{"id":1612,"date":"2022-01-20T16:35:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T21:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2022-01-20T16:35:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T21:35:23","slug":"im-perplexed-by-my-states-report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2022\/01\/20\/im-perplexed-by-my-states-report-card\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Perplexed By My State&#8217;s Report Card"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-1024x783.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-980x749.png 980w, https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-480x367.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I must admit, it&#8217;s embarrassing as a citizen of an otherwise great state, to see your state score an &#8216;F&#8217; in its response to human trafficking in our state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio&#8217;s Scorecard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-State-report-card.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-State-report-card.png 485w, https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-State-report-card-480x640.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 485px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you go getting too smug, thinking that your state must be better, realize that only 10 states had a better rating than \u2019F\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s acknowledged that the standards set by <a href=\"https:\/\/reportcards.sharedhope.org\/\">Shared Hope International<\/a> are high &#8211; hence the low rating of many states &#8211; \u00a0but we&#8217;ve been talking about this for years and you would have thought they could be doing better by now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/index.php\/2021\/11\/23\/your-state-scored-f-against-human-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\">We&#8217;ve discussed this before<\/a>; but Ideastream brought it home to specifically talk about Ohio. In this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideastream.org\/programs\/sound-of-ideas\/ohio-fails-human-trafficking-evaluation-organizations-coordinate-in-attacking-problem\">interesting interview on The Sound of Ideas<\/a> on IdeaStream Public Media, author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideastream.org\/authors\/drew-maziasz\">Drew Maziasz<\/a> points out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>This may not come as a total surprise to those who are aware of the terrible realities of human trafficking. Ohio, because of its central location in the nation, the amount of highways, and its urban areas &#8211; sees a lot of human trafficking activity.<\/em><\/p><p><em>While the results are disheartening, the report also serves as a call to action on what needs to happen, to more successfully combat sex trafficking.<\/em><\/p><cite> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideastream.org\/authors\/drew-maziasz\">Drew Maziasz<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>What can you do?\u00a0 Well, for starters, listen to the broadcast, then join me in writing your congresspeople \u2013 both statewide and national, asking for them to focus more resources to deal with this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Dougs-Bio-8-21-w-divider-dots.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Bardwell bio\" class=\"wp-image-1488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Dougs-Bio-8-21-w-divider-dots.jpg 756w, https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Dougs-Bio-8-21-w-divider-dots-480x323.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 756px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ideas from those working on human trafficking here in Ohio. Suggestions on how everyone can help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[228],"tags":[334,337,336,335,338],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-be-aware","tag-human-trafficking-scorecard","tag-ideastream","tag-report-cards","tag-shared-hope-international","tag-sound-of-ideas"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map.png",1134,867,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-150x115.png",150,115,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-300x229.png",300,229,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-768x587.png",768,587,true],"large":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-1024x783.png",1024,783,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map.png",1134,867,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map.png",1134,867,false],"et-pb-post-main-image":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-400x250.png",400,250,true],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-1080x675.png",1080,675,true],"et-pb-portfolio-image":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-400x284.png",400,284,true],"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-510x382.png",510,382,true],"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-1080x826.png",1080,826,true],"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-400x516.png",400,516,true],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map.png",1134,867,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map.png",942,720,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-980x749.png",721,551,true],"et-pb-image--responsive--phone":["https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/sht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220120-Natl-SHT-map-480x367.png",353,270,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Ideas from those working on human trafficking here in Ohio. 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