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To catch sex traffickers and protect kids, Colorado is using a new screening tool statewide

Jennifer Brown

March 20, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

In Colorado, a state law requiring the use of a screening tool is being used to combat sex trafficking at the individual level. The screening tool identifies and offers support and protection to victims of sex trafficking – many of whom are runaways from the foster care system – and has led to multiple prosecutions of sex traffickers.

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Youth Villages

Dave Miller

February 19, 2019 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tennessee

Over the course of three decades, a program called Youth Villages has drastically improved the foster-care system in Tennessee by reducing the number of children removed from their homes. The program is able to assess a child's home environment and determine the root of the neglect. The aim is to provide in-home resources such parenting classes, behavioral therapy, housing help, and addiction services. Giving families the tools they need to care for their children decreases the number of children facing the traumas of entering the foster care system and decreases the amount of money spent by the state.

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Picture clue: cops turn to amateur web sleuths to help crack cases

Senay Boztas

February 04, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Netherlands, The Hague

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, otherwise known as Europol, is using crowdsourcing to identify locations involved in both past and current child abuse cases. By posting unedited images online and asking for tips to help identify the clue, tens of thousands of emails have been sent in by individuals and groups which has lead to the identification of nine victims and potentially stopped repeat offenders.

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Unprotected

Finlay Young

October 11, 2018 |

ProPublica |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Liberia, Monrovia

Created to “help some of the world’s most vulnerable children get off the street and into school," More Than Me Foundation exposed its students to widespread sexual abuse by an influential staffer. The charity lacked board members and top leadership with experience running schools and resisted being held accountable for the abuse.

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Sauti toll free telephone line helping Ugandan children avert violence

Jacky Achan

September 25, 2018 |

New Vision |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Uganda has sub-Saharan Africa’s only government-run child helpline--a free way for children to report physical, emotional, and sexual violence perpetrated against them. Police are supposed to work with probation officers to investigate the situation and connect children with medical and legal help. However, resource shortages remain, and some health workers refer victims to private clinics to make more money.

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Beyond the Stigma: Team goes door to door to help child victims of extreme trauma

Shawne K. Wickham

September 03, 2018 |

New Hampshire Union Leader |

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Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

In New Hampshire, Manchester police have teamed with community organizations to proactively offer services to children who have experienced or witnessed trauma, before those very children grow up to repeat the cycle. The Advert Childhood Experiences Response Team (ACERT) "has contacted more than 1,000 children in about 700 families" since its inception in late 2015.

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The public education project that targets the 'taboo' subject of child sexual abuse in China

Laurie Chen

August 25, 2018 |

South China Morning Post |

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Response Location: China

Two young adults from Changshu, China are behind a growing movement to bring attention to and educate students and teachers on the silent subject of child sexual abuse in China. In addition to tackling the big picture, such as China's outdated abuse laws, activists are investing in local measures, hosting documentary screenings and teacher trainings.

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Working together to prevent child abuse

Anne Hillman

August 17, 2018 |

Alaska Public Media |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

In order to address child abuse and neglect community members got together to form: R.O.C.K Mat Su, a collaborative organization composed of several organizations that has “teamed up with government agencies, schools and judges to develop a comprehensive solution.” So far, they have been able to train 10 schools to become trauma informed schools, trained over 2,000 people in the community, and created an alternative judicial court for children that prioritizes family reunification.

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Childhood trauma is linked to suicide — so Montenegro is intervening early

Jack Graham

August 01, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Montenegro, Podgorica

In Montenegro, a comprehensive effort to curb physical abuse of children and childhood trauma - namely through a public information campaign and a hotline for parents - is in the beginning stages, but showing results. The programs, a collaboration between the government and international organizations, was creating to decrease the long term negative impacts of adverse childhood experiences.

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How to Stop Human Trafficking, Through the Eyes of a Trucker

Joseph Darius Jaafari

July 10, 2018 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States

Truckers are ideally placed to spot and report sex trafficking. “They’ve been trained to be vigilant and they’re on the city streets, pulling into areas and being put up in hotels where this happens,” says Kylla Lanier, deputy director for Truckers Against Trafficking.

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