Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials

Acknowledgments

The Center for Court Innovation’s Child Witness Materials Project is a collaborative effort between the Center for Court Innovation, Center for Urban Pedagogy, and Alternate History Comics and is supported by cooperative agreements #2016-VF-GX-K011 and #2018-V3-GX-K069, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The process of creating these materials involved extensive national needs assessments; creative partnerships with the Center for Urban Pedagogy and Alternate History Comics; and several rounds of vigorous pilot testing with justice system practitioners, children and youth, and caregivers across the country.

The Center for Court Innovation is grateful to the project partners and stakeholders; and the children, caregivers, and justice system practitioners all over the country who contributed to the development of these products.

Criminal Court/Family and Dependency Court Resources

• AEquitas
• Alliance for HOPE International
• Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
• Bureau of Indian Affairs Victim Assistance Program
• Casa de Esperanza
• Gundersen National Child Protection Center
• Institute on Disabilities of Temple University
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• National Children’s Advocacy Center
• National Children’s Alliance
• National Center for Victims of Crime
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Native American Children's Alliance
• New York Police Department
• New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
• Safe Horizon

Human Trafficking Resources

• AEquitas
• Ascent Connection and Consulting Solutions, LLC
• Advocating Opportunity
• CHANCE (Changing How Adults Nurture Children’s Egos), Inc.
• Collective Liberty
• Freedom Network USA
• International Rescue Committee, Sacramento
• Kids in Need of Defense
• Legal Aid Society, New York
• Life Span
• Los Angeles County Office of the Public Defender
• Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
• Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office
• National Center for Youth Law
• New York City Anti-Violence Project
• OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center
• Rights4Girls
• Safe Horizon
• Saving Innocence

Special thanks to:

Melanie Thompson, Cristian Eduardo, Evelyn Chumbow, and the other young survivors who contributed to the development of these materials.

Human Trafficking Resources Audiobooks

These audiobooks were produced by the Center for Justice Innovation and Alternate History Comics, with audio editing and mix by Ian Bodzasi. This project was supported by cooperative agreement #2018-V3-GX-K069, which was awarded to the Center by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, for the Child Witness Materials Project.

The main characters in all three audiobooks were played by young people with lived experiences of human trafficking. Center for Justice Innovation staff and adult survivor leaders voice acted the practitioner roles and various other support roles throughout the stories.

The Center for Justice Innovation is grateful to the young people and survivor leaders who participated in this project and brought such life and energy to their characters. Special thanks to the main cast:

• Brianna Palmer (Zoe in Zoe’s Story)
• Joshua Bravo (Sergio in Sergio’s Story, Marcus in Jamie’s Story, and support roles)
• Shamyia Wilcox (Jamie in Jamie’s Story)
• Nicole Potes (Gigi in Jamie’s Story, and support roles)
• Cristian Eduardo (Van in Zoe’s Story, and support roles)

Resources for Native Children

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Casey Family Programs Indian Child Welfare Programs Office
• Child Welfare Academy, University of Alaska Anchorage
• Fostering Futures, National CASA/GAL Association for Children
• Indian Country Child Trauma Center
• Global Learning Foundation
• Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation Supreme Court
• National Native Coalition of Men’s Programs
• Native American Children’s Alliance
• National Indian Child Welfare Association
• National Native Children’s Trauma Center
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• National Children’s Advocacy Center Tribal Working Group
• Tribal Judicial Institute
• Tribal Law and Policy Institute
• The Tribal Resource Tool
• Wica Agli

Special thanks to the Native children, families, and advocates across the country who contributed to the development of these materials.