About Us
Every Child Should be Safe, Known, and Valued.
We equip communities to identify at-risk youth through our awareness and prevention program, and address the needs of survivors through holistic, individualized care.
Our Mission
Present Age is Committed to Combatting the Sexual Abuse, Exploitation, and Trafficking of Teen Girls.
Our Values
Love
Compassion
Excellence
Unity
Integrity
Honor
Accountability
Humility
Transforming Lives
Our Survivor’s Stories
These stories reflect real experiences of abuse and trafficking. We share them with care, and with the survivor's dignity always first. Names have been changed to protect the privacy and safety of those we serve.
A Tale of Two Girls
A rough neighborhood. Two girls, different paths.
One grew up surrounded by scaffolding — a community center, youth leaders, a church, teachers who showed up. She leaned on them, climbed them, and found her way to who she was meant to be. The other grew up in a similar place, but without that same net beneath her. By thirteen, she'd survived exploitation by traffickers. She ran from home, from school, from the people meant to help her — until she was found at a gas station and connected with PAM's For the One program.
It wasn't an easy road. But through counseling, community, and consistent support, something began to shift. During a therapeutic horse-riding session, she watched a trainer unload the heavy bundles a horse could no longer carry on its own. "I don't have to carry this stuff by myself," she said. "I can let it go."
She's since gone back to school, rebuilt relationships with family and friends, and is working toward a future she can see clearly for the first time. Her neighborhood isn't perfect. But she has help now — and that's changed everything.
Faith’s Story
“The thought of worshipping your God disgusts me.” That’s what Faith told PAM the first time they met. She decided to try their services anyway — counseling, support, a way to quiet the voices that told her to run, to hurt herself, to keep using drugs. She kept running. But she also kept the Bible PAM had given her, holding onto it like a security blanket, even in her worst moments.
Everything changed on an ordinary day, with an ordinary gift. PAM handed her a bag of donated items — packed at random by a volunteer months earlier. Inside was a t-shirt with “Texas” printed across the front. Her favorite place she’d ever lived.
“We’re in the middle of a miracle right now,” the PAM staff member told her. “I want you to know there is a God who sees you and loves you.” That moment reached her. Not long after, Faith asked PAM to help her get baptized. Today, her family has moved back to Texas — and she’s in school, training to become a substance-abuse counselor, so she can walk alongside others the way PAM walked with her.
Rudy’s Story
Rudy came to PAM at eleven years old, carrying the weight of abuse and a fractured relationship with her mom. The road to healing wasn’t a straight line — it took a full year of steady, patient support before real change began. Along the way, PAM worked with both Rudy and her mother, recognizing that healing rarely happens in isolation.
The turning point came when PAM sat down with Rudy’s mom — really heard her — and offered her the support she’d needed for years. That conversation changed the course of their relationship. Mom and daughter began separate counseling, and slowly, both started to make progress.
Today, Rudy is thriving, with plans for life after high school graduation. She and her mom now extend grace to each other. As her case worker put it: “We all have our stuff we need to work through — Rudy’s mom needed someone to see that in her.” Rudy’s story is a reminder that healing sometimes means the whole family needs support, not just the child. At PAM, we believe no family has to walk that road alone.
It Takes a Village
Meet Our Team
Present Age Ministries is board-governed, staff-operated, and strengthened by dedicated volunteers, donors, and community partners who together create a vital safety net of hope, protection, and support for vulnerable girls and families while meeting a critical need in our community.
Our Founder
The Board
Our Staff
Volunteers
Partners & Donors
Our Founder
Meet Hannah Arrowood
Hannah Arrowood is the founder and Executive Director of Present Age Ministries. She never dreamed of creating and running an international nonprofit committed to combating the sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking of teen girls. Her desire was obedience to God. After working and healing through her own trauma, she was on a mission to provide the same for young girls who desperately needed a lifeline.
Get to Know HannahHannah’s Roots
Hannah spent more than 10 years in corporate America, working for major banks, corporate investment firms, and an international distribution company. In 2009, she began to dream about more and walked away from that comfortable career on faith.
Her education is in Business Administration, with an emphasis in project management, from the George Washington School of Business. She uses that experience to lead program development and build collaborative systems that better serve and protect children.
Leading in the Community
In North Carolina, Hannah serves as President of the Charlotte Metro Human Trafficking Task Force and is a member of the Cabarrus County and Regional Task Forces, where she chairs the Minor Victims Subcommittees. She also sits on the boards of counter-trafficking agencies in Kenya and Thailand.
Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice
United States Attorney’s Office, 2023
North Carolina Dogwood Award
Presented by Attorney General Josh Stein, 2024
Director’s Community Leader Award
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2024
The Board
Stewards of the Mission. Champions for the Future.
Our Board of Directors is made up of committed leaders who bring wisdom, experience, perspective, and a shared belief that every child deserves to be safe, known, and valued. They are business and community leaders, professionals, advocates, and people of faith who understand that meaningful change requires more than good intentions. It requires courageous leadership, thoughtful stewardship, and a willingness to stand in the gap.
Our board helps safeguard the mission of Present Age Ministries while strengthening the organization for the future. They ask important questions, provide strategic guidance, steward resources with integrity, open doors within our community, and help ensure our work remains focused on what matters most—the lives of the children and families we serve.
Our Staff
Called to the Work.
Equipped for the Mission.
Our staff brings together professionals with diverse education, experience, and expertise—all united by a commitment to protecting children and supporting survivors. With backgrounds spanning human services, psychology, education, business, nonprofit leadership, advocacy, and community engagement, our team approaches this work from multiple perspectives.
That collective experience matters. The challenges surrounding sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking are complex, requiring people who understand individuals and families, systems and communities, programs and organizations. Our team combines professional knowledge with years of hands-on experience working alongside children, families, schools, law enforcement, child-serving agencies, churches, and community partners. Together, they turn expertise into action—educating communities, advocating for the vulnerable, strengthening systems, building partnerships, and creating pathways toward safety, healing, and hope.
Volunteers
Many Hands. One Mission.
Our volunteers are people from across our community who believe their time, talents, and influence can be used to make a difference. They are professionals, students, retirees, church members, business leaders, parents, and neighbors—each bringing unique skills, experiences, and perspectives to the work.
Some serve behind the scenes. Others engage directly in our programs, events, education, outreach, or social enterprise. Every role matters.
Our volunteers multiply the reach of Present Age Ministries. They give their time, share their expertise, open doors, meet practical needs, and help create a community that surrounds vulnerable children and survivors with support. They remind us that the fight against sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking doesn't belong to one organization or one group of professionals. It takes a community willing to show up.
Our Partners
Connected by Purpose. Stronger Together.
Our partners include schools, law enforcement, child-serving organizations, churches, businesses, foundations, government agencies, and community leadership, bringing unique expertise, resources, and influence to the mission.
Together, we expand prevention, strengthen response, support survivors, and build communities better equipped to protect children.
Our Donors
Generosity with Purpose. Impact that Lasts.
Our donors are individuals, families, businesses, churches, and foundations who believe protecting children and supporting survivors is worth investing in. Through gifts of every size, they provide the resources that turn compassion into action—helping educate communities, intervene when children are vulnerable, and walk alongside survivors as they rebuild trust and restore hope. Their generosity fuels the mission today while helping build a safer future for the next generation.
It Takes a Community Willing to Show Up.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common Questions. Clear Answers.
Learn more about who we serve, how our programs work, and the ways you can get involved.
Who does Present Age serve?
Present Age serves children and teens who have experienced or are at risk of sexual abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. Our direct survivor services primarily focus on girls, while our prevention and education efforts reach children, families, schools, professionals, and communities.
Our goal is to meet young people at different points along the continuum—from prevention and early intervention to long-term support for those who have experienced exploitation or trafficking.
What impact has Present Age made?
Present Age has educated more than 100,000 students, served more than 1,100 survivors, and trained more than 60,000 adults. We provide annual impact reports to celebrate all that God is accomplishing through our efforts.
Is Present Age a faith-based organization?
Yes. Present Age Ministries is a Christian, faith-based organization. Our faith shapes why we believe every person has inherent value and deserves to be treated with dignity, compassion, and respect.
We serve children and families regardless of their faith background or beliefs and work alongside both faith-based and non-faith-based community partners.
Does Present Age only work with survivors of human trafficking?
No. Present Age works across a continuum of prevention, early intervention, and survivor support.
Our prevention programs equip children and communities with knowledge and tools to recognize risk and build safety. Our intervention programs reach young people who may be vulnerable to exploitation, grooming, or unhealthy relationships. And our survivor services provide individualized, long-term support for girls who have experienced sexual abuse, exploitation, or trafficking.
We believe the best response to trafficking begins long before trafficking occurs—and continues long after a survivor is identified.
How do girls get connected to Present Age?
Girls are connected to Present Age in a variety of ways. Many are referred to by law enforcement, child welfare agencies, schools, child advocacy centers, juvenile justice, and other community partners who identify a need for additional support. Families and caregivers may also reach out directly. Once connected, our team works to understand each girl's individual circumstances and determine the most appropriate level of support.
What makes Present Age's approach different?
We believe addressing exploitation and trafficking requires more than responding after harm has occurred. That's why our work spans a continuum of prevention, early intervention, and survivor support. We also recognize that no two stories are the same. Our approach is relational and individualized, considering the whole person—not simply what has happened to her. We work alongside families, professionals, and community systems to build safety, strengthen support, and create pathways toward lasting hope.
How does Present Age work with law enforcement, schools, DSS, and other agencies?
Collaboration is essential to this work. Present Age works alongside law enforcement, schools, child welfare, child advocacy centers, juvenile justice, healthcare providers, and other community organizations as part of a coordinated response.
Each partner brings a different area of expertise. Our role is not to replace those systems, but to work within and alongside them—helping identify needs, connect resources, support children and families, and strengthen the network surrounding them.
Do families have to be Christian to receive services?
No. Present Age is a Christian organization, but services are not limited to Christian families. We serve children and families from different backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences with dignity and respect. Our faith informs why and how we serve; it is never a requirement for receiving support.
How does Present Age protect the privacy and dignity of survivors?
Protecting the dignity of every child is central to our work. We take confidentiality seriously and are intentional about how personal information, stories, and images are handled.
We believe a survivor's story belongs to her. We do not believe children should have to publicly share the most difficult parts of their lives in order for others to understand the importance of this work. When stories are shared for education or awareness, we take steps to protect identity and preserve dignity.
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