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Project Safe Childhood

 IF YOU KNOW OF A CHILD IN IMMEDIATE RISK OR DANGER, NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY. 
 
Online child exploitation can be reported to your local police department or to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's CyberTipline at http://www.cybertipline.com or call: 800-843-5678.

Project Safe Childhood (PSC)

A nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. 

For more information about what's going on nationwide: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/outreach/project-safe-childhood 

Online Safety Media Kit

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)

Nonprofit organization whose missing is to help missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation and prevent child victimization. 

Learn more about NCMEC: www.missingkids.org 

Explore free Netsmartz Workshop digital resources regarding online safety for kids and families: missingkids.org/netsmartz

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal law enforcement agency that operates as part of the DOJ, which investigates specific crimes, including child exploitation.

FBI online resources to prevent child exploitation:

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

Federal law enforcement agency that operates as part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which investigates specific crimes, including child exploitation.

HSI online resources to prevent child exploitation:

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Federal consumer protection agency, whose publications include information about online security.

Check out free resources for parents, teachers and kids:

Common Sense Media

Nonprofit organization that provides expert reviews, objective advice and helpful tools to help parents navigate the digital world with their kids.

Provides independent reviews, age ratings, and other information about all types of media and gaming: www.commonsensemedia.org

Thorn

Nonprofit organization that works to educate people about the growing problem of online child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Learn about how online predators are using technology to exploit children online:

Video Awareness and Education Resources for Parents and Children

Prevention via Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section (CEOS)

CEOS is committed to helping prevent children from becoming victims of sexual exploitation and abuse and to ensuring that children who do become victims receive the care and support that they need and deserve.

To report an incident of actual or suspected online child sexual exploitation, call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's (NCMEC) 24-Hour Call Center at 1-800-843-5678, submit a CyberTip report to NCMEC at report.cybertip.org, or contact the FBI at tips.fbi.gov.

To report an emergency, call 911.

Goals of Prevention

Prevent Victimization

Parents, guardians, caregivers, school professionals, and others play a critically important role in helping protect children from becoming victims of sexual exploitation and abuse. 

Minimize the Harm

Parents, guardians, caregivers, school professionals, and others play a critically important role in helping ensure that child victims receive the support and care that they need and deserve. 

Delivery of Prevention Programming

CEOS is committed to doing our best to advance these critical prevention efforts. Toward that end, CEOS has provided free prevention programming, both in-person and via webinar, to school districts (e.g., Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools), state boards of education, national associations (e.g., Consortium of State School Boards Associations), and others.  If you are interested in working with us, please contact us at CEOS.Prevention@usdoj.gov, or by clicking the button below:

Request Further Information About Prevention

In addition, CEOS is an active member of the Online Child Exploitation Prevention Initiative (OCEPI). OCEPI is comprised of dedicated, prevention-focused experts – including federal and local law enforcement agencies, non-governmental organizations, educators, professional researchers, and others – who are focused on preventing the online exploitation and abuse of children.  To date, OCEPI has published documents addressing sextortion, sadistic online exploitation, and the misuse of AI to generate sexually explicit deepfakes. OCEPI has also published a set of ten “best practices” that should guide prevention outreach efforts.

OCEPI is also available to partner with schools and others to provide prevention programming, outreach, and resources.  Contact OCEPI here: https://icactaskforce.org/OCEPI.

Additional Resources

CEOS has developed a prevention one-pager that schools and others can download and provide to their local communities found here

In addition, the following resources are helpful:

Updated June 3, 2026