Human Trafficking Awareness Month: How you can make an impact – The News Guard
January is National Human Trafficking Awareness month.
ODHS is one of the few state-based child welfare divisions that has an anti-CSEC statewide coordinator working directly to train foster families and on-the-ground staff in identifying and finding trauma-aware support for victims and survivors.
This coordinator is in consultation with other partner organizations, as ODHS continues to build cross-system collaboration of efforts.
Important facts about trafficking:
Sex trafficking of minors includes the exchange of sex acts for anything of value. This can be shelter, money, drugs, food or status.
Children and young adults have an online presence now more than ever. Teach your children what to do if they see, or are asked for, an explicit image.
Gather as much information as you can about the circumstance and report it to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) by calling the 24-hour hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678), or reporting online at: https://report.cybertip.org/. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.
Indicators of CSEC could include a variety of warning signs. For a full list, visit https://www.missingkids.org/theissues/trafficking.
For more information about how to talk to your children about internet safety can be found online at https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2021/dont-wait-talk-to-your-kids-about-online-safety.
If you come across explicit images of a child online, but don't know who the child is, report to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline. If you do know who the child is, or have some idea, please report to the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline as well.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently warned that financial sextortion schemes are on the rise and often target male identifying children, learn more about these schemes at fbi.gov/sextortion.
About the ODHS Child Welfare Division
The Oregon Department of Human Services, Child Welfare Division is committed to transforming itself to better support the individual needs of families and to best serve Oregon's children and young people.
Read the Child Welfare Division Vision for Transformation to learn more.
This “Eyes on Trafficking” story is reprinted from its original online location.
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EYES ON TRAFFICKING
This “Eyes on Trafficking” story is reprinted from its original online location.
ABOUT PBJ LEARNING
PBJ Learning is a leading provider of online human trafficking training, focusing on awareness and prevention education. Their interactive Human Trafficking Essentials online course is used worldwide to educate professionals and individuals how to recognize human trafficking and how to respond to potential victims. Learn on any web browser (even your mobile phone) at any time.
More stories like this can be found in your PBJ Learning Knowledge Vault.