Principal Investigator:
Heather Clawson
Caliber, an ICF International Company
Prepared for:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation (ASPE)
Office of Refugee Resettlement
(ORR)
U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services
This Project is available on the Internet at:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/07/HumanTrafficking/
This project will develop information on how HHS programs are currently
addressing the needs of victims of human trafficking, including domestic
victims (i.e., citizens and legal permanent residents), with a priority focus
on domestic youth. The project will provide in-depth and timely information
to help HHS design and implement effective programs and services that help
trafficking victims overcome the trauma and injuries they have suffered,
to regain their dignity, and become self-sufficient. Components to
the study include a comprehensive review of relevant literature, studies
or data (published or unpublished) related to providing services to victims
of human trafficking (including domestic victims); nine site visits to geographic
areas (e.g., counties) containing at least one HHS- or federally-funded program
currently assisting victims of human trafficking; at least three brief reports
highlighting interesting, innovative, and/or effective experiences, knowledge,
or information resulting from one or more of the site visits; and a final
report providing a synthesis of all information obtained under the study.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which manages HHS programs serving
trafficking victims, is partially funding this study with ASPE.
Recent Publications:
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Addressing the Needs of Victims of Human Trafficking:
Challenges, Barriers, and Promising Practices, July 2008
This Issue Brief focuses on the needs of victims of human trafficking and
the services available to meet those needs. Additionally, it discusses challenges
and barriers to providing services to victims, international and domestic,
adults and minors, and highlights innovative solutions to these challenges
and promising practices to overcome barriers. Throughout the brief we make
distinctions, where appropriate, between international adult victims,
international minor victims, and domestic minor victims.
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Case Management and the Victim of Human Trafficking:
A Critical Service For Client Success, June 2008
This Issue Brief focuses on the importance of case management in working
with international victims of human trafficking from the point of identification
until a victim reaches self-sufficiency. This brief looks at the characteristics
of an effective case manager along with the benefits not only to victims,
but also other key stakeholders, including law enforcement and service providers.
This brief also examines the challenges to effective case management and
the implications for victim recovery.
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Treating the Hidden Wounds: Trauma Treatment
and Mental Health Recovery for Victims of Human Trafficking, March
2008.
This Issue Brief focuses on the trauma experienced by most trafficking victims,
its impact on health and well-being, some of the challenges to meeting
trauma-related needs of trafficking victims, and promising approaches to
treatment and recovery. While this issue brief touches on trauma across
human trafficking populations, it has a special emphasis on trauma resulting
from sex trafficking of women and girls.
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Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking: Inherent
Challenges and Promising Strategies from the Field, January 2008.
This issue brief focuses on the identification of international and domestic
victims of human trafficking in the United States. Critical to identifying
someone as a victim is knowing first who meets the legal definition of a
trafficking victim. This brief presents the inherent challenges to
identifying victims based on the legal definition, as well as promising
strategies undertaken by law enforcement, service providers, and other
organizations to identify and reach victims.
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Finding a Path to Recovery: Residential Facilities
for Minor Victims of Domestic Sex Trafficking, September 2007.
This issue brief focuses on minors who are victimized by sex traffickers
across the U.S. It is intended to provide practical information about
the characteristics and needs of these minors and describe the type of
residential programs and facilities currently providing services for this
population. The promising practices discussed here were identified
by directors and staff of residential facilities housing and serving minor
victims of domestic trafficking, juvenile corrections facilities, programs
for runaway and homeless youth, child protective services personnel, and
law enforcement.
Project Officers:
David Nielsen and Jerry Silverman
ASPE
To obtain a printed copy of these reports, send the title and your mailing
information to:
Human Services Policy, Room 404E
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Fax: (202) 690-6562
You may also print the PDF version.
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Last updated: 08/08/2008