Trafficking: Faithful Response and Support
Online Course
Join this online course to learn how to recognize human trafficking and support those reentering our community after human exploitation. This 90 minute course will introduce participants to the basics of trafficking, how to respond when trafficking is suspected, and how their community can help those on their journey from surviving to thriving.
Choose any of the following dates to participate in this course:
Register for Individual Sessions
Thursday, May 1, 2025 7-8:30 pm ET / 6-7:30 pm CT
Registration
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 7:30-9 pm ET / 6:30- 8 pm CT
Registration
More sessions will be offered in the fall of 2025.
Choose any of the following dates to participate in this course:
Register for Individual Sessions
Thursday, May 1, 2025 7-8:30 pm ET / 6-7:30 pm CT
Registration
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 7:30-9 pm ET / 6:30- 8 pm CT
Registration
More sessions will be offered in the fall of 2025.
Report Human Trafficking
If you are a victim of human trafficking or have identified someone you think may need help, please contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 888-373-3788, or text 233733.
This national, toll-free hotline, is available to answer calls, texts, and chats from anywhere in the country, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, every day of the year.
All calls are confidential.
If you are a victim of human trafficking or have identified someone you think may need help, please contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 888-373-3788, or text 233733.
This national, toll-free hotline, is available to answer calls, texts, and chats from anywhere in the country, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, every day of the year.
All calls are confidential.
Episcopal Church Resources
During the Big Provincial Gathering in April 2022, the Synod Deputies adopted a resolution calling for action by the people of Province V. Read it all here.
Office of Government Relations has a resource section on human trafficking.
Office of Government Relations has a resource section on human trafficking.
Resources
FBI agent tells the story of human trafficking - Rolling Stone, Jan 4, 2024
POLARIS report - Human Trafficking During the COVID and Post-COVID Era
Recognize the signs of trafficking:
Indicators - scroll down on this page.
Helping Victims - From WI, but has a lot of indicators listed.
When foster care kids are sex trafficked, some states fail to figure it out, Ohio Capital Journal, 11/24/23
Programs to transition out of trafficking
CATCH Court, Ohio
Trafficking and Hotels
This is an excellent webinar that talks about trafficking and how to hold hotels accountable.
Child Labor Trafficking
Ending Human Trafficking Podcast on Youth Labor Trafficking
OH: Senate Bill 30 - Allow Person under 16 to work after 7 pm, Jan 2024
FL next state to loosen laws, 9/19/23
Tight Labor Market - Child Labor - 3/10/23
US investigation uncovers two 10-year-olds working at Kentucky McDonald’s, 5/3/23
Three McDonald's in KY fined, 5/2/23
“Dumb and dangerous”: U.S. sees surge in efforts to weaken child-labor regulations, May 2023
Ten states have rolled back child labor laws recently, with a federal bill to allow teens to work in one of the most dangerous industries.
Read in The Guardian
Labor Trafficking in the news
How U.S. policy drives child migrants into dangerous jobs, 3/31/23
U.S. migrant nurses, other health care workers face multiple problems: NBC News, 6/5/23
Enslaved workers are making your breakfast: Wisconsin confronts labor trafficking, 2/28/23
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S., NYT, 2/25/23
this article as a .pdf
U.S. takes action to prevent migrant child labor amid rise in violations, 2/27/23
Marriott CEO: Human trafficking is a huge problem for hotels — here's what we're doing about it, 2/20/23
Hyundai Subsidiary uses child labor, 7/22/22
Investigation into possible human trafficking in slaughterhouses, 1/19/23
G.H.O.S.T. Certification - a program developed in Michigan
Training videos and resources.
July 30, 2022 - World Day against Trafficking in Persons and the resource page
January 2023 - National Human Trafficking Awareness Month (Jan 11 - if you prefer to name a specific day)
Blue Campaign - so many resources!
Request materials from the Blue Campaign
How to talk to youth about human trafficking - a guide for youth caretakers and individuals working with youth
Documentary:
Men who Buy Sex: Everybody Pays
- Facebook page
- Article from Macomb Daily (MI)
Websites:
Ending Human Trafficking website
Stations of the Cross - video
End Human Trafficking: In Our Backyard
Collaborative to End Human Trafficking
Reclaim 13
Truckers Against Trafficking
Documents:
Human Trafficking and Technology: Youth and Families - a resource from a workshop
5 Tips for keeping kids safe online
Contact your elected officials! A handout from the May 2022 meeting
Labor Trafficking Fact Sheet
Take Action / Legislative Actions
Legislative Notes, May 2022
Sex trafficking is involving young children more and more. Usually as a result of domestic violence and those families in poverty and looking for a way to make money. See this document for more information.
Bills Introduced: Sept 5-8, 2023: Human Trafficking
S. 2744—Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (09/07/23)—A bill to provide grants to transit operators and airports for human trafficking awareness, education, and prevention efforts, and for other purposes. S.2744 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): A bill to provide grants to transit operators and airports for human trafficking awareness, education, and prevention efforts, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Hearings This Week:
Child Protection- On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will hold a hearing, “Children are Not for Sale: Examining the Threat of Exploitation of Children in the U.S. and Abroad.”
Human Trafficking- On Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will hold a hearing, “Children are not for Sale– Global Efforts to Address Child Trafficking.”
Prayers
Prayer for an End to Human Trafficking, World Vision
A Prayer for Victims of Human Trafficking, as shared by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J.
Flyers from UTO Grant, 2014 - developed by North Dakota
State Attorney General Offices
Check information from your AG's office for what is happening in your state
Illinois - no dedicated webpage found
Indiana - no dedicated webpage found
- 2020 state report from Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
Michigan - commission
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin (also the WI Department of Children and Families)
POLARIS report - Human Trafficking During the COVID and Post-COVID Era
Recognize the signs of trafficking:
Indicators - scroll down on this page.
Helping Victims - From WI, but has a lot of indicators listed.
When foster care kids are sex trafficked, some states fail to figure it out, Ohio Capital Journal, 11/24/23
Programs to transition out of trafficking
CATCH Court, Ohio
Trafficking and Hotels
This is an excellent webinar that talks about trafficking and how to hold hotels accountable.
Child Labor Trafficking
Ending Human Trafficking Podcast on Youth Labor Trafficking
OH: Senate Bill 30 - Allow Person under 16 to work after 7 pm, Jan 2024
FL next state to loosen laws, 9/19/23
Tight Labor Market - Child Labor - 3/10/23
US investigation uncovers two 10-year-olds working at Kentucky McDonald’s, 5/3/23
Three McDonald's in KY fined, 5/2/23
“Dumb and dangerous”: U.S. sees surge in efforts to weaken child-labor regulations, May 2023
Ten states have rolled back child labor laws recently, with a federal bill to allow teens to work in one of the most dangerous industries.
Read in The Guardian
Labor Trafficking in the news
How U.S. policy drives child migrants into dangerous jobs, 3/31/23
U.S. migrant nurses, other health care workers face multiple problems: NBC News, 6/5/23
Enslaved workers are making your breakfast: Wisconsin confronts labor trafficking, 2/28/23
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S., NYT, 2/25/23
this article as a .pdf
U.S. takes action to prevent migrant child labor amid rise in violations, 2/27/23
Marriott CEO: Human trafficking is a huge problem for hotels — here's what we're doing about it, 2/20/23
Hyundai Subsidiary uses child labor, 7/22/22
Investigation into possible human trafficking in slaughterhouses, 1/19/23
G.H.O.S.T. Certification - a program developed in Michigan
Training videos and resources.
July 30, 2022 - World Day against Trafficking in Persons and the resource page
January 2023 - National Human Trafficking Awareness Month (Jan 11 - if you prefer to name a specific day)
Blue Campaign - so many resources!
Request materials from the Blue Campaign
How to talk to youth about human trafficking - a guide for youth caretakers and individuals working with youth
Documentary:
Men who Buy Sex: Everybody Pays
- Facebook page
- Article from Macomb Daily (MI)
Websites:
Ending Human Trafficking website
Stations of the Cross - video
End Human Trafficking: In Our Backyard
Collaborative to End Human Trafficking
Reclaim 13
Truckers Against Trafficking
Documents:
Human Trafficking and Technology: Youth and Families - a resource from a workshop
5 Tips for keeping kids safe online
Contact your elected officials! A handout from the May 2022 meeting
Labor Trafficking Fact Sheet
Take Action / Legislative Actions
Legislative Notes, May 2022
Sex trafficking is involving young children more and more. Usually as a result of domestic violence and those families in poverty and looking for a way to make money. See this document for more information.
Bills Introduced: Sept 5-8, 2023: Human Trafficking
S. 2744—Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)/Commerce, Science, and Transportation (09/07/23)—A bill to provide grants to transit operators and airports for human trafficking awareness, education, and prevention efforts, and for other purposes. S.2744 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): A bill to provide grants to transit operators and airports for human trafficking awareness, education, and prevention efforts, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Hearings This Week:
Child Protection- On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will hold a hearing, “Children are Not for Sale: Examining the Threat of Exploitation of Children in the U.S. and Abroad.”
Human Trafficking- On Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will hold a hearing, “Children are not for Sale– Global Efforts to Address Child Trafficking.”
Prayers
Prayer for an End to Human Trafficking, World Vision
A Prayer for Victims of Human Trafficking, as shared by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, N.J.
Flyers from UTO Grant, 2014 - developed by North Dakota
State Attorney General Offices
Check information from your AG's office for what is happening in your state
Illinois - no dedicated webpage found
Indiana - no dedicated webpage found
- 2020 state report from Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
Michigan - commission
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin (also the WI Department of Children and Families)
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