FOSTER CARE
This page provides a few key resources on the intersection of foster care and human trafficking. Please explore the Global Database, Video & Podcast, and Blog sections of the website and filter by topic.
July 15, 2024
CNN — Two West Virginia parents are awaiting trial on more than a dozen charges after adopting four Black children and …
March 27, 2024
What is Human Trafficking? Though the phrase “human trafficking” has been generating much interest in the last couple months, many …
February 9, 2024
Sen. Jon Ossoff speaks about children missing from Georgia DFCS care Oct. 27, 2023. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder More than 20% …
January 15, 2024
ATLANTA – Georgia youths in the custody of the state’s foster care system are disproportionately likely to become victims of …
January 5, 2024
Georgia youths in the custody of the state’s foster care system are disproportionately likely to become victims of child sex …
December 15, 2023
T Ortiz, a trafficking survivor who is now an advocate and policy consultant, speaks at an event raising awareness of …
June 19, 2023
This is an advanced training for providers who serve children, youth, and families who may be connected to the child …
June 19, 2023
It’s a startling statistic, but according to the National Foster Youth Institute, sixty percent of child trafficking victims in the …
June 19, 2023
Responding to Human Trafficking among Children and Youth in Foster Care and Missing from Foster Care
Purpose The purpose of this joint Information Memorandum (IM) from the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF); Children’s Bureau …
June 19, 2023
You can trace the foster care system in the United States all the way back to 1636 in Jamestown, Virginia. …
July 8, 2020
The practice of child sex trafficking – more properly known as the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) – is …
April 28, 2020
A foster care documentary, Breaking the Cycle, explores exactly how intertwined the foster care system is with homelessness and human …
January 16, 2018
January 16, 2018 In the United States, January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In support of this …
May 8, 2018
As detailed in our interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa, the opiate/opioid crisis interacts with human trafficking in a number of …
May 29, 2018
Protecting our kids from perilous exploitation in sex trafficking is an urgent concern of child protective and child welfare agencies. …
September 20, 2017
It is general knowledge within the anti-trafficking community that children facing abuse, neglect and parental substance abuse are at the …