Human trafficking involves complex problems that are best understood in an interdisciplinary context. This workshop will discuss successful collaborative partnerships and provide examples of collaborative partnerships grounded in practitioner-focused research. The compilation of data that can be accessed by multiple agencies through databases and investigations can prove a practitioner’s anecdotal belief without solely relying on their training and experience. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, practitioners and researchers can discuss and join forces on the best approaches to answer questions neither can answer…

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In the disability community, where there is a history of erasure, exploitation, and misunderstanding, language choices we make when talking about people with disabilities (also referred to as disabled people) are ever-changing and important. How people understand themselves adapts and shifts as our communities, movements, and cultures change, as does our language about identity. Recognizing and honoring people's choices about their identity is critical to supporting survivors with disabilities. Service providers need to understand, respect, and uplift community members' decisions…

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The National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center will host a 90-minute webinar on emerging trends and case studies addressing economic mobility. The webinar will highlight survivor-informed models that organizations may implement on financial literacy and sustainable employment opportunities for people who have experienced trafficking. Learning Objectives • Understand institutional barriers to economic mobility and financial sustainability for individuals who have experienced human trafficking. • Share successful approaches to integrating financial literacy and financial capacity-building services into trafficking programming.…

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Surviving loved ones of murder victims present unique challenges and opportunities for the advocates and other professionals who work with them. This webinar is designed to help participants better meet those challenges and opportunities by enhancing their understanding and skills for working with this unique set of crime survivors. This webinar is most appropriate for those with intermediate or advanced experience and training in working with crime victims but is helpful also to beginning advocates. This two-part workshop will overview…

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During this interactive one-hour event, you will gain insight into provider feedback collected in our 2021-22 Labor Trafficking Needs Assessment survey. Consider the needs in your area and interact directly with your fellow providers and the Framework team as you weigh in on the training topics and resources coming your way in the year ahead. Is this event for me? This event is targeted to direct service providers of all experience levels, training and technical assistance partners, and any other…

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Over the past 25 years, there have been significant strides in what we know about the developing brain from birth through adolescence. This presentation will provide an overview of that research, along with promising practices and protocols that build resilience. The webinar will explore topics including risk, resiliency, and protective factors, along with an examination of the underlying impact that adverse childhood experiences can have on cognitive and emotional development and decision-making.

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This virtual Conversation with the Field will be a discussion focused on how families and advocates, with adequate and culturally appropriate response from law enforcement, can promptly respond in the event a loved one goes missing, and/or is found murdered. Understanding systemic disparities, attendees will discuss what families and advocates can do to engage law enforcement once someone has gone missing or found murdered. Discussion topics will include the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Toolkit, Lethality Assessments, and how…

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This one-hour panel discussion hosted by NCVC and The FINRA Foundation brings together experts from FINRA, The SafetyNet Project at NNEDV, and The CyberCrime Support Network for an open conversation on how technology and financial fraud intersect, helping attendees identify what these scams look like, options for reporting, and providing tangible resources that can be shared with victims experiencing financial fraud.  

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