I got a call on the After Hours hotline number and it was a young girl named “Charlotte” she said she needed help and she just got into Los Angeles and she met some friends on the track who said, “you should call After Hours, these girls are so nice, they come out here and give us hand warmers, hand sanitizer, hot coco, snacks, and they pray with us. They said if we need anything to give them a call.” So Charlotte decided to call because she was at her lowest of lows, she said she had no money, no housing, and she was hungry. I asked her if she wanted to get back home to her family because we can help her relocate. But she said she has no family, she grew up in the system, and she was in and out of different foster homes. She said her foster dad sexually abused her at 11 years old so she decided to runaway and never look back. As a runaway she was picked up by a trafficker who exploited her for the next 10 years. But by the grace of God she was no longer under her his control, but it was only a matter of time for her to be kidnapped by another trafficker who will exploit her again. So that’s why she decided to call our number.
We were able to pick her up right away and take her to a safe place out of Los Angeles where she could find safety, free housing, resources, and self-care for the next year while she goes through her recovery journey.
We are so thankful to our friends on the track who were able to share our number with anyone that is in need of help getting “out of the life.”