AGENCY TESTIMONY
ACS's Office of Child Trafficking Prevention and Policy
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The Office of Child Trafficking Prevention and Policy, created in 2015, issued a trafficking policy in 2022. This policy outlines procedures for identifying, documenting, safety planning, and providing services to children who are sex trafficking victims or at risk.
- Explains the office's role in implementing ACS's trafficking policy
- Highlights the policy's focus on sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and organ trafficking
- Emphasizes the comprehensive approach to supporting trafficked or at-risk youth
Ina Mendez
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In short, it requires child welfare staff to screen all children and youth and outline steps for identification, documentation, safety planning, and the provision of appropriate services to children who are sex trafficking victims or at risk for becoming sex trafficking victims, as well as guidance and procedures for children who are identified as labor trafficked or organ trafficked.