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The Campaign to Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking

Printable pdf version of Resources For Social Service Organizations

Resources For Social Service Organizations

This resource guide contains the following tools developed to provide background information and guidance for social service organizations to identify and communicate with victims of human trafficking:

  • Tips for Identifying and Helping Trafficking Victims
    Social service organizations may come in contact with victims of human trafficking without realizing it, therefore losing a chance to help these victims escape. This tool provides tips and guidelines for identifying and assisting trafficking victims.

  • Screening Questions to Assess Whether a Person Is a Trafficking Victim
    This tool contains the types of screening questions social service organizations should consider when trying to determine if someone is a victim.

  • Understanding the Mindset of a Human Trafficking Victim
    By understanding a trafficking victim’s mindset – molded by coercion, violence and fear at the hands of the trafficker – social service organizations can help gain a victim’s trust so they can provide optimal care and initiate important support services to help the victim rebuild her/his life.

  • Communicating with Victims of Human Trafficking
    This tool offers social service organizations suggested messages for communicating with victims of human trafficking. Because most victims are afraid and initially hesitant to cooperate, often fearing for their lives, these messages provide strategic word choice and usage geared to establish trust between the provider and the victim.

  • PowerPoint Presentation for Social Service Organizations
    This PowerPoint presentation can be used as an information tool or training resource for social service organizations to gain a better understanding of their role in helping to identify and assist victims of human trafficking.


Last Updated: October 25, 2006