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Mother of a Trafficked Victim

Thank you so much for everything you have done for me and for all of the time you have spent. You never gave up on us, helping me all hours - night and day. You truly deserve a medal for everything you have done for us. I wish I could help save all of them. Nevaeh and every child are worth saving.
— Marijane
The Village of Loving, New Mexico would like to thank you for your professional recovery of a 14-year-old girl that was missing for one and a half months. The intelligence gathering and daily updates from Saved In America helped to locate suspects to the missing 14-year-old girl, who released the missing teen, and was recovered by the Carlsbad Police Department 44 days after missing. The Village of Loving, New Mexico would like to thank the Saved In America team and Founder Joseph A. Travers for their professional investigation in saving a 14-year-old girl’s life from the evils of the world.
— Loving Police Department Chief Of Police, Frank F. Methola
Thank you for everything you all do saving our babies/children. I am so thankful you exist. Praying for all you to have the strength to fight everyday to end this, and lead the children to safety and to live the life they deserve.
— Kristina
Alexandria helped me so much with saving my granddaughter about a year ago from Las Vegas. She is unbelievable & a real angel. I will never forget everything she has done for me taking hundreds of calls from me day & night. I want to thank her again. My granddaughter is doing very well now & finished high school. Thank you so much to Saved In America & Alexandria.
— Grandmother
Joseph, you are a lifeline for our family!! Godspeed to you and your team. Your voice over the phone right now is close to all we have to give us hope. Thank you!! This is changing our lives.
— Parents and Brother
I just want to say that when there was darkness and despair for my family, when our daughter went missing, this organization showed us the light. The support was unbelievable! Nobody thinks this can happen to them until it does, and this is the first place I would contact after the police report if anybody else ever has this happen to them. Thank you, and your team for helping my family! God bless
— James and Danielle Stubbs

Parent Testimony

With no interest by police in the matter, I looked for other sources of advice and support. I soon discovered SIA and ordered the 2nd Edition book. It helped me to understand this issue from a national perspective, ask the right questions, and conduct my own investigation. I found it so useful, that I ordered several other copies and donated some to churches. SIA’s book helped me put things in a more complete perspective. Eventually, we were able to locate my niece. Keep up the good work and educational outreach.
— Navy Captain (Ret.)
Joseph’s book Investigation of Missing and Exploited Children – The Gateway of Child Sex Trafficking, will serve as a blueprint for hundreds of investigators and volunteers worldwide to follow, and overcome our enemy, to bring our precious treasures home safely.
— Mark Gillespie, TCI, CMECI
Dear Brave Men & Women of Valor, Thank you for all you do! Continue in God’s strength & purpose!
— Donor
I thought I’d share some good news with Saved In America! My daughter graduated June 4. She made it 26 credits in a year and 4 months. She got all of her credits and completed almost 2 months early. Now she is waiting for an internship. I will send pictures at graduation. Thank you Saved In America! You saved two lives. I would not have made it without my daughter. You are all in my prayers .
— Mother
I’m so grateful for your help while my daughter was missing. You worked tirelessly on the case 7 days a week. You stayed in constant contact with me and were always available when I needed you. You cared more than the local police and detectives. Any family working with you is lucky to have you. Thank you so much for all your help.
— Mother

Rescued Survivor

My daughter went missing in 2019 . Her remains are coming at which we will have her service and we will have donations sent to Saved In America in lieu of flowers! This is the best organization as they took on her case no questions asked. We were not as lucky as a lot of parents, my baby was murdered on Friday 9-13-19. This organization is still amazing and they save lives!
— Julia, Parent
You can’t do it alone and we would have never made it without the love, hope, and support we received by this group.
— family assisted by SIA
The work done to safely recover the juvenile female in the company of her adult boyfriend, could not have been done as efficiently without the collaboration of everyone involved. Thank you for taking the time to contact me and for the work your organization does in protecting our vulnerable youth.
— Sheriff Bill Brown, Santa Barbara Co., CA (April 16, 2016)
We feel that the resources assigned, the approach, the risks associated and the general perception of runaways needs to be challenged. My wife and I appreciate the over 300 hours of service that [SIA] donated to us. You stepped up to the plate when we were in desperate need of searching for our missing 16 year old daughter
— Anonymous Parent
It is partnerships, such as this, that play a significant role in law enforcement today, not only from a public safety standpoint, but also as an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those who have been victimized.
— Sheriff Mike Williams, Consolidated City of Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL (April 28, 2016)
We greatly appreciate the hundreds of hours of service that you and your Saved In America team donated to our family. The valuable counsel and education we received from Saved In America will always stay with us. We can’t thank you enough. God bless you and your Team.
— Anonymous Parent

Father of Survivor

Law enforcement departments were stifled. Your organization’s donation of approximately 400 hours of time is greatly appreciated and the family is forever in your debt.
— M. Cris Arementa, Esqu., The Armenta Law Firm, Manhattan Beach, CA (Nov. 14, 2015)
I am writing as a mother of a 16 year old girl who was missing for almost two weeks at the beginning of this year. We contacted our local police department and the FBI to help us find our daughter. I think their intent was good and in a very limited way they tried to help. Unfortunately, the law enforcement officials were not able to devote the time and resources needed to find her. We turned to Saved In America and they took immediate action. I believe that is why we were able to find our daughter. Without a resource like Saved In America we would have been completely helpless and may not have had the outcome of finding our daughter.
— Anonymous Parent
When you and your team at Saved In America came onto the scene more than three weeks into our daughter’s disappearance, we were starting to lose hope and didn’t know what to do. Our local police department had squandered opportunities and leads to find our daughter and the trail had grown cooler. Saved In America was able to bring us multi-faceted resources beyond what local law enforcement could and would provide to us. You quickly assembled a team of legal, cyber, investigative, social media, and psychological support specialists for us. Within less than a week of making contact with you and SIA, we had found our daughter. Your people literally put their lives on the line in joint operation with the County Sheriffs to rescue her.
— Anonymous Parent
Congratulations Joseph! You and Saved In America are among the absolute best in combating Human Trafficking. God Bless and keep up the incredible work.
— Patrick Hannon, Deputy Division Directors National Counterproliferation Center Washington D.C.
Thank you for your courageous volunteer efforts for rescuing at-risk children from Sex Trafficking.
— Kevin Faulconer, Former San Diego Mayor

Nevaeh Recovery

One such local and amazing organization headquartered here in San Diego is SIA (“Saved In America” – www.savedinamerica.org). In addition to keeping me and other officials updated with the most current statistics, numbers and information about human trafficking, SIA also performs several other valuable programs to combat human trafficking.
— Senator Brian Jones
Your methods are so well thought out – licensed detectives, police cooperation, armed, drones – its very impressive!
— Dawn, Advocate
Thank God there are people like you who are willing to go the extra mile to save our children from these evil perpetrators.
— Lynn, Advocate
I was one of the faces in child porn and when I aged out, my father trafficked me. I have been looking for men and women like you for my whole life. I went unseen, unnoticed, un-mattered. I wanted people like you to save me. You represent what is best in men and women – ones who stand up, ones who believe it happens, ones who stand and say ‘this will stop’ and you do something about it. Thank you for what you do. Thank you for who you are. You are my heroes.
— Kelley, Survivor
There are no words to appreciate the work you do, thank you! You are risking your life to save innocent beautiful children that have been waiting long days and hours and minutes and seconds to be found. God is watching, God bless you.
— Ana, Advocate
What you guys are doing is amazing work. God Bless each and every one of you.
— Social Work Supervisor, San Jose Family Resource Center
We will embrace you, we will bring you onboard and we appreciate you. Your program is a Godsend. We need you. The police department will embrace you with open arms. Thank you for assisting us.
— Sheriff Joseph Lombardo, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Law enforcement can’t do it all. Law enforcement does need partners. Thank you for assisting us.
— Former Attorney General Adam Laxalt, State of Nevada
Saved In America (SIA), a local nonprofit, (has previously) partnered (2018-2019) with Casa de Amparo to help enhance the safety and well-being of our residents and ensure the safety of our Casa Kids Campus. SIA also provides ongoing training to staff strengthening our partnership and efforts to ensure the safety of our residents and the community.
— Casa de Amparo
Dear Joseph, Thank you for your kind service to GAT, the body of Christ and most of all, to our precious children. It was an honor to have you speak to our group yesterday. The feedback was very positive. My phone was blowing up with text messages thanking me for inviting you to GAT. People hung around afterwards talking amongst each other over the shock of child trafficking. The women had tears while the men wanted to fight. You opened our eyes to a subject we fear to face. I kept hearing over and over again ‘so needed to hear this!’ We hope to have you back again as more and more people need to be aware of this shocking truth. Your ministry is one of a kind. God is doing great work through Saved In America. We can’t thank you enough. May God richly bless you and keep you and your team safe.
— GAT