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Human trafficking

January 2022 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and National Stalking Awareness Month.

Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Providers Performance Measures Training

September 2021
During this recorded webinar, OVC’s performance management team provides OVC Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance provider grantees with an overview of performance measures; information about data collection, tracking, and analysis; and the performance measures reporting process.

Human Trafficking Grantee Performance Measures

Human Trafficking Grantee Performance Measures

OVC strives to uphold the intent of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and its subsequent reauthorizations to ensure that all trafficking victims receive justice and support in accessing the services they need.

OVC manages the largest amount of funding across the Federal Government dedicated to providing services to victims of human trafficking. OVC strengthens the response to human trafficking through grant...

July 2021 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about OVC's Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials, the 2022 National Crime Victims’ Service Awards, and World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.

Human Trafficking Victim Service Providers Performance Measures Training

September 2021
During this recorded webinar, OVC’s performance management team provides OVC human trafficking victim service provider grantees with an overview of performance measures; information about data collection, tracking, and analysis; and the performance measures reporting process, and troubleshooting strategies and additional resources.

Human Trafficking: Practitioner and Parent/Caregiver Guides

Practitioner and Parent/Caregiver Guides

These materials were specifically designed to appeal to children ages 12–18.

The goal of these materials is to provide effective, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate information and support to children in a way that they can more easily understand, so they can feel informed, supported, and empowered.

Learn more and view the guides below.
 

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A Guide for Practitioners

This guide, designed for practitioners...

Human Trafficking: A Guide for Practitioners

A Guide for Practitioners

These materials were designed for youth aged 12−18 who have experienced sex and labor trafficking, to help inform and empower them as they navigate through the justice system.

Funded by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), these materials were created with the input of those with similar lived experiences, and expert practitioners working in the anti-trafficking field.

While the materials...

Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking Resources

Adult and a youth sitting across from each other

Child and youth victims of trafficking have unique needs and experiences, both in terms of the dynamics of their exploitation and their potential interaction with the criminal justice system as a victim-defendant.

Unlike most other child victims and witnesses, trafficking survivors may have different roles within the justice system, including as a defendant in a criminal case. It is vital that...

Human Trafficking: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers

A Guide for Parents and Caregivers

These materials were designed for youth aged 12−18 who have experienced sex and labor trafficking, to help inform and empower them as they navigate through the justice system.

They were created with the input of those with similar lived experiences, and expert practitioners working in the anti-trafficking field.

While the materials are intended to be relatable to the broadest...

What's Going On? Your Rights and Who You'll Meet

Summary

What’s Going On?—a companion piece to the Sergio’s Story and Zoe’s Story graphic novels—provides information about—

  • the various people a child or youth victim of human trafficking might meet,
  • the rights a victim or witness has in different courts,
  • how trafficking is defined in the United States, and
  • the laws and services that might be helpful.

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May 2021 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day, Older Americans Month, and National Police Week.