INTRODUCTION The methods used by traffickers to recruit, coerce, and exploit victims of trafficking are ever-changing. For this reason, we turn to data to help us better understand how traffickers operate and to create informed and targeted solutions to protect … Read More
Human Trafficking
Webinar Explores Strategies for Engaging Lived Experience Experts of Human Trafficking and Domestic and Sexual Abuse
Futures Without Violence, a health and social justice nonprofit dedicated to preventing and ending violence against women and children, recently held a roundtable webinar on the value of collaborating with lived experience experts of human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual … Read More
Survivor-Informed Services Among Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs
Human trafficking survivors, of all ages, are the experts of their own experiences. Their experiences can provide a powerful insight on how youth-serving organizations can integrate survivor-informed practices to enlighten services, interventions, as well as decisions impacting young people, especially … Read More
Economic Empowerment for People Who Have Experienced Human Trafficking: A Guide for Anti-Trafficking Service Providers
Introduction Human trafficking is a crime inextricably tied to economic victimization. Economic instability is a common precursor to human trafficking exploitation. During a trafficking experience, economic instability may be made worse if individuals are prevented from keeping or controlling their … Read More
Engaging Survivors of Human Trafficking
Survivor Engagement in the Anti-Trafficking Field: History, Lessons Learned, and Looking Forward Survivors of human trafficking play a vital role in combating this crime. Their perspective and experience should be taken into consideration to better address this crime and to … Read More
Experiences of Faith-Based Organizations as Key Stakeholders in Policy Responses to Human Trafficking
Introduction Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) are key stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking [1,2]. They have had a historically prominent role in anti-trafficking efforts in Europe and the United States. Christian missionary societies established the anti-trafficking movement in the 1900s … Read More
Tools That Teach: What is Human Trafficking?
The Blue Campaign infographic resources will help you to answer the question, “What is Human Trafficking?” Please help to bring this crime out of the shadows by sharing these materials on social media. WATCH VIDEO
SOAR Human Trafficking Training Framework
The SOAR framework is a trauma-informed, culturally and linguistically appropriate response to human trafficking. It provides a quick mental reference for professionals to keep how to help individuals who may have experienced trafficking. It is web-based self-study. Part 1: SOAR … Read More
ACF Releases Resources to Strengthen the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking
U.S. Administration for Children and Families – January 18, 2023 As part of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has released new resources to help state agencies and community providers strengthen the child welfare … Read More
Standardizing Care for Clients Impacted by Human Trafficking
Released January 9, 2023 Link to full article and resources January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month Visit disclaimer page, an opportunity to raise awareness on how we can all prevent and respond to human trafficking. Our theme for Human Trafficking Prevention … Read More