Quick Facts
Trafficking victims
potential human trafficking victims connected to services and support through the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline. Read more about
20,652
calls were received by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline (NHTRC) in 2012. Read more about the services offered by the NHTRC.
youth under age 18 are homeless and on their own for more than a week every year, according to estimates from the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Learn more about the Federal Strategic Plan to end youth homelessness by 2020.
are the least likely of any age group to know that they are infected with HIV.
FYSB supports HIV/AIDS awareness in its Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention programs.
High school students experience physical abuse from a dating partner each year
Research also shows that the birth of a child, establishing a child support order, and enforcement activity can trigger violence. See National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month to help.
of teens who were in an abusive relationship ever told anyone about the abuse.
The Family and Youth Service Bureau teaches youth healthy relationship skills through its Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention grant programs.
- $2 million
Child Welfare Coordination grants
awarded to 14 tribes and tribal organizations by Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- 4
Community-Centered Ex-Prisoner Reentry Pilot Project grants
were awarded by the Responsible Fatherhood program
- 55
Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood grants
were awarded by the Responsible Fatherhood program