Relationship Violence and Sexual Exploitation

The founder and executive director of The Rebecca Project, a nonprofit in Washington, DC, talks about changing the common misconceptions about sexually trafficked youth, and how youth workers can lead the way. Time: 4:04 | Size: 3.8 MB
“Evidence-Based Mental Health Treatment for Victims of Human Trafficking,” Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. April 2010. What it's about: This issue brief examines the mental health needs of human trafficking victims, including young victims of sex trafficking, and reviews the literature on the most...
The Family Violence Prevention Fund and Men Can Stop Rape, an international organization that works to prevent relationship violence and rape, are working to make boys and young men part of the solution in the effort to stop sexual violence and abuse. Here are some tools and programs they offer. For parents, teachers and other adults who play a role in boys' lives: 
“Finding a Path to Recovery:  Residential Facilities for Minor Victims of Domestic Sex Trafficking” Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. September 2007.
In a new Voices From the Field podcast, Chicago social worker Allison Elias talks about the effects of childhood trauma on transition-age youth. Elias has presented her talk "Why Is It So Hard to Move On? The Impact of Trauma on Transitioning Youth" at nearly a dozen conferences since 2008.
Allison Elias, a social worker and therapeutic crisis intervention trainer, talks about her research on the effects of childhood trauma on older youth who are on the cusp of transitioning to adulthood. Time: 4:46 | Size: 4.48 MB | Transcript
“Pimp Control and Violence: Domestic Sex Trafficking of Chicago Women and Girls” (abstract), Women and Criminal Justice, Vol. 20, No. 1 & 2, January 2010.  
Allison Elias, a social worker and therapeutic crisis intervention trainer, talks about her research on the effects of childhood trauma on transition-age youth. Time: 4:46 | Size: 4.48 MB
Know a program that aims to help adolescent victims of sex trafficking and that has been evaluated and shown to work? Nominate it for inclusion in the FindYouthInfo program directory, a database of evidence-based, federally funded programs targeting a host of youth issues, from drugs to gangs to teen pregnancy to exposure to abuse and trauma. FindYouthInfo is the website of the federal...
Thousands of youth in the United States are trafficked for sex every year. The issue affects every community, and youth-serving agencies can prepare their staff members to serve exploited youth well. The Polaris Project, a Washington, DC, organization that fights both sex trafficking and labor trafficking, offers resources that can help:
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