
Since 2020, the U.S. Department of Education has conducted a webinar series to address child and youth trafficking in America’s schools. The series draws attention to the important efforts underway in our nation’s education community to address both sex and labor trafficking.
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join the next webinar in this series, Building Protective Factors to Reduce Student Vulnerability to Human Trafficking.
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
3:00 – 4:30 pm EDT
For every human trafficking risk factor, there is a protective factor we can build to help reduce the likelihood that a student will be groomed for human trafficking. In this webinar, we explored some of the protective factors school personnel can provide and help students develop so they can avoid or leave human trafficking situations. This webinar provided brief presentations on protective factors. For example, presenters discussed strategies for helping students develop financial literacy skills because research suggests that poverty is a risk factor for human trafficking. It also included a panel discussion with an expert with lived experience, a director of elementary counseling for a school district with an expansive anti-trafficking program, and a professional from a community-based organization focused on helping girls who are black, indigenous, or people of color avoid or leave situations of sexual exploitation. We ended the webinar with a live Q&A where we will respond to your questions related to building protective factors for young people.
Speakers/Panelists
- Dr. Katariina Rosenblatt, Person with Lived Experience, Survivor Leader, Director, There is Hope for Me, Inc.
- Leslie Jones, Youth Financial Education Analyst, Office of Financial Education, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Webinar Materials
Resources
- Additional support from U.S. Department of Education Related to Human Trafficking, ED
- Human Trafficking in America’s Schools, ED
- Addressing the Growing Problem of Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors Through PBIS, PBIS
- How Schools Can Combat Human Trafficking in Partnership With People With Lived Experience, NCSSLE
- Human Trafficking in America’s Schools Staff Development Series, NCSSLE
- Prevention Resource Guide from the Children’s Bureau
- Strategies for Runaway and Homeless Youth Settings, ACF
- Protective Factors Framework, CSSP
Search Institute
- The Developmental Assets Framework
- Search Institute 40 Developmental Assets
- Search Institute Current Research Development
Financial literacy
- Youth financial education
- The goal of financial education
- Financial Literacy Activities
- Protecting your Social Security Number
- Bouncing Ball Money Choices
- Ask CFPB
- Money Monsters
- CFPB Bulk Publications
- Money as You Grow: Help for parents and caregivers
Other
- There is Hope for Me
- Human Trafficking Assessment Tool for Schools
- Human Trafficking Wheel: Identification of Potential Human Trafficking
Please contact NCSSLE if you have any questions. We look forward to sharing this information with you and hearing about the important work you are doing in your schools, communities, and states to meet the needs of students and staff.
More Information
For more information and resources, visit the following webpages dedicated to human trafficking: ED’s Human Trafficking webpage; the U.S. Department of State’s Human Trafficking webpage; and the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Trafficking Persons’ webpage.
To view previous webinars in this series, go here. To offer questions for consideration by the speakers on this webinar, email them to ncssle@air.org with “Webinar Question” in the subject line.