Technical Assistance Partners
The International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA) and its partner, Courtney’s House, have collaborated for over a decade to create and implement survivor-led Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) to equip youth-serving organizations nationwide with improved knowledge and skills to address Youth Sex Trafficking (YST). Through the generous support of the US Office on Violence Against Women, this TTA is available to current and potential OVW grantees with a particular focus on projects funded through OVW’s Children Youth and Engaging Men Program (CYEM).
Specialized TTA Objectives
- Obj.1: Reduce the number of challenges and gaps in response to YST
- Obj. 2: Increase the capacity of CYEM grantees to prevent YST.
- Obj. 3: Increase the capacity of CYEM to identify, serve, and refer YST.
- Obj.4: Promote continuous monitoring and learning to develop sustainable practices and long-term impact in addressing YST.
Youth Sex Trafficking
Youth survivors of sex trafficking and youth at risk of sex trafficking remain under-identified and lack access to specialized, inclusive, youth-centered, comprehensive, and trauma-informed services, including prevention services. Through specialized TTA, IOFA and Courtney’s House aim to equip youth-serving organizations with enhanced knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to effectively identify, prevent, and address YST.
Target Audience
Our specialized TTA targets OVW’s CYEM grantees and potential grantees, including a broad spectrum of partners like criminal justice entities, social service institutions, educational bodies, and anti-trafficking groups
Resources
Factsheets
- Addressing Youth Recruitment in Youth Sex Trafficking within Service Programs
- Addressing Youth Who Leave/Run Away from Child Welfare Placements
- Case Management with Survivors of Youth Sex Trafficking
- Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking of Boys
- Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
- Engaging Youth Survivors of Sex Trafficking
- Building and working with task forces in response to human trafficking
- Internet Safety and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Minor Sex Trafficking
- LGBTQ Youth and Sex Trafficking
- Making Appropriate Referrals for Survivors of Youth Sex Trafficking
- Public Awareness Campaigns on Sex Youth Trafficking
- Red Flags of Youth Sex Trafficking
- Safety Planning for Youth Victims of Sex Trafficking
- Sex Trafficking of Men and Boys
- Screening, Assessing, and Interviewing Potentially Sex Trafficked or Commercially Sexually Exploited Children
- Trauma-Informed Language to Use When Working with Survivors of Youth Sex Trafficking
- Youth Sex Trafficking and Gangs
Toolkits
Webinar Slides
- Introduction to Youth Sex Trafficking – New Grantee Orientation, February 2024
- Introduction to Youth Sex Trafficking, June 2024
- Organizational Policies and Procedures for Youth Sex Trafficking, September 2024
- Intersections of Harm: Youth Sex Trafficking and Violence Against Women, October 2024
- The Intersection of Youth Sex Trafficking and Inclusive Services, November 2024
Webinar Recordings
- Introduction to Youth Sex Trafficking
- Organizational Policies and Procedures for Youth Sex Trafficking
- Intersections of Harm: Youth Sex Trafficking and Violence Against Women
- The Intersection of Youth Sex Trafficking and Inclusive Services
Toolkits - Three Level Youth Sex Trafficking Screening Toolkit. IOFA and Courtney’s House. 2021
Reports
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This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-23-GK-05122-CY awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.