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Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

Publication Year 2023
Video

Learn how jurisdictions across the country respond to human trafficking cases and explore the latest developments in effective intervention.

Publication Year 2024
PDF

Explore how data reported in AFCARS about youth who run away from state custody can be used to inform interventions.

Publication Year 2015
PDF

Use this guide for tips, and strategies concerning the critical role leadership plays in creating and sustaining positive organizational culture.

Publication Year 2019
PDF

Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s case review system is functioning.

Publication Year 2023
PDF

Access this project management resource to plan for the CFSR Statewide Assessment. 

Publication Year 2024
PDF

Complete this template to create, print, and share a communication plan for your change effort. 

Publication Year 2024
Webinar

Available on CapLEARN; registration required.
Provides a broad overview of the Child Welfare Response to Child and Youth Sex Trafficking learning curriculum and explores how the curriculum could be integrated into agency training programs.

Publication Year 2015
PDF

See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

Publication Year 2015
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Identify data sources to explore your state’s system of foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore information and get guidance about sex trafficking and identification of sex trafficking victims.

Publication Year 2016
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Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s quality assurance system is functioning.

Publication Year 2023
PDF

Browse a list of organizations that offer training activities with defined learning objectives, including self-paced e-learnings, webinars, or videos.

Publication Year 2021
Webinar

Learn about resources to support child welfare agencies as they implement requirements of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113–183) that prevent sex trafficking and improve child welfare responses to trafficking victims. 

Publication Year 2016
PDF

Identify data sources to explore service array and resource development.

Publication Year 2023