Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Project
For the last decade Shared Hope International (SHI) has
been combating 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 domestic minor 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 is implementing Assessments in ten areas. These
assessments look at the access to and delivery of services
for 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 will
receive 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 Fact Sheet
Educational curriculum and outreach materials are
being designed to increase community awareness on how to
identify domestic minor sex trafficking. These materials
are tailored to the audience and use appropriate language
and approaches.
Training on the identification of domestic
minor 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 is being provided to NGOs and other community-based
organizations.
DMST educational video and materials
are available here
Contact
Any questions or comments are very welcome and should be
directed to Samantha Vardaman, Director of Programs at Samantha@SharedHope.org,
or Melissa Snow, Project Director at Melissa@SharedHope.org,
or by telephone to (703)351-8062.
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