Office on Trafficking in Persons

Listen In: Crystal Bennett, Deputy Director of DEIA and Special Initiatives at OTIP's National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center, Returns to join Dr. Sandie Morgan for part two of their conversation about how the Toolkit for Building Survivor Informed Organizations integrates effective strategies and builds assessment measures. https://buff.ly/3Vsxx92 #EndTrafficking

On this #WorldDayAgainstChildLabor, we reflect on the 3.3 million children who experience forced labor every year around the world. We must work together to address the root causes that create risks and to strengthen protection factors at individual, family, community, and societal levels. Learn more about Administration for Children and Families (ACF) efforts to prevent child labor trafficking. https://acf.mobi/4bWWC19

Listen In: Crystal Bennett, Deputy Director of DEIA and Special Initiatives at OTIP's National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center, joins Dr. Sandie Morgan to discuss the importance of building survivor informed organizations and how the Toolkit for Building Survivor Informed Organizations serves organizations who seek to do so. https://buff.ly/3X9Jp0N #EndTrafficking

Join us at 12:30pm ET TODAY to explore how we can reimagine workplaces that are engines of well-being.

Are you a rising #2L or #3L in #LawSchool? Consider applying to join the OTIP team as a Law & Policy Intern this fall. The Law & Policy Intern will provide substantive legal and policy research, writing, and analysis to support a critical initiative of the Research & Policy Division. Potential focus areas include addressing the intersection of human trafficking and cybersecurity, strengthening protections for unaccompanied child survivors of trafficking, and addressing forced labor in the public health supply chain. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4aClOJk #internship

Last week, OTIP met with government officials from Turkmenistan to discuss strategies to address human trafficking, including the formulation, administration, and enforcement of U.S. policy; the roles that government and local organizations play; initiatives to identify and assist survivors; and mechanisms for coordinating the federal response to trafficking. https://buff.ly/4bKuBK3 #EndTrafficking

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we encourage you to check in with yourself and your colleagues to assess where you are on your mental health and well-being journey. What’s working, what isn’t, and what can be done to support each other at the individual and organizational level? Check out our monthly newsletter, OTIP Connect, for resources from divisions across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. #MHAM2024 https://buff.ly/4dNFrAT

Work affects both our physical and mental well-being—in good ways and bad. These impacts can be felt even more intensely by workers in helping professions—particularly those who are regularly exposed to the effects of secondary trauma. In this webinar, the OTIP and the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General will explore how we can together reimagine workplaces that are engines of well-being. We’ll discuss practical strategies to implement the five essentials of workplace mental health and well-being outlined in the Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being. We will also hear from organizations working to address human trafficking and other forms of violence that have implemented well-being programs for their staff. Learn More & Register: https://buff.ly/3yzJz7m #MHAM2024

OTIP is #hiring a Trafficking Program Specialist to help advance efforts to prevent and respond to human trafficking. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3ygjNVH. #EndTrafficking

We are thrilled to announce the first cohort of ATLIS Participants! Selected after a national call for innovative ideas, these 12 survivor-led initiatives will receive up to $20,000 in federal funding, coaching and other support to strengthen community-based responses to human trafficking. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3UHwuk4