Assistant Secretary Highlights ACF's Progress to Combat Human Trafficking

August 6, 2020

In a recent post on the Administration for Children and Families' Family Room blog, the Assistant Secretary highlighted ACF's progress in advancing the anti-trafficking priorities outlined by the President in Executive Order 13903  on human trafficking and online child exploitation. The blog post summarizes ACF's activities to:

  • Improve methodologies of estimating the prevalence of human trafficking and establish the estimates of the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States.
  • Enhance capabilities to locate children who are missing, including those who have run away from foster care and those previously in Federal custody, and are vulnerable to human trafficking and child exploitation.
  • Establish an internal working group to develop and incorporate practical strategies for State, local, and tribal governments, child welfare agencies, and faith-based and other community organizations to expand housing options for victims of human trafficking.
  • Partner with state, local, and tribal law enforcement entities to fund human trafficking and child exploitation, prevention programs for our Nation’s youth in schools.

Learn more about ACF's anti-trafficking efforts.