Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking : An Introduction to Human Trafficking

1. Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking : An Introduction to Human Trafficking U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services

2. “ Lack of public awareness facilitates human trafficking because it is still a largely hidden social problem. It is up to us as a society to look for victims and help them. ” Dr. Wade F. Horn, Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

3. “An Introduction to Human Trafficking” Presentation Overview • Human Trafficking Defined • Forms of Human Trafficking • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Response to Trafficking • What You Can Do

4. Human Trafficking Defined

5. What Is Human Trafficking? • Modern-day slavery • Defined by force, fraud or coercion • Occurs across the globe • Fastest growing criminal industry

6. What Is Human Trafficking? • The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 made human trafficking a Federal crime • Key provisions for victims • Identified as victims, not criminals • Helps victims rebuild their lives in the U.S. with food, shelter, and medical assistance • Minors in commercial sex act are by law a victim

7. What Is Human Trafficking?

8. What Is Human Trafficking? • Myth: • Human trafficking is the same as human smuggling • Myth: • Trafficking must involve some form of travel or transportation • Myth: • Victims are only foreign nationals or immigrants • Myth: • Victims will come forward on their own accord

9. Who Are the Victims? • 600,000 – 800,000 trafficked internationally • U.S. victims – 14,500 – 17,500 annually • Latin America • Southeast Asia • Africa • Former Soviet Union

10. Who Are the Victims?

11. Forms of Human Trafficking

12. Behind Closed Doors: Sex Trafficking • Commercial sexual exploitation of adults by force, fraud, coercion • Any commercial sex of children (persons under the age of 18)

13. Behind Closed Doors: Sex Trafficking • Commonly observed forms of sex trafficking • Street prostitution • Exotic dancing bars • Latino Cantina bars • Asian massage parlors • Residential brothels • Escort services

14. Behind Closed Doors: Labor Trafficking • Exploitation of adults or children for labor using force, fraud, coercion • Commonly observed forms of labor trafficking • Domestic servitude • Restaurants • Industrial cleaning • Construction • Migrant farm work • Peddling/begging rings

15. Portrait of a Victim: The Clues • Living at workplace or with employer • Housed with multiple people, cramped living space • Working long hours; little to no pay • No identification, travel documents • Children not in school • Physical signs of abuse and/or psychological effects

16. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Role in Human Trafficking

17. HHS Response to Trafficking • HHS role in TVPA • Identify, assist trafficking victims • Coordinate services with other Federal agencies • Philosophy is victim-centered • Network of grants, contracts and volunteers • Helps identify, provide support to victims

18. Per Capita Contract • HHS victim support network through U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops • National network • Provides case management • Assists with benefit eligibility paperwork • Advocates on behalf of victims • Reimbursed per each victim found

19. Intermediary Contracts • Maintains, manages Rescue & Restore coalitions on regional level • Makes sub-awards to local groups raising awareness, assisting in victim identification • Lead intermediary organizations • Practical Strategies, Milwaukee, WI • Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition, LA County, Orange County, San Diego • Civil Society, Minnesota • Immigrants Rights Advocacy Center, Florida

20. Street Outreach Grants • Outreach to those likely to encounter victims • Health practitioners, including HHS • Social service providers and child welfare advocates • Faith-based communities • Ethnic communities • Law enforcement • Organizations in contact with vulnerable populations • Victim identification pipeline • HHS, Polaris Project provide technical assistance, training

21. Public Awareness • Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking • Informational web site and multiple resource materials • Coalitions • National partnerships • Media • Trainings

22. Rescue & Restore Resource Materials • Educational materials in multiple languages • Posters • Brochures • Fact sheets • Assessment cards • Web site - www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking • Training video • Public service announcements

23. Rescue & RestoreResource Materials

24. Connecting Victims to Help • The National Human Trafficking Resource Center – 1-888-3737-888 • 24/7 access • Helps determine if you have encountered a trafficking victim • Connects victims to local service providers • Conducts referrals for inquiries about human trafficking information

25. What You Can Do

26. What You Can Do • “Look Beneath the Surface” • Connect victims to help • Join Rescue & Restore • Access Resource Materials • Apply for USCCB Per Capita Contract

27. Additional Information • HHS Web site - www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking • The National Human Trafficking Resource Center – 1-888-3737-888 • 2006 “Trafficking In Persons Report,” U.S. State Dept. - http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/

28. Questions and Answers

29. Thank You U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services