Report to the U.S. Attorney General on Improving Federal Agency Response to Sexual Violence in Tribal Nations: Issues and Recommendations
Date Published
June 2014
Agencies
OVC
Elementary school age (5-10)
When Your Child's Identity Is Stolen
This site provides information on how to protect your child's identity, signs that your child's identity may have been stolen, and what to do if your child is an identity theft victim.
TransUnion: Child Identity Theft
This site provides information about how parents and guardians can check the TransUnion credit file of a minor child to ensure they have not been targeted by identity theft.
Equifax: Are My Children at Risk of Identity Theft?
This article provides advice on how to manage a child's credit, including what to do if you think your child may be an identity theft victim.
Federal Trade Commission: Back to school: Protect your child’s information
In the wrong hands, the personal information on school forms can be used to commit fraud in your child's name — to apply for government benefits, open credit card accounts, or apply for a loan. This blog post provides information on how you can help protect your child's identity.
Stolen Futures: A Forum on Child Identity Theft
OVC and the Federal Trade Commission held a forum in 2011 to discuss child identity theft. Read transcripts from forum sessions that explored the nature of child identity theft—including foster care identity theft and identity theft within families—with the goal of advising parents and victims on how to prevent the crime and how to resolve child identity theft problems.
Attorney General's Advisory Committee on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence: Ending Violence So Children Can Thrive
Date Published
November 2014
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project (NIWAP)
NIWAP is a national provider of training, legal and social science research, policy development, and technical assistance to providers and allied professionals who work with immigrant women, children, and crime victims. NIWAP hosts a library containing numerous resources on the legal rights of immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other crimes.
Enhancing the Legal Profession's Response to Victims of Child Abuse
Date Published
2009
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
Date Published
January 2013
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
HALOS Strategy: Community Collaborations for Children
Date Published
May 2014
Series
Publication Type
Citizen Involvement Material
Agencies
OVC
Victim-Oriented Multidisciplinary Responses to Statutory Rape: Training Guide
Date Published
February 2000
Series
Publication Type
Training (Handbook/Manual)
Agencies
OVC
Victims with Disabilities: Collaborative, Multidisciplinary First Response: Techniques for First Responders Called to Help Crime Victims Who Have Disabilities
Date Published
January 2011
Series
Publication Type
Training (Handbook/Manual)
Agencies
OVC
Child Sexual Exploitation: Improving Investigations and Protecting Victims: A Blueprint for Action
Date Published
January 1995
Publication Type
Guideline
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
Children's Exposure to Violence and the Intersection Between Delinquency and Victimization
Date Published
October 2013
Agencies
OJJDP
Report of the Attorney General's National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence
Date Published
December 2012
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Faith-Based Responses to Crime Victims (DVD)
Date Published
April 2008
Series
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
OVC
Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma
Date Published
April 2014
Publication Type
Citizen Involvement Material
Agencies
OVC
National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction: A Report to Congress
Date Published
August 2010
Agencies
DOJ
Enhanced Services to Children and Youth Exposed to Violence: Promising Practices & Lessons Learned
This site provides a collection of promising practices, lessons learned, and related resources derived from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-funded grantee demonstration projects designed to enhance services provided to children and youth who have been exposed to violence.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Violent Crimes Against Children
This FBI program's mission is to—
- decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual exploitation;
- develop a nationwide capacity to provide a rapid, effective, and measured investigative response to crimes against children; and
- enhance the capabilities of state and local law enforcement investigators through programs, investigative assistance, and task force operations.
Family Resource Information, Education, and Network Development Service (FRIENDS)
FRIENDS provides services to the community-based child abuse prevention community through targeted training and technical assistance efforts, as well as information to the general child abuse prevention community.
National Children's Advocacy Center
The Center models, promotes, and delivers excellence in child abuse response and prevention through service, education, and leadership.