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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A safe, free way to record a loved one's fingerprints, photo, physical description, and more.
Many sworn officers go to work without body armor because their agency can't afford it.
The computer hardware, software, and training that let sworn officers anywhere join the national network of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces.
Safe Surfin' is funded by tax-deductible gifts. Your support brings The Safety Hub and our other programs to more schools and families.
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.
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.
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.
The Safety Hub brings them into one place and rewrites them in plain language for the people who need them most: parents, teachers, and anyone who cares for a child. Every alert is dated and names its source, so you always know where it came from and how recent it is.
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.
Most online safety education tells kids what to avoid. The Simulator lets them practice the moment itself: the friendly stranger, the urgent message, the group chat that turns cruel. When the real moment comes, it isn't the first time they've seen it.
The design follows Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory, which shows that people learn by watching others like them and modeling what they do. Students play a character their own age, surrounded by peers facing the same pressures. West Virginia's Senate Bill 466 requires exactly this approach.
The Simulator never shows or asks for explicit content. Each story stops at the moment of pressure and the decision. The harder lessons, like legal consequences and how sextortion connects to bullying and trafficking, come afterward in a short debrief.
Two habits run through every story: telling a trusted adult, and reporting to the CyberTipline. Students practice both again and again until they're instinct.
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.
General AI chatbots can make things up, and on a topic like child exploitation, a confident wrong answer is dangerous. So Cora works differently. Every answer she gives was written and reviewed by Safe Surfin'. She finds the right one for your question, and she never invents new text.
When Cora isn't sure, she says so and points you to real help instead of guessing.
Cora runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or saved. There's no account, and no company on the other end reading your questions.
Because there's no AI service to pay per question, Cora costs nothing to run, so she can stay free for every family.
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.
The pilot launched at Jefferson Forest High School in Bedford County, Virginia. School resource officers trained a team of students, who then designed their own presentations for classmates about internet and social media threats. Their first project was a movie about the dangers of sexting. The principal said the whole student body was riveted, because it was kids talking to kids.
Cyber S.W.A.T. is a partnership between Safe Surfin' and the National White Collar Crime Center, with initial funding from the Justice Department's COPS Office. It was first launched with the Young Marines, became a Girl Scout badge through Girl Scouts Nation's Capital, and was presented at the Global Security Network conference at the Vatican in 2019. In 2024, West Virginia wrote its format into Senate Bill 466.
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.
That first statewide year taught us what classrooms need: lessons short enough to finish in one period, light enough for school Chromebooks, and simple enough to start without logins. The Safety Hub was built on those lessons.
A safe, free way to record a loved one's fingerprints, photo, physical description, and more.
You keep it, and it isn't stored anywhere else. If a child or vulnerable adult ever goes missing, everything law enforcement needs is in one place. Our volunteers, many from local Moose lodges, run EZ-ID events in communities across the country.
Many sworn officers go to work without body armor because their agency can't afford it.
Through donations, Safe Surfin' provides custom-fit, state-of-the-art body armor to officers at agencies in need, and to their K-9 partners.
The computer hardware, software, and training that let sworn officers anywhere join the national network of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces.
Small and rural departments can investigate online crimes against children without building a lab from scratch.
Safe Surfin' is funded by tax-deductible gifts. Your support brings The Safety Hub and our other programs to more schools and families.