Trafficking of Youth

The online training courses will help professionals assess, respond to, and treat youth with sexual behavior problems. These courses were created from evidence-based best practices and focus on youth between the ages of 9 and 14.  Each course is ongoing and offers free continuing education credits. The four courses are:   Clinical Assessment of ...

This report (PDF, 21 pages) describes characteristics of juvenile justice facilities related to youth-reported sexual victimization. The report presents sexual victimization rates reported by youth in juvenile facilities by topics such as facility organizational structure, staff, and atmosphere. It also provides facility-reported data on staff hiring in juvenile facilities, staff ...

DOJ announced grant awards totaling almost $105 million to protect children from exploitation, trauma, and abuse, and to fund improvements in the judicial system’s handling of child abuse and neglect cases. Funds will help develop, enhance, and strengthen investigative and trauma-informed services to assist youth, while supporting robust training and ...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking nominations for awardees for this year’s 40th annual National Missing Children's Day ceremony in Washington, DC. This ceremony honors the extraordinary efforts of individuals, organizations, and agencies that have made significant contributions to protecting children. Nominations are being accepted for the ...

This podcast episode is the first in a four-part series focusing on strategies and resources to strengthen Tribal communities’ capacity in response to the needs of runaway, missing, and trafficked Tribal Youth. Learn more. 

This document (PDF, 16 pages) highlights the work of the AMBER Alert in Indian Country program to distribute Technology Toolkits to Tribal law enforcement agencies across the country. The Briefs section provides updates on AMBER Alert and other endangered missing persons work underway across the U.S. and internationally. Learn more.  ...

This list contains products and their source countries which the Department of Labor has a reasonable basis to believe are produced by forced or indentured child labor. The list is intended to ensure that U.S. federal agencies do not procure goods made by forced or indentured child labor. Federal contractors ...

This report (PDF, 116 pages) outlines a list of goods and their source countries which the Department of Labor has reason to believe are produced by child labor or forced labor. The list comprises 158 goods from 77 countries, as of September 28, 2022.  The list is maintained to raise public ...

This report (PDF, 1332 pages) focuses on the efforts of certain U.S. trade beneficiary countries and territories to eliminate the worst forms of child labor through legislation, enforcement mechanisms, policies and social programs.    The report presents:  Findings on the prevalence and sectoral distribution of the worst forms of child labor in each ...