Toolkit: Housing & Mobility
The Housing and Economic Mobility Toolkit contains four documents intended to provide guiding principles for serving survivors of human trafficking, strategies for…
Talking Circle: Human Trafficking in Tribal Communities
“Talking Circle” Q&A Summary Human trafficking impacts tribal people more than most of us realize with traffickers preying on vulnerabilities such as jurisdiction, prosecution, and limited resources. On January 27, 2021, three panelists shared their experience working with tribal communities and answered participant questions during a Talking Circle titled “Human Trafficking in Tribal Communities.” Discussion…
Human Trafficking Action Research Toolkit from OVC TTAC
“The purpose of the Human Trafficking Action Research Toolkit is to provide information, strategies, tools, and other resources to help organizations and programs understand and conduct action research.”
New Human Trafficking Toolkit For Domestic And Sexual Assault Service Providers In Michigan
“The new Human Trafficking Toolkit offers advocates the ability to better plan for, recognize, and support survivors of human trafficking. This toolkit presents an overview of human trafficking and its relationship to domestic violence and sexual assault.”
Trafficking: Trauma & Trauma-Informed Collaboration & Advocacy
“Building from what trafficking survivors have taught us, this webinar discusses how to identify survivors, how past experience of help-seeking can influence current attempts, and the importance of trauma-informed care at different points of contact with survivors such as raids, arrest, and at shelters.”
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month External Resources
This resource sheet from National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides external resources related to National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
Twenty Years of Progress in the Anti-Trafficking Movement
“This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Prior to the passage of the Act, the United States relied on traditional laws prohibiting involuntary servitude; however, these laws often fell short of addressing modern day forms of human trafficking.”
Human Trafficking Statistics – 2019
In 2019, Polaris worked on 11,500 situations of human trafficking reported to the Polaris-operated U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline. These situations involved 22,326 individual survivors; nearly 4,384 traffickers and 1,912 suspicious businesses. Human trafficking is notoriously underreported. Shocking as these numbers are, they are likely only a fraction of the actual problem.
Human Trafficking at Home: Labor Trafficking of Domestic Workers
The data showed that of the approximately 8,000 labor trafficking cases identified between December 2007 and December 2017, the highest number of cases involved domestic work. That number likely represents only a small fraction of the problem, as human trafficking in all its forms is severely underreported.
Just Launched: Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center Website
“The Center offers free coaching and mentoring to organizations and federally recognized tribes looking to start, sustain, or grow their anti-trafficking work. It offers help in a number of areas, including financial management, community partnerships, delivery of victim services, and more.”