AGENCY TESTIMONY
Training and awareness programs on human trafficking
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ACS has implemented extensive training programs to ensure staff and partners can effectively identify and serve trafficked youth. These efforts have reached thousands of individuals across various roles and agencies.
- Reports that over 47,000 people have been trained since 2015
- Describes the inclusion of trafficking training in CPS onboarding process
- Mentions that every foster care and preventive provider has at least one trained person
- Highlights recent training efforts, including 87 trainings with 12,645 attendees in 2024
Ina Mendez
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The Office of Child Trafficking Prevention and Policy has trained over 47,000 people since its launch in 2015.
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We work to ensure that staff in all divisions and provider agencies know how to screen, identify, and serve youth who are trafficked.
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Every new CPS receives training as part of the onboarding process.
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At least one person from every foster care and preventive provider has been trained, and every ACS child serving division has a trained liaison.
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In 2024, we offered 87 trainings that included 12,645 attendees.
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Some people could be duplicates.
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In addition to 750 people who took our eLearn session on how to use this tracking school tool.
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I'm including in my testimony information about training sessions currently underway.