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Not a Number is Love146's child trafficking and exploitation prevention curriculum.
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About the Curriculum
Not a Number is an interactive child trafficking and exploitation prevention curriculum designed to provide youth with information and skills in a manner that inspires them to make safe choices. Youth learn to identify and utilize healthy support systems that may decrease their vulnerabilities.
Through open conversations, engaging activities, the use of media, and opportunities for self-disclosure, participants will:
- Raise their awareness of what constitutes human trafficking and exploitation.
- Learn how to recognize recruitment tactics and understand vulnerabilities.
- Challenge harmful stereotypes and societal attitudes.
- Identify healthy support systems.
- Develop skills to safely navigate potential and existing exploitative situations.
- Learn how to access community resources when situations occur that increase their vulnerability (or if exploitation is already underway).
What Professionals are saying about not a Number?
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not a number: a spoken word poem
This poem, from acclaimed artist and Love146 board member Alysia Harris, is a part of our prevention curriculum.
what will youth learn in each module?
- Complete a pre-test assessing their baseline knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills as related to human trafficking and exploitation.
- Define key terms: exploitation, human trafficking, vulnerability.
- Recognize who can be affected by human trafficking and exploitation, and the strategies that traffickers/exploiters employ to recruit youth.
- Identify signs and red flags of grooming and recruitment.
- Analyze how social and cultural norms influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
- Challenge stereotypes and judgements we make of individuals in society.
- Understand present laws regarding technology, messaging, and social media use
- Reject the idea that engaging in risky behavior makes abuse the victim’s fault
- Define consent.
- Learn how to recognize unhealthy relationships and build healthy relationships by analyzing examples of both, identifying their characteristics and red flags, and recognizing abusive behavior as abusive.
- Identify how people utilize technology to build relationships and to abuse and exploit.
- Identify personal and peer vulnerabilities (e.g., individual, relationship, environment, society) and risk factors.
- Identify language that can be potentially harmful to one’s self and to others.
- Recognize it is important to acknowledge and communicate one’s specific feelings.
- Challenge youth to develop healthy language alternatives.
- Identify recruitment tactics designed to exploit vulnerabilities.
- Identify individual pressures that may make people vulnerable and more likely to engage in risky behaviors.
- Know how to locate and use community resources.
- Create a safety plan for a potentially risky situation.
- Encourage a peer to seek support should they be experiencing vulnerabilities or abuse/exploitation.
- Apply safety planning strategies to complex real-world situations.
- Demonstrate refusal or negotiation skills that avoid or reduce risk.
- Determine when situations may require adult and/or professional support.
Who is the Intended Audience?
- All youth are inherently vulnerable to exploitation. However, youth with high-risk indicators such as involvement with systems (e.g. juvenile justice, child welfare), history of abuse and/or neglect, exposure to violence, risky sexual behavior on and offline will particularly benefit from the knowledge and skills they will develop through the curriculum.
- The curriculum is designed for primary and secondary prevention and early identification of vulnerabilities and exploitation. While youth who have experienced human trafficking and exploitation may benefit from Not a Number, it is not intended to be used as a primary treatment tool.
- Not a Number focuses on empowering youth through education. By creating the space for instruction and honest dialogue with young people on topics such as human trafficking, exploitation, abuse, vulnerability, and violence, they gain knowledge and skills to advocate for themselves and others.
How is Not a Number designed to meet the needs of youth?
- It moves beyond the traditional “information deficit” model and instead encourages peer-to-peer prevention, as youth often confide in one another before alerting an adult. It motivates youth to advocate for themselves and others through an environment that fosters mutual support. It establishes a safe and respectful space for youth and adults to have open and informed dialogue necessary for effective prevention.
- It prepares youth to navigate content specific to their experiences as young people, including recognizing how the internet and social media can be used by traffickers, questioning the cultural norms created by media, reducing risky behavior in physical and digital setting, and identifying the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships.
- It takes a cooperative, holistic approach to young people’s needs focusing on social-emotional abilities, such as empathy, respect, and the relationship between personal and societal pressures that create or increase vulnerabilities.
How was Not A Number Developed?
Not a Number has been developed in consultation with experts in the fields of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, education, and research and evaluation, including:
DR. AMANDA BOZACK, PH.D.
Associate Professor, Education Department, University of New Haven
DR. NANCY NIEMI, PH.D.
Professor and Chair, Education Department, University of New Haven
KIMBERLY CASEY, MPP
Human Trafficking Program Specialist, US Department of Health & Human Services
CAROLINA FUENTES, LMSW, M.DIV.
Consultant, National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center
DAVID FINKELHOR, PH.D.
Director, Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire
LISA JONES, PH.D.
Research Associate Professor, Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire
KIMBERLY MITCHELL, PH.D.
Research Associate Professor, Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire
STEVEN L. PROCOPIO, ACSW, LICSW
Consultant on CSEC Boys/Adolescent Males
The Not a Number curriculum was piloted in Connecticut, Florida, and Texas through Love146, Aspire Health Partners, and the Connecticut Department of Children and Families—reaching over 2,500 youth in schools, child welfare and juvenile justice agencies, residential programs, and other community settings.
BRING NOT A NUMBER TO YOUR COMMUNITY
Are you a professional who works with youth and are interested in learning more about the Not a Number licensing and certification process?
Licensing & Certification
Benefits for certified facilitators
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A three-day training designed to equip staff to facilitate Not a Number and collect the appropriate evaluative data.
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Training on human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children.
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Modeling of Not a Number modules during the training.
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Coaching on facilitation techniques with diverse settings and appropriate response to disclosures.
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Not a Number participant teach-back.
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One year license.
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Not a Number curriculum book and digital access to all curriculum resources.
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Access to online monitoring and evaluation app and agency/individual outcome data.
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Access to quarterly coaching calls on special topics (e.g., victim blaming, sexting, responding to disclosures).
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Ongoing access to Love146 Prevention Advisory Specialists for coaching and programmatic support.
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Annual curriculum updates and training.
What does licensing and certification look like?
- Schools, child welfare and juvenile justice agencies, as well as other youth-serving organizations, are eligible for licensing. Organizations who become licensed can have facilitators complete the three-day Facilitator Certification Training, and be certified to implement the curriculum.
- Strong candidates for certification, selected by their organizations, are individuals with experience working with at-risk youth in a professional capacity. Individuals with facilitation experience, that have utilized other prevention curricula and have group facilitation as part of their role, are a good fit for certification (e.g., school counselors, teachers, and social workers).
- To maintain certification, facilitators are required to: implement and submit data that fulfills the obligations based on your license/scholarship agreement; and participate in annual online recertification activities.
What would I need to bring Not a Number to the youth in my organization?
- A group of 5 to 30 youth.
- Approximately five 50-minute time blocks. The program can also be taught in four sessions or expanded to six sessions if needed.
- At least one facilitator per group. Based on your agency’s needs, you may select a Love146 certified facilitator to implement the program or you may obtain a license to utilize the program directly and send a staff member to a training to become certified to administer the curriculum
I'm not eligible for licensing right now, but would still love to see Not A Number in my community. What can I do?
If you’re a parent, caregiver, youth pastor, or other concerned community member, you can share information about Not a Number with eligible schools, child welfare and juvenile justice agencies, and other youth-serving organizations in your area. Additionally, we have resources for those working with youth that aren’t certified facilitators.
Upcoming Facilitator Certification trainings
Milwaukee, WI
July 29 – 31, 2025
Lincoln, NE
September 23 – 25, 2025
EUGENE, OR
September 30 – October 2, 2025
Rockford, IL
October 21 – 23, 2025
HOUSTON, TX
October 21 – 23, 2025
Louisville, KY
November 18 – 20, 2025
To join one of these trainings, submit an inquiry below.
Submit an inquiry about
After looking over the requirements above, if you'd like more information on licensing and certification, scheduling a training, or participating in an upcoming regional training, submit an inquiry here.
licensed locations
These states and agencies are currently licensed for Not a Number. Agencies with contact info may be accepting referrals.
United Way of East Central Alabama
Anniston, AL
Aurora Public Schools
Aurora, CO
SafeHouse Denver
Denver, CO
SARA House
Fort Morgan, CO
Capitol Region Education Council (CREC)
Enfield, CT
KRISTI HOUSE, Inc.
Miami, FL
Child Advocacy Services
Luling, LA
Children’s Advocacy Network
Alexandria, LA
Gingerbread House Children’s Advocacy Center
Shreveport, LA
Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana
Shreveport, LA
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services
Ruston, LA
Ain Dah Yung Center
St. Paul, MN
Anoka County
Anoka, MN
Brown County Health and Human Services
New Ulm, MN
Central Minnesota Sexual Assault Center
St. Cloud, MN
Dakota County Juvenile Services Center
Hastings, MN
Division of Indian Work
St. Cloud, MN
Evergreen Youth and Family Services
Bemidji, MN
Hmong American Partnership
St. Paul, MN
Hunter’s Place, LLC
Marshall, MN
Little Sand Group Home
Remer, MN
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Family Violence Prevention
Onamia, MN
Minneapolis Public Schools
Minneapolis, MN
North Homes, Inc
Grand Rapids, MN
Olmsted County Juvenile Probation
Rochester, MN
Olmsted County Victim Services
Rochester, MN
Port Group Homes
Brainerd, MN
Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center
St. Paul, MN
Support Within Reach
Grand Rapids, MN
Methodist Children’s Homes of Mississippi
Jackson, MS
Sally Kate Winters Family Services
West Point, MS
Albuquerque Public Schools
Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Dream Center
Albuquerque, NM
Rape Crisis Center of Central New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Allegany County Department of Social Services
Olean, NY
Allegany County Probation Department
Belmont, NY
Catholic Charities of Fulton & Montgomery Counties
Amsterdam
Child Advocacy Program of Chatauqua Country
Jamestown
Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie
Poughkepsie, NY
Children’s Home of Wyoming Conference
Binghamton, NY
Clinton County Youth Advocate Program
Plattsburgh, NY
Connecting Communities in Action
Salamanca, NY
Cortland County Child Advocacy Center
Cortland, NY
Dutchess County Department of Community and Family Services
Millbrook, NY
Genesee-Orleans County Youth Bureau
Batavia, NY
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Buffalo, NY
Steuben County Department of Social Services
Bath, NY
Survivor Advocacy of the Finger Lakes
Newark
Ulster County Crime Victims Assistance Program
Ulster County, NY
Wyoming County Youth Bureau
Warsaw, NY
Dorchester Children’s Advocacy Center
Summerville, SC
THRIVE
Chaparral Star Academy
Austin, TX
Fort Bend Co. Juvenile Probation Dept.
Richmond, TX
Harvest House Ministry
Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center
Burnet, TX
Travis County Juvenile Probation
Austin
Williamson County Child Advocacy Center
Georgetown, TX
ASTOP
Fond du Lac
GLOW 414
Milwaukee
Green Bay Area Public School District
Green Bay
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Keshena
New Beginnings
Elkhorn
RISE Youth and Family Services
Wauwatosa
Seymour Community School District
Seymour
Solutions Center Shelter and Support Services, Inc.
Fond du Lac
Two Rivers Police Department
Two Rivers
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