text is the national resource hotline. they can text "be free" to the national resource hotline. and who is that? can the victim text? absolutely. absolutely. i just want to be clear, go back to what you were saying. the victim can call the state hotline, or text the national hotline, or call the national hotline. all ight, but say now you go in, you go in to that particular place, what happens? well we would begin conducting interviews, either on site or ask the person o come back to our office. and i mean it would really depend on what kind of information we have. we may start out just going in undercover and getting our nails, or a pedicure done and engaging the particular person. uh, how old are you? how are you? and it may take a couple of times to get the information because we really need to see. if this person asn't been to a movie in four to six months and they're in that age cohort that goes to the movies, does that mean that they're being trafficked and orced to do this? no. but it may be an indicator that some of thr freedom and liberty is being infringed upon. and th

age, 12 to 14. 300,000 kids a year trafficked. 41% of cases reported to the national human trafficking resource center hotline. 70% of the traffickers are male, and a $32 billion industry. >> guest: how tragic is the that? this is something our nation is just beginning to become aware of. i have to tell you that one of the reasons, one of the things that fuels this is the internet. you have specific sites that traffickers know they can advertise these girls. we need to change the way we view this situation, because some people would call these girls prostitutes, but if you think about it it doesn't make sense to use that term for an underage girl, because if you are below the age of consent, how could you be considered a prostitute? so one of the things that happens in our nation in many places is these girls wind up being arrested, and treated as though they are criminals, and it is not recognized by either law enforcement, or social services that they are victims and shouldn't be arrested at all. >> host: would your legislation change that legally? >> guest: well that is something we can't change on a feder

age, 12 to 14. 300,000 kids a year trafficked. 41% of cases reported to the national human trafficking resource center hotline. 70% of the traffickers are male, and a $32 billion industry. >> guest: how tragic is the that? this is something our nation is just beginning to become aware of. i have to tell you that one of the reasons, one of the things that fuels this is the internet. you have specific sites that traffickers know they can advertise these girls. we need to change the way we view this situation, because some people would call these girls prostitutes, but if you think about it it doesn't make sense to use that term for an underage girl, because if you are below the age of consent, how could you be considered a prostitute? so one of the things that happens in our nation in many places is these girls wind up being arrested, and treated as though they are criminals, and it is not recognized by either law enforcement, or social services that they are victims and shouldn't be arrested at all. >> host: would your legislation change that legally? >> guest: well that is something we can't change on a feder

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resource maps, and tightly linked to v.a.'s suicide prevention program, the national crisis hotline, 211 exchanges, tech based veteran community portals and any other referral sources of relevance. rally point networks could have a profound impact on access in any geography. as a final point, i want to highlight a major partnership -- a major partnership success story that supported services for veteran families program of the v.a. this program administered by v.a.'s national center for homelessness among veterans has fostered relationships between v.a. and communities that are unprecedented. in the opinion of many experts in both the community and the v.a., the streamlined structure of ssvf offers the best means for managing partnerships going forward. as such, my third and final recommendation for resolving mental health access issues and improving suicide prevention going forward is to -- for the v.a. to adopt an ssfv like mechanism as the basic template for v.a. to use in developing more robust partnerships. by using this mechanism, v.a. can most effectively leverage partners to create programs that improve access to the v