January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Human trafficking affects nearly 27.6 million people worldwide, including tens of thousands of people here in the United States. It involves individuals — mostly women and girls — being bought, sold, and forced into labor and/or sexual exploitation. Like domestic violence, trafficking is about power and control.

Futures Without Violence works to prevent and respond to this violation of human rights by:

• Training healthcare professionals, advocates, and organizations addressing intimate partner violence to work collaboratively in responding to and supporting survivors of human trafficking
• Promoting survivor-centered and trauma-informed strategies to support the needs of survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault
• Addressing vulnerabilities that put individuals at risk for trafficking and exploitation
• Advocating for more effective support at the national and global levels through our policy work

Join one of our upcoming opportunities to learn more about how your organization can address human trafficking.

Access more resources and tools through our Futures Without Violence anti-human trafficking projects here:

• Building Collaborative Responses to Support Survivors
• Health Partnerships
• Promoting Employment Opportunities for Survivors

Finally, share the National Human Trafficking Hotline information with anyone who is, or knows someone who is experiencing human trafficking:
call 1-888-373-7888, email help@humantraffickinghotline.org, text HELP to 233733 (BEFREE) or chat at www.humantraffickinghotline.org

Upcoming Opportunities

Webinar: Collaborative Support for the Mental Health Needs of Survivors of Human Trafficking
Wednesday January 28, 11:00 am PST / 2:00 EST
Description: This webinar will explore strategies for staff in service agencies on how to best collaborate with mental health services that survivors may need.
REGISTER 

In-person Training Institute: Building Collaborative Responses to Trafficking Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Wednesday March 12- Friday March 14, 2025, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
Description: To improve collaboration among professionals working with survivors of human trafficking, the Institute will bring together staff working in domestic and sexual violence programs, anti-human trafficking programs, healthcare and community-based programs as well as attorneys and law enforcement. The training will strengthen multi-disciplinary, collaborative strategies in responding to adult and youth survivors of trafficking who have also experienced domestic violence or sexual assault.
APPLY by January 29
Please apply with a team of 2-4 people from different organizations. Each team must have at least one member from a domestic violence or sexual assault organization.

Tools & Resources

• Collaborating to Support Survivors of Trafficking Who Have Been System Involved 2024
  This webinar delves into the complexities of human trafficking, particularly within the context of youth and adult survivors who have been system involved.
• (Not) Just Money: Exploring Economic Empowerment for Survivors of Trafficking Podcast 2024
  FUTURES Program Manager, Carolyne Ouya discusses ways advocates and service providers can support human trafficking survivors’ economic empowerment on RTI International’s Center for Forensic Sciences “Just Science” podcast.
• Supporting Survivors with Intellectual Disabilities: Prevention and Response Through Multi-Systems Collaboration Webinar Report 2024
  Learn about the unique factors facing survivors with intellectual disabilities to ensure appropriate, effective survivor-centered support.
• Supporting the Needs of African American Survivors of Human Trafficking Webinar Recording 2024
  Explore the unique challenges and barriers faced by African American survivors of human trafficking and delve into effective communication strategies for fostering trust and validation.

• Economic Empowerment for People Who Have Experienced Human Trafficking: A Guide for Anti-Trafficking Service Providers 2023
  The Office of the Administration for Children & Families created this guide featuring FUTURES’ work to help service providers support and empower survivors.
• Building Collaborative Responses with Healthcare for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Task Forces and Multidisciplinary Teams Addressing Human Trafficking 2022
  This resource explores the benefits and strategies of healthcare partnerships for DV/SA/HT task forces and coalitions.
• Collaboration to Increase Access to Employment Opportunities for Survivors of Human Trafficking and Domestic and Sexual Violence 2022
  This document contains advocacy considerations, collaboration strategies and resources that advocacy programs can utilize to support human trafficking survivors’ self-sufficiency.

• Ten Action Steps: Building and Sustaining Collaborations to Support Trafficking Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: A Toolkit for Advocacy Programs 2022
  This resource contains strategies and tools for DV/SA/HT organizations to build or enhance multidisciplinary teams in order to better support survivors of human trafficking. A one-page overview of the 10 action steps is here.
• LGBTQIA+ Youth and Experiences of Human Trafficking: A Healing-Centered Approach 2021
  This toolkit was developed in partnership with the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center and is intended to increase health centers’ awareness of and responsiveness to LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing human trafficking.

• Protocol for HRSA-supported Community Health Centers to Engage Patients through Universal Education Approaches on Exploitation (E), Human Trafficking (HT), Domestic Violence (DV) and Intimate Partner Violence 2021
  The protocol will enable health centers to teach patients about healthy relationships and fair labor practices in order to prevent exploitation, human trafficking, domestic violence, and intimate partner violence.