Street Light

Child sex slavery is often identified as an overseas issue; however, buying sex with a child has become part of the multi-billion dollar sex industry in America. The average age of entry for a child sold into prostitution in the United States in 13. The National Center for missing and Exploited Children estimates that more than 100,000 children are brought into this industry to be sold for sex every year.  This means that overall more than 300,000 of these young victims are on the streets of the United States working at any given time.  Major cities in the United States in the United States, such as Phoenix are facing the realities of this overwhelming problem.

Having few choices, law enforcement agencies must process these victims as criminals and place them in either juvenile detention centers or send them to jail. Beyond the sexual abuse, these young girls, some as young as nine years of age, suffer from severe psychological, emotional and social abuse. Once they are released and with nowhere to go these victims return to their pimps. StreetLight takes a revolutionary approach to eradicate child sex slavery by providing safe housing, producing the environment for life transformation and preventing exploitation from child sex slavery.  For more information: www.streetlightphx.com