Safe Surfin' Foundation
Our programs

Built on research. Tested in real classrooms. Free for every child.

For 28 years, Safe Surfin' has turned what law enforcement sees every day into programs that reach kids before predators do. Each one grew out of the last, and each one is free to the schools, families, and agencies that use it.

Flagship program

The Safety Hub

The front page of internet safety. One trusted place for what's happening to kids online right now, what to do about it, and a way for students to practice before it happens to them.

Three partsFront page · Simulator · Cora
CostFree, for everyone
AccountsNone
Data collectedNone
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01 · The front page

The tactics change every month. Now parents hear about them first.

By the time a new scam reaches the evening news, it has already reached thousands of kids. Warnings exist, but they're scattered across FBI field offices, FTC bulletins, and NCMEC reports, written for professionals, and easy to miss.

02 · Simulator

Practice your choices here, where mistakes can't hurt you.

The Simulator is the first program of its kind: a realistic phone in the browser where students live through the situations they're most likely to face online, make real choices, see what happens, and rewind.

"Every message in this game is based on something that really happened to a teenager. The scams, the threats, the person who seemed friendly at first. All of it is real, even though the people texting you aren't."
What students read before they start
NewHuman trafficking · Inside the Simulator
The Friend Who Changed
A cinematic game where the student isn't the one in danger. They're the one who notices. Over a few weeks, they watch their best friend get pulled in by someone who seems to care, and decide what to do. Based on how trafficking really starts. Never graphic.
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03 · Cora

The first AI guide built for internet safety education.

Parents have questions at 11 p.m. that can't wait for a school meeting. Is this app safe? What is this group my son mentioned? What do I do if someone is threatening my daughter? Cora answers in plain language, any time, for free.

Ask Cora on The Safety Hub
Everything on The Safety Hub is free. Donors keep it that way.
Your gift funds new scenarios, translations, and Cora's answers for parents.
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Where it started · Cyber S.W.A.T.

Kids talking to kids. It worked, and it became law.

Cyber S.W.A.T. (Safety While Accessing Technology) came from a simple research finding: young people listen to each other more readily than they listen to adults. Dr. Janet Brown built the program on social cognitive theory, the idea that we learn by watching people like us and copying what they do.

Dr. Janet Brown
Dr. Janet Brown
Creator of Cyber S.W.A.T. · Board Member
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2025–26 school year · Movie Games

Year one of the first law of its kind.

When Senate Bill 466 took effect, Safe Surfin' worked with Skyll to offer Movie Games to West Virginia schools for the 2025–26 school year. Students stepped into choice-driven, cinematic stories about the situations they face online.

In the community

Protecting the families and the officers who protect them.

For families
EZ-ID kits and events

A safe, free way to record a loved one's fingerprints, photo, physical description, and more.

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For officers
Protect the Protectors

Many sworn officers go to work without body armor because their agency can't afford it.

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For agencies
Cop-in-a-Box

The computer hardware, software, and training that let sworn officers anywhere join the national network of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces.

Download the application →
Talks and presentations
Our advocates and volunteers share their own stories with students and parents. We'll come to your school.
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Safe Surfin' is funded by tax-deductible gifts. Your support brings The Safety Hub and our other programs to more schools and families.

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