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December 2013
In This Issue
Bridging the Systems: Child Welfare, Trafficking, and Law Enforcement Working Together for Trafficked Children
30th National Symposium on Child Abuse
Forensic Interviewing of Children Training
Coordination, Collaboration, Capacity: Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States, 2013-2017
NCAC Customized Trainings
Sex Trafficking: Identifying Cases and Victims
Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
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Bridging the Systems:
Child Welfare, Trafficking, and Law Enforcement Working Together for Trafficked Children

The National Center for Victims of Crime convened a roundtable for national, state and local advocates, practitioners, and officials to consider two important issues relating to child victims of foreign and domestic trafficking:

 

1)  The need to incorporate a child welfare response into anti-trafficking efforts.

 

2)  The need to provide legal representation to these victims.

 

With the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, advocates working on human trafficking and child victimization, child welfare administrators from all levels, law enforcement, prosecutors, researchers, and legal advocates shared their experiences and perspectives on the needs of child victims of human trafficking. 

The recommendations reached by the roundtable participants have been endorsed by: 

  • ASISTA Immigration Assistance
  • Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University Chicago
  • Connecticut Department of Children and Families
  • National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse, National District Attorneys Association
  • Polaris Project

 The full report of recommendations is located in CALiO under the 
Practitioners Reference and Resource Center in the  
section under the heading of Trafficking and Worldwide Abuse.

 
OJJDP Announces 2014 National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest

 

Fifth grade students are invited  to participate in the National Missing Children's Day poster contest. The annual contest creates an opportunity for schools, law enforcement, and other child advocates to discuss the issue of missing and/or exploited children with children, parents, and guardians and to promote child safety. 

 

OJJDP will invite the national winner to Washington, DC, to participate in the National Missing Children's Day commemoration in May 2014, at which he or she will receive an award for the winning artwork.
 
Submissions are due by February 28, 2014.

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Do You Know?
 
It is difficult to measure the magnitude of human trafficking, yet given the hidden nature of many human trafficking crimes, it has been estimated that more than _______ men, women, and children are victimized by forced labor situations and sex trafficking worldwide, including in the United States.
 
A. 15 million
B. 20 million
C. 25 million 


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Make plans to join us for the
30th National Symposium on Child Abuse
March 24-27, 2014
in Huntsville, Alabama!

 

 Symposium offers over 130 workshops on all aspects of child abuse.
Below is a list of some of the child trafficking workshops that will be available at the
  • Sexual Abuse, Trafficking, and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: An Integrated Approach to Serving Victims presented by Bethany Case, MSW and Lindsay Waldrop | U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
  • Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking presented by Tyson Elliott, BS | International Association of Human Trafficking Investigators
  • A Collaborative, Multidisciplinary Response to Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children presented by Susan Goldfarb, MSW and Elizabeth Bouchard, BA | Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County/Support to End Exploitation Now (SEEN) Coalition
  • Healthcare Needs of the Child Victim of Commercial Sexual Exploitation presented by Jordan Greenbaum, MD | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
  • Missing & Exploited: Child Sex Trafficking Reporting and Recovery Planning presented by Lanae Holmes, MSW  and Melissa Snow | National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
  • Child Sex Trafficking - Indicators and Responses presented by Joe Laramie, BS | National Criminal Justice Training Center
  • Child Victims of Trafficking: Identification and Response (3hrs) presented by Audrey Roofeh, JD | Polaris Project
  • Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation & Sex Trafficking of Minors in the US: The Institute of Medicine Report presented by Patti Toth, JD | Washington State Criminal Training Commission
  • Human Trafficking and LGBTQI Youth presented by Lynne Wilson-Bruchet, BA | U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations and  Kaitlyn Keisel-Stagnone, BA | Polaris Project 
Make sure you catch one of these dynamic workshops focusing on
 child trafficking. 

  

  Register Now

 

  A complete list of the current workshops will be coming soon to the 

NCAC website. 

  

For more information about Symposium, 

please contact Amy Boyd at  [email protected].

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Forensic Interviewing of Children Training 

 

 

This comprehensive training teaches the nationally-recognized NCAC Child Forensic Interview Structure, which is designed to gather the greatest amount of reliable information in a child-sensitive, developmentally-appropriate and legally-defensible manner. The NCAC Forensic Interviewing of Children Training immerses the participant in the most current research and evidence-based information in the field.

 

Training Location                                  Training Date

        Huntsville, AL                                  February 3-7, 2014


 Early Registration Discount Deadline

January 6, 2014

 
 

 

Visit our website for more information about Forensic Interviewing of Children Training 

       or contact Ann Leith at [email protected].

 

In November, NCAC Executive Director, Chris Newlin provided a training for the U.S. Attorney's Office and a local Washington DC CAC on "Implementing Best Practices in Forensic Interviewing-Emerging Issues, Supervision, and Peer Review."   While in the Capital, Chris met with Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, to discuss the Victims of Child Abuse Act Funding. 


Wrapping up November, NCAC Senior Trainer, Linda Cordisco Steele, and Chris Newlin returned to Brazil to continue the NCAC's collaboration with the National Council of Justice (CNJ), Childhood Brasil, and UNICEF to implement a national training and supervision model for those taking special testimony from children, and to support the development of CACs in Brazil.

  
Coordination, Collaboration, Capacity: Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States, 2013-2017   
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, reaffirming the American values of freedom and equality. The "Coordination, Collaboration, Capacity: Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States, 2013-2017," (the Plan) embraces these principles and builds on the progress that our Nation has made in combating human trafficking and modern-day forms of slavery through government action, as well as partnerships with civil society and concerned citizens.

As our understanding of the scope and impact of human trafficking has evolved over the years, we now recognize a more complex web of exploitation affecting diverse communities across the country. Today, we acknowledge that human trafficking affects U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, adults and children, men, women, and transgender individuals who are victimized across a wide range of commercial sex and forced labor schemes. This Plan details a series of coordinated actions to strengthen the reach and effectiveness of services provided to all victims of human trafficking, regardless of the victims' race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, gender, immigration status, sexual orientation, or the type of trafficking they endured.
 The full Plan is located in CALiO under the Practitioners Reference and Resource Center in the  Full-Text Open-Access Publications section under the heading of Trafficking and Worldwide Abuse.
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The National Children's Advocacy Center can bring training to you. Choose from one of our standard trainings or design your own.  Our experienced training professionals can provide excellent training on many topics.  

Benefits of Customized Training Include:

  • Expert trainers come to you
  • Standard or custom agendas
  • Single or multi-day trainings
  • Train your entire MDT at once
  • Collaborate and share costs with neighboring communities

Choose any of our Standard Trainings or, design your own training from a list of Possible Topics.

 

NCAC's calendar fills up fast!  

Schedule your 2014 Customized Training today! 

 

For more information about customized trainings and associated fees,
please contact Joy Davis at [email protected].

 


 

Sex Trafficking: Identifying Cases and Victims

This article focuses on the fact that local law enforcement agencies are often in the best position to identify human trafficking victims. Sex trafficking is a particularly degrading form of human trafficking, defined generally as recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting,  providing or obtaining either: an adult for commercial sex by force, fraud or coercion, or  a juvenile for commercial sex, regardless of the means. Law enforcement and non-government organization partners most often see cases in which pimps coerce women and girls, both U.S. citizens and aliens, into prostitution. In the last eight years, since the enactment of the federal sex trafficking criminal statute in 2000, the number of human trafficking cases brought in federal courts has dramatically increased. Although great strides have been made in combating sex trafficking, we can and must do a better job of identifying victims of this crime.  This full article is located in CALiO under the Practitioners Reference and Resource Center in the  Full-Text Open-Access Publications section under the heading of Trafficking and Worldwide Abuse.
 
  
CAC of the Month
Athens County Child Advocacy Center
Athens, Ohio

The Athens County Child Advocacy Center (ACCAC) in Athens, Ohio, and the Ohio University End Slavery Movement (OU ESM) collaborated for the first annual End Slavery Now/Human Trafficking Awareness Week held November 4-7 on the OU campus in Athens, Ohio. Over 150 students attended the opening night panel which included a representative from Governor John Kasich's office, State Representative Theresa Fedor and Ohio Rescue and Restore, as well as local representatives including a Juvenile Court Judge, law enforcement, and victim advocates.

Other events included a lunch and learn, an exposition held in the student union as well as an art show and candlelight vigil. The highlight of the week was survivor speaker, Jillian Mourning, founder of All We Want Is Love, who shared her experiences being trafficked within the modeling industry, as well as spoke about the realities of domestic human trafficking. Over 750 students packed the halls in chairs and on the floor to hear her compelling presentation. 

  

Way to Make a Difference!
Contact Kara Watkins to nominate your CAC for the CAC of the Month.
Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and long-term consequences for victims, as well as their families, communities, and society, efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to these crimes are largely under supported, inefficient, uncoordinated, and unevaluated.
 
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) studied these crimes as they affect U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States under age 18. The IOM/NRC report offers recommendations concerning strategies for responding to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States, new legislative approaches, and a research agenda. The report concludes that efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the U.S. require better collaborative approaches. These efforts need to confront demand and the individuals who commit and benefit from these crimes. The recommendations in the report have the potential to advance and strengthen the nation's emerging efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors.  This full article is located in CALiO under the Practitioners Reference and Resource Center in the  Full-Text Open-Access Publications section under the heading of Trafficking and Worldwide Abuse.
Quote of the Month

"Not many teens roll out of bed on a Tuesday morning and say to themselves, 
'I think I'm going to go stand on the corner and sell myself 15 times today.'  
She might be a teen involved in prostitution but she is not a teen prostitute
she is a sex trafficking victim." 
Tyson Elliott, International Association of Human Trafficking Investigators
 
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What's New in CALiO™ ?

(Child Abuse Library Online)

 

CALiO

New to CALiO this month is the report, "Guidance to States and Services on Addressing Human Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States."  This report covers the scope and nature of child trafficking, understanding the needs of victims, coordination of services, screening and assessment, intervening to meet the needs of trafficking victims, emerging shelter and service considerations, child welfare responses, and additional assistance available to child victims of human trafficking.  This report is located in CALiO in the Full-Text Open-Access Publications section under the heading of Trafficking and Worldwide Abuse.
 
Also new to CALiO this month is the bibliography, "Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children."  This bibliography lists publications covering a wide variety of issues related to trafficking and sexual exploitation of children, including law, prevention, and intervention.  International publications are included and all are in English.  This bibliography is located in CALiO under the Evidence-Based Practices in the Professional Bibliographies section under #36.

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