak to the person alone (you don’t know who may be the trafficker).
Tell the person something like, “My responsibility is to make sure you are safe. Abuse can take many forms-physical, emotional, financial, and sexual.”
Then ask age-appropriate questions like:
- Where are you from? What brings you to the United States (the area)?
- What type of work do you do after school or on the weekends?
- What’s your schedule like outside of school?
- How much do you earn?
- What do you like to buy after you get paid?
- Have you been threatened if you decide you want to leave your job?
- Do you have ID? If not, why not? Who has your ID?
- Do you have to ask permission to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, or talk with others?
- Are you being forced to do something you don’t want to do that could hurt you?
Remind the person you believe them, they deserve to be safe, abuse is NEVER their fault, and you want to help. Then together, contact:
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
24 Hours/Day, 7 Days/Week
Email: NHTRC@polarisproject.org
Text: HELP or INFO to 233733
Phone: 1-888-373-7888
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