If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, contact the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline

Call 1 (888) 373 7888Text "BeFree" to 233733

Our Impact

USA East Coast

The Problem

  • Almost a third of human trafficking cases reported in the United States in 2023 were minors1.
  • In the US, human trafficking has been reported in all 50 states2.
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Our Current Work on the East Coast

ZOE has operations on the East Coast in Lancaster and Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Prevention

ZOE Cycling Events

Raising awareness about child sex trafficking through annual ZOE cycling events and the Race Across America.

Human Trafficking Training and Presentations

ZOE East Coast provides Human Trafficking Prevention, and Training to churches, social workers, social service agencies, businesses, schools, healthcare workers, community groups, and the hospitality industry.

Victim Advocacy Services

ZOE East Coast partners with the Department of Children and Youth Services to identify youth who are vulnerable to being trafficked. ZOE then provides ongoing advocacy and mentoring services for those children and their families as needed.

Youth Mentoring

ZOE’s Youth Mentoring Program provides ongoing, one-on-one relationships with high-risk youth at the Lancaster and Berks Counties’ Child Advocacy Centers, the Department of Children and Youth, the Youth Intervention Center, and Bethany Children’s Home. Mentoring provides a trusting relationship, accountability, friendship, a positive role model, goal setting, and life skills training. ZOE provides a safe, consistent, and supportive environment where youth can grow, learn, and begin to heal.

Rescue

Human Trafficking Task Force Collaboration

The ZOE East Coast team provides Task Force Coordination and Collaboration, facilitating the Lancaster and Berks Counties’ Human Trafficking Task Forces. These task forces comprise law enforcement members, government, and other community organization partners. The teams work together to assist in identifying victims, investigating suspected trafficking, recovering victims, providing restorative services for victims, and prosecuting the buyers and sellers of these victims.

ZOE goes into areas where people are more vulnerable to being trafficked.

  • To build relationships and trust.
  • To meet some basic needs.
  • To share the love of Christ.

Ultimately, ZOE East Coast hopes that over time, more victims, including children being sexually exploited, will be identified, rescued, and brought to safety.

Restoration

Support for Survivors of Child Trafficking

ZOE provides resources, referral services, and trauma-informed activities to young survivors of trafficking.

ZOE assists victims and survivors of human trafficking as needed through court cases, trials, and investigations. We provide advocacy, support, safety, confidentiality, and local resources for ongoing help and services.

To report suspected human trafficking, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888.

Human Trafficking Resources

Human Trafficking Task Force Collaboration

East Coast – ZOE partners with human trafficking task forces, including law enforcement, government, and other community organization partners, to assist in identifying victims, investigating suspected trafficking, recovering victims, providing resources and support to survivors, and prosecuting traffickers.

Lancaster and Berks County Human Trafficking Task Forces

USA East Coast News

Race Across America 2026: ZOE’s 2-Man Ride to End Child Trafficking

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Our riders faced mountains, weather, exhaustion, and countless miles, all while carrying the message that every child deserves freedom.  Thank you to those that cheered on…

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From Supporters Like You to the Halls of Congress: ZOE Advocates for Justice

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Ester Yu, ZOE's Western Regional Director, and Andrea Smith, ZOE East Coast’s Community Manager had the privilege of participating in the Interparlimentary Task Force on…

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The “Already & Not Yet”: Hope in the Middle of the Hard

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ZOE East Coast Advocate, Joy Medori shared... There are weeks in this work when the weight feels especially heavy. One of our ZOE Advocates recently…

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Equipping the Front Lines: How ZOE Is Strengthening the Fight Against Trafficking in Pennsylvania

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ZOE recently partnered with North Star Initiative, a fellow anti-trafficking nonprofit, to help lead a regional training focused on fighting human trafficking in Berks and…

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