Foster Care

Questioning our assumptions about child labor
June 14, 2022

Questioning our assumptions about child labor

This blog is republished with permission from Freedom United It’s the time of year again when emotive and resolute messages …

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Trafficking Victims of Color: Failed by the U.S. legal system?
February 20, 2022

Trafficking Victims of Color: Failed by the U.S. legal system?

*All names have been changed to protect anonymity Emma just wanted to stay sober and after struggling for years with …

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Cultural Considerations in Assisting Survivors of Human Trafficking: A Free E-Course
October 12, 2021

Cultural Considerations in Assisting Survivors of Human Trafficking: A Free E-Course

A free, interactive, web-based course on cultural considerations when assisting survivors of human trafficking. The course explores how cross-cultural differences …

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January 24, 2019

Is it Slavery? Cultural Competence versus Cultural Relativism

William is a 14-year-old orphan from Uganda. After his parents died, his mother’s relatives took him in to live with …

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What Can Be Done to Prevent Sex Trafficking of Girls in Foster Care?
May 29, 2018

What Can Be Done to Prevent Sex Trafficking of Girls in Foster Care?

Protecting our kids from perilous exploitation in sex trafficking is an urgent concern of child protective and child welfare agencies. …

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The Opioid Epidemic, Foster Care, and Human Trafficking
May 8, 2018

The Opioid Epidemic, Foster Care, and Human Trafficking

As detailed in our interview with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa, the opiate/opioid crisis interacts with human trafficking in a number of …

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The Foster Care-Human Trafficking Nexus
January 16, 2018

The Foster Care-Human Trafficking Nexus

January 16, 2018 In the United States, January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In support of this …

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Take Action Now: What You Can Do to Protect Foster Youth from Trafficking
October 23, 2017

Take Action Now: What You Can Do to Protect Foster Youth from Trafficking

Given that most states failed the report card, it is imperative that state and national policy makers do more to protect foster youth from the threat of being trafficked. However, they will likely do nothing without you telling them that this issue is important to you.

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Part 4: Recommendations to Protect Foster Children from Trafficking
October 16, 2017

Part 4: Recommendations to Protect Foster Children from Trafficking

More needs to be done to protect foster care youth from trafficking and exploitation. This blog presents several recommendations for states, as well as for national policy and child welfare agencies.

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The Best and Worst States in Protecting Foster Youth from Being Trafficked
October 2, 2017

The Best and Worst States in Protecting Foster Youth from Being Trafficked

Human Trafficking Search recently published a state-by-state report card examining the link between foster care and human trafficking across states. This blog examines which states did best and which were graded worst.

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