Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)

January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Discover how you can take action to strengthen your community by using our toolkit, designed to educate and equip individuals and organizations with the resources they need to raise awareness and foster meaningful connections to prevent trafficking.

The Joint Forced Labor Working Group, co-chaired by the Office on Trafficking in Persons and Northwell Health, has released guidelines for the healthcare and public health sectors. These considerations aim to help the industry mitigate the risks of forced labor within their supply chains.

Building on decades of work to prevent violence, the National Human Trafficking Prevention Framework is a resource for organizations, communities and governments seeking to strengthen efforts to prevent human trafficking.

Foreign national children in the United States may be eligible to apply for benefits and services to the same extent as a refugee if they have experienced human trafficking at any point in their life and in any country.