CHILD TRAFFICKING RESOURCES

Child Sex Trafficking and the Child Welfare System, a Webinar by William Rivera, Director of the Division of Multicultural Affairs in the the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

A Child Welfare Response to Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, a report by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families on the state’s efforts to end the trafficking of children.

Building a Child Welfare Response to Child Victims of Trafficking, a handbook of policies, protocols, and forms to help child welfare agencies identify and respond to child victims of trafficking.  This handbook, produced by the international Organization for Adolescents (IOFA) and the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University, results from their work with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to address the issues regarding child victims of trafficking.

Directory of Training and Technical Assistance Resources for Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces and Service Providers, by the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center. It includes such resources as “Trafficking of Children: How To Respond to Victims who are Minors,” by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops/Migration and Refugee Services/Anti-Trafficking Program (USCCB/MRS/ATP).

Florida Department of Children and Families: Human Trafficking, a webpage that includes statistics, an Information Kit on Protections for Child Victims of Human Trafficking, and more.

Meeting the Legal Needs of Child Trafficking Victims: An Introduction for Children’s Attorneys and Advocates, a guide by the American Bar Association that addresses the complex issues and remedies of child victims in trafficking cases.

National Human Trafficking Resource Center, a national hotline run by the Polaris Project, connects callers to services or find training or technical assistance .