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Disaster Management - Preventing and Responding to Human Trafficking equips disaster and emergency management professionals with the information and resources they need to prevent, identify, and respond to trafficking during disasters and emergencies.
Forced Labor Risk in Supply Chains: Considerations for the Public Healthcare and Public Health Sector (PDF) provides considerations endorsed by leading HPH agencies in both the private and public sectors to help administrators and supply chain and human resources personnel across the industry—including those in government—take steps toward complying with Federal forced labor laws. Specifically, this publication aims to help the industry mitigate the risk that forced labor presents to their supply chains, in both purchased goods and services, by embedding due diligence on forced labor into its management systems, assessing risk, and mapping high-risk manufacturing supply chains.
This program instruction includes guidance and resources for OTIP award recipients to enhance trauma-informed staff and volunteer engagement, focusing on— involving experts with lived experience, supporting staff retention and development, providing staff and volunteers with training and resources, strengthening trauma-informed leadership and management, mitigating vicarious trauma, and equitable compensation for staff and consultants.
This resource provides answers to common recipient questions related to reporting, financial management, grants management, program requirements, post award monitoring, technical assistance, grant management systems, and more.
Employees come to work with various experiences that may influence their performance. Creating a work culture where staff feel safe and supported is critical for them to thrive — especially because nearly 83% of individuals in the United States have experienced some form of trauma in their lifetime. Employee’s response to trauma may manifest in the workplace in various ways. When left unaddressed, it can lead to poor performance, absenteeism and burnout.
This resource provides tips, strategies, and resources to support staff at all organizational levels in creating and sustaining a trauma-informed workplace.
Psychological safety is integral to the success of any leadership development program. When psychological safety is present, people feel comfortable being their whole, authentic selves, and they respect each other. This fact sheet provides information and resources to help organizations create environments where people are able to share ideas and feedback without fear of judgement or retaliation, thereby fostering learning, growth, and innovation.
Economic empowerment is a critical need for many individuals who have experienced human trafficking, from their moment of exit through their long-term recovery. In this webinar, we share guiding principles for the development and implementation of economic empowerment programs as well as key findings and recommendations for programming related to the five tiers of economic empowerment.
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month (HTPM), a presidentially designated observance designed to educate the public about human trafficking and the role it can play in preventing and responding to human trafficking. This webinar provides an overview of the HTPM Toolkit and share foundational principals for public awareness and outreach