Resources for Professionals

Preventing Youth Trafficking
What to Do and Who to Contact When You Identify a Trafficked Child

Local, State, and Federal Offices & Initiatives

Identifying Trafficking & Working with Youth

NYC Services

Local, State and Federal Offices & Initiatives

New York City:

• ACS’ Office of Child Trafficking Prevention and Policy
  • Identifying Assessing and Safety Planning with Child Sex and Labor Trafficking Victims (ACS Policy and Procedure 2020/05) (PDF)
  • NYC Local Law 41 (Safe Harbour) Annual Report (PDF)
• Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender Based Violence (END GBV)

New York State:

• New York State Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS) Human Trafficking Website with policy guidance, laws, and public education materials, including OCFS’s 2015 Administrative Directive: 15-OCFS-ADM-16: Requirements to Identify, Document, Support and Provide Services to Child Sex Trafficking Victims (PDF). This New York State Administrative Directive Memorandum (ADM) provides guidance for child welfare staff, juvenile justice staff, and staff at provider agencies in keeping trafficked and exploited children and youth or at-risk children and youth safe and supported by safety planning, coordinating with law enforcement, and making referrals for appropriate services.

Federal:

• Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (2014) (Public Law No: 113-183)
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families’ Office on Trafficking in Persons’

Identifying Trafficking & Working with Youth

• Office of Child Trafficking Prevention and Policy Resources:
  • Awareness and Red Flags for Emergency Room Visits and Medical Professionals (PDF)
  • Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Awareness Initiative (PDF)
  • Language Associated with the Commercial Sex Industry (PDF)
  • "Movin' On": The NYC Child Tattoo Eradication Project
  • NYC Services for Trafficked and At-Risk Youth (PDF)
  • NYPD Law Enforcement Contact Information for Notification of a Sex Trafficked Youth (PDF)
  • OCTPP Safety Planning Tips (PDF)
  • OCTPP’s Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Groups for Youth (PDF)
  • OCTPP’s Trainings for Professionals and Communities (PDF)
  • Red Flags for Sex and Labor Trafficking and Who to Contact (PDF)
  • Tattoo Removal Palm Card (PDF)
  • Trafficking Red Flags for School Professionals and Staff (PDF)
  • "Understanding Child Trafficking and What YOU Can Do" Brochure (PDF)
  • Who to Notify of a Trafficking Victim (PDF)
• New York State OCFS; “What Child Welfare Staff Should Know” includes information about red flags, elements of trafficking and working with youth
• Download NYS palm cards (front) (back)
• Visit the website for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Visit the Polaris Project, which facilitates the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline

NYC Services

• Download OCTPP's’ list of NYC Services for Trafficked Youth
• Brooklyn Human Trafficking Task Force’s COVID-19 Effects on Human Trafficking Responses
• Bronx Human Trafficking Task Force’s Human Trafficking Resource Guide
  • Bronx Human Trafficking Task Force’s Human Trafficking Resource Guide (Spanish)
• Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender Based Violence (END GBV)’s NYC HOPE Resource Directory
• Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice NYC Human Trafficking Services Directory