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Ex-NFL QB Brett Favre considered prison labor to build volleyball facility
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Ex-NFL QB Brett Favre considered prison labor to build volleyball facility

Former Southern Miss and Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre. (Image source: Twitter – @BrettFavre) Court documents released show that former NFL star Brett Favre allegedly sank to new lows in the Mississippi welfare scandal when he suggested that a free workforce be used to build a volleyball facility at his daughter’s school. Favre, who…

Kids in DFCS care running away, falling victim to sex trafficking
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Kids in DFCS care running away, falling victim to sex trafficking

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Foster children living in metro Atlanta department of family and children services (DFCS) offices for months at a time were doing drugs, stealing, fighting and running away, according to an Atlanta News First investigation. Back in August, the investigation reported on the practice of office hoteling, in which children…

IHL Approves USM Center for Human Trafficking Research and Training
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IHL Approves USM Center for Human Trafficking Research and Training

Thu, 09/22/2022 – 12:14pm | By: Karelia Pitts Earlier this summer, the Board of Trustees of Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) approved a proposal from The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) School of Social Work to form a Center for Human Trafficking Research and Training (CHRT) – the first center of its kind in…

New training, laws take aim at human trafficking in Iowa | The Gazette
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New training, laws take aim at human trafficking in Iowa | The Gazette

A young woman pours red sand in the cracks of a Cedar Rapids sidewalk at a July 30, 2021, Chains Interrupted Red Sand Project event. The sand symbolizes the need to watch for human trafficking and for victims who have fallen through the cracks. New Iowa laws and training programs are raising awareness of the…

Homeland Security officials take on labor trafficking at Klamath County Symposium
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Homeland Security officials take on labor trafficking at Klamath County Symposium

  Since 2015, Klamath County Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) coalition has orchestrated and presented the annual Klamath County Symposium, which tackles tough societal problems, such as child abuse, sexual abuse and, this year, human trafficking. The symposium is intended to inform the community and those working in relative fields on the prevalence of these forms…

A Philadelphia DHS office houses stranded kids, but staff warn it's unsafe
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A Philadelphia DHS office houses stranded kids, but staff warn it's unsafe

By the time a foster home was found for the 8-year-old boy, he refused to go. He’d been sleeping in a conference room at the Philadelphia Department of Human Services for two months, either on a folding cot or an air mattress on the floor. That bare-bones space is not meant for overnight stays. Yet,…

Despite saving hundreds of sex trafficking victims yearly, Hawaii has few prosecutions
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Despite saving hundreds of sex trafficking victims yearly, Hawaii has few prosecutions

HONOLULU (KITV4) — Hawaii may be paradise to some, but it still has a problem when it comes to sex trafficking. Experts have a hard time pinpointing the exact number of sex trafficking victims in Hawaii, but they do know it is much higher than the number of arrests and convictions for sex traffickers. “Unlike…

New Tennessee laws pertaining to child safety, wellbeing and human trafficking – The Rogersville Review
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New Tennessee laws pertaining to child safety, wellbeing and human trafficking – The Rogersville Review

This is part six of a series highlighting all the new laws approved by the Tennessee General Assembly in 2022. These new laws pertain to Child Safety, Wellbeing, and Human Trafficking. Enhancing support for foster youth — Under a new law the state will reimburse eligible relatives of foster youth to support the cost of…

State Agencies and Organizations That Combat Child Sex Trafficking and Exploitation
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State Agencies and Organizations That Combat Child Sex Trafficking and Exploitation

Seeking information on human trafficking training? PBJ Learning recommends Human Trafficking Essentials, where you can earn your Certificate of Mastery in less than an hour. The below information is reprinted from the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Child Welfare Information Gateway is a service of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and…