Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Project
For the last decade Shared Hope International (SHI) has
been combating child sex trafficking around the world, working
with the women and children devastated by the effects of
the commercial sex industry, and furthering victim identification
and access to services. Through a project funded by the U.S.
Department of Justice, SHI will reinforce Human Trafficking
Task Forces in ten areas in the United States. SHI will provide
Task Forces and the larger community in which they work with
tools to increase identification of child sex trafficking
victims and improve access to and delivery of services to
these victims in accordance with the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 and its subsequent reauthorizations.
SHI implemented Assessments in eleven areas. These
assessments look at the access to and delivery of services
for child sex trafficking victims (also known as domestic minor sex trafficking victims) in practice and
on paper with the goal of revealing deficiencies as well
as highlighting best practices to facilitate the service
delivery and access. Each Human Trafficking Task Force received the site-specific assessment report to use as a possible
springboard to action to address the problem of DMST in their
area.
Click here for more information on the
Rapid Assessment Methodology and Field Interview Tool: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
Click here to download the National Report Fact Sheet
Educational curriculum and outreach materials are
being designed to increase community awareness on how to
identify child sex trafficking. These materials
are tailored to the audience and use appropriate language
and approaches.
Training on the identification of child sex trafficking victims are provided to first responders,
including law enforcement officers, NGOs, governmental child
protection agencies and others. This training includes a
Training of Trainers for members of each Human Trafficking
Task Force to continue the awareness raising.
Funding for effective projects to improve,
initiate or expand the access and delivery of the services
to these victims were provided to NGOs and other community-based
organizations.
DMST educational video and materials
are available here
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