CAT: Community Awareness Team
The Community Awareness Team (CAT) is a group of dedicated volunteers committed to helping others understand grooming prevention before trafficking occurs.
CAT members take action right where they live, reaching out to friends, neighbors, schools, churches, and community spaces to start conversations that protect children.
Each CAT member receives training and support to confidently share information about grooming, how it happens, and what adults can do to stop it early.
How it works:
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Get trained with simple tools and resources on grooming prevention
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Host a free class in your home, church, or neighborhood
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Invite others to attend and learn
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Follow the step-by-step outline
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Play educational videos and lead a short discussion
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CAT members are the heartbeat of prevention; ordinary people doing extraordinary work to protect children and empower communities.
Together, we can raise awareness, share knowledge, and stop grooming before it leads to exploitation or trafficking.
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“Grooming is the silence before the storm. If we learn to hear it, we can stop the harm before it begins.”
“Exploitation doesn’t start with a crime; it starts with a conversation. That’s why awareness is prevention.”
“You don’t need a title to protect a child; you just need to know what to look for.”
“Every parent, teacher, and neighbor holds a piece of prevention. When we all pay attention, predators lose their power.”
“Grooming hides in kindness, compliments, and small compromises. Education turns those tactics into red flags.”