In 2021, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) received funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) to provide training and technical assistance to four grantee sites separately funded under the Enhancing Juvenile and Family Court Responses to Human Trafficking Program. The program goal was to develop or enhance programs to provide direct services and diversion programs for youth in contact with the juvenile and family court systems who were victims of sex and/or labor trafficking, or at risk for human trafficking due to past or current crime victimization, including child abuse and neglect. The project objectives included:
- Implementing screening and assessment protocols/processes;
- Developing or expanding intervention models to provide direct services and/or diversion programs;
- Providing trauma-informed care through a multidisciplinary team:
- Increasing awareness and identification of sex and/or labor trafficking involving youth; and
- Participating in an annual peer-to-peer learning opportunity.