Engaging Community Agencies and Survivors of Child Trafficking

Partnering with those who have experienced trafficking and exploitation as well as community agencies engaged in anti-trafficking work can improve your abilites to offer the best available services to your patients. Key community agencies to target for engagement include local organizations that serve trafficked youth or high-risk populations, including homeless/runaway youth, children involved with protective services and the juvenile justice system, refugee/immigrant individuals and families and children with histories of abuse. Local and national survivor leaders are invaluable to informing anti-trafficking work and ensuring your initiative will be both trauma-informed and impactful.

The resources and guides provided in the links below offer guidance on how you can build community partnerships and respectfully engage with survivor leaders to further anti-trafficking initiatives. Also provided is information on how to obtain letters of support, such as a formal memorandum of understanding or informal letter of support, to formalize partnerships.

Additional Information

• How to Engage with Community Agencies
• How to Respectfully Engage with Survivor Leaders
• Example Letter of Support
• Example Memorandum of Understanding
• Creating a Survivor Informed Practice Assessment Tool