14 Aug Webinar: Collaborative Strategies and Tools to Meet the Needs of Survivors of Human Trafficking
From 2:00 PM until 3:30 PM
Futures Without Violence, Building Collaborative Responses Project / Questions? Please contact Mónica Arenas at marenas@futureswithoutviolence.org
This webinar will highlight collaborative work undertaken by multi-disciplinary teams across the U.S. to support domestic and sexual violence and human trafficking (DV/SA/HT) survivors. Presenters will share how their partnerships or task forces were initiated; strategies to enhance client services and case coordination; and tools and training opportunities to build or expand collaborative responses for HT survivors across communities and states. The webinar will share lessons learned from a community-based DV/SA/HT advocacy program, a law enforcement-led program, and a statewide task force operated by the Attorney General’s Office. It will also feature technical assistance and training resources offered by Futures Without Violence. Time will be included for audience question/answer and discussion.
After the webinar, participants will be better able to:
- Define the unique service needs HT victims that differ from domestic violence and sexual assault.
- Identify community and state-wide strategies to develop new collaborations or expand existing networks to support survivors of HT.
- Clarify multidisciplinary professional and organizational roles in coordinating services for trafficked survivors.
- Utilize resources to help build or expand multi-disciplinary teams and task forces to support survivors of HT.
Presenters:
- Mónica Arenas, Program Manager, Futures Without Violence
- Elynne Greene, MA, Manager, Victim Services & Human Trafficking, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and head of the Southern Nevada Human Trafficking Task Force
- Anna Marjavi, Program Director, Futures Without Violence
- Kathryn Moorehead, Director of VAWA and Human Trafficking Programs/ Coordinator of the SC Human Trafficking Task Force, South Carolina Office of the Attorney General
- Katie Spriggs, BSW, Executive Director, Eastern Panhandle Empowerment Center, Martinsburg, WV
Target Audience:
OVW grantees, sub grantees, and potential grantees, advocacy staff, multidisciplinary teams and programs interested in initiating task forces or new collaborations to support survivors of human trafficking, including: Executive Directors, Program Directors/Managers/Coordinators, and Client Advocates.
Questions? Please contact Mónica Arenas at marenas@futureswithoutviolence.org.
This webinar is part of a project entitled Building Collaborative Responses Project, supported by the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
This project is supported by Grant No. 2015-TA-AX-K029, awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.