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Safe Inc. in Schenectady is considered to be a safe haven for at risk youth. The organization serves homeless people between the ages of 16 and 20. Many of them deal with mental health, substance abuse, or sex trafficking issues. Keep...

SCHENECTADY – Salka Valerio recounted running away at 14 years old with a high school friend from her Virginia hometown to New York, to what she thought would be a safe place with his aunt and uncle. That fateful decision set the teen on harrowing path where she bounced around between several pimps and was “trafficked on the street at different underground strip clubs” throughout several downstate boroughs. Keep...