Faculty Awareness Training - Connect For FREEDOM

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In-Person Faculty Awareness Training

Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign

The Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign is a national public awareness program within the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) designed to educate the public, law enforcement, and industry partners on how to recognize the indicators of human trafficking and how to appropriately respond.

The Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign offers a free, in-person Human Trafficking 101 Training. If you are interested in hosting a training for your school staff and faculty, please contact the Blue Campaign team at BlueCampaign@hsi.dhs.gov. In your request, please provide the proposed date, time, location, audience, etc. and they will be in touch to schedule it with you.

New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice

The New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), operating under the Office of the Attorney General, is the state’s leading law enforcement agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting major crimes, corruption, and systemic fraud.

If you are interested in in-person human trafficking trainings from the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Criminal Justice, please contact humantrafficking@njdcj.org.

New Jersey Human Trafficking Liaisons
County Prosecutor's Office

There are New Jersey human trafficking liaisons by county. They are listed at the below link.

If you are interested in in-person human trafficking trainings from your local county prosecutor’s office, please follow the below link and reach out accordingly to request a training.

NJ Human Trafficking Liaisons by county

Remote Faculty Awareness Training Options

NCMEC Connect

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children offers NCMEC Connect, a virtual platform with FREE training courses, materials, and resources to help missing and exploited children. Their self-paced modules range from eighteen minutes to two hours in length. These are a great option especially for teachers in K-5 schools who are implementing the NCMEC curriculum.

We recommend the following NCMEC courses: “Sextortion: What It Is and Why You Need To Know About It,” “Teaching Online Safety,” “Delivering Child Safety Presentations: Best Practices,” “Introduction to Child Sex Trafficking,” “Someone Disclosed to me- Now What,” and “Understanding CSAM and Its Impacts.”

For any technical support or inquiries regarding these trainings, please contact NCMEC Support at gethelp@ncmec.org.

NCMEC Connect

NCMEC Child Sex Trafficking Course

NCMEC Someone Disclosed to Me Course

NCMEC Sextortion Course

NCMEC Online Safety Course

NCMEC Delivering Child Safety Presentation Course

NCMEC Understanding CSAM Course

DHS Human Trafficking Training

Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign’s Youth Professional & Caretaker Human Trafficking Awareness Training is a FREE online training course for individuals working with youth to teach them about what human trafficking is, why youth are vulnerable, and the role they play in helping to prevent crime.

For any technical support or inquiries regarding this training, please contact the Blue Campaign at BlueCampaign@hsi.dhs.gov.

DHS Youth Professional & Caretaker Awareness Training

DHS Additional Training Materials

Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign has a vast amount of resources and materials that are available to the public and completely FREE. The materials for law enforcement include a victim identification pamphlet, a victim support pamphlet, and a first responder indicator card. Some of the below materials are available to be ordered through DHS by placing an order HERE. It takes 4-8 weeks to receive the materials.

For any technical support or inquiries regarding the below training materials, please contact the Blue Campaign at BlueCampaign@hsi.dhs.gov.

DHS HOW TO TALK TO YOUTH GUIDE

DHS HUMAN TRAFFICKING 101 FACT SHEET

DHS VICTIM IDENTIFICATION PAMPHLET

DHS VICTIM SUPPORT PAMPHLET

DHS KEY TAG CARD

DHS INDICATOR CARD

know2protect Tips2Identify Exploitation and Abuse for Educators

know2protect exit strategy checklist

know2protect tips2protect against ai and deepfakes

know2protect tips2protect against sextortion

know2protect understanding online addiction in kids and teens

SOAR Human Trafficking Training for School-Based Professionals

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SOAR is an online training course provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The modules are funded by the Administration for Children and Families Office on Trafficking in Persons through the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center.

There is a FREE course available we recommend for school faculty which is SOAR 101 Foundational Human Trafficking Training for School-Based Professionals. This course will take an hour to complete and will educate faculty on the different types of trafficking, indicators of trafficking in school settings, the importance of utilizing a trauma informed approach, developing a trafficking response protocol for your school, and assessing the needs of individuals at risk of trafficking or who have experienced it.

For any technical support or inquiries regarding the training, please contact the National TRAIN Help Desk at training@phf.org.

SOAR 101 Human Trafficking Training for School-Based Professionals

SOAR Online Instructions for TRAIN

Polaris Project Human Trafficking Training

Polaris Project is a nonprofit that works to combat and prevent sex and labor trafficking in North America. It has operated the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, connecting victims and survivors of human trafficking to support and services. They also work to ensure traffickers are held accountable. The work this organization does is invaluable to the fight against human trafficking.

Polaris Project has a FREE introductory course, Human Trafficking 101, that explains in depth what human trafficking is, how it happens, and how to be part of the solution. The training takes around an hour and a half to complete and a certificate is provided at the end. We highly recommend this training course.

For any technical support or inquiries regarding this training, please contact Polaris Project at webmaster@polarisproject.org.

Polaris Project Human Trafficking Training

The Exodus Road Human Trafficking Training

The Exodus Road is a nonprofit that strategically fights human trafficking. This organization partners with law enforcement to fight human trafficking crime, equips communities to protect the vulnerable, and empowers survivors. This organization has made a profound impact on the fight against human trafficking.

The Exodus Road has a program called TraffickWatch Academy, which offers a FREE course, Anti-Human Trafficking. This course teaches you facts and statistics, warning signs someone may be trafficked, and practical steps to combat human trafficking. The training is broken down into two 20 minute modules and a certificate is provided at the end.

For any technical support or inquiries regarding this training, please contact The Exodus Road here.

The Exodus Road Human Trafficking Training

Sanar Institute Training & Education

Sanar Institute is dedicated to healing the impact of trauma. Sanar’s training and education program uses a multi-faceted approach to cater to a spectrum of needs and goals. They will work with your organization to enhance your toolkit on building person-centered best practices and help your faculty become a trauma-informed work culture. Their initiatives are tailored to meet the individualized needs of your organization.

For any technical support or inquiries regarding this training, please contact Sanar Institute at info@sanar-institute.org.

Sanar Institute Training & Education

U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking Training

U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking (USIAHT) is a nonprofit committed to ending human trafficking in the United States. Their goal is to combat the consumer demand for purchased sex in the United States by creating nationwide Trafficking Free Zones, educating the public about the issue, providing help to victims and survivors, and empowering volunteer abolitionists to take a stand in their communities.

USIAHT has a Human Trafficking 101 Training Course that discusses the topic of human trafficking so that those taking the course have a better overall understanding of the issue. This is a FREE course that takes less than an hour to complete and will provide a certificate upon completion.

For any technical support or inquiries regarding this training, please reach out to their team using the contact form on their website.

U.S. Institute Against Human trafficking 101 training

NJDOE's Human Trafficking Resources & Materials

To access the NJDOE guidelines and other human trafficking resources and materials, please visit the NJDOE’s human trafficking webpage.

For questions specific to the NJSLS requirements, please contact the Office of Standards at CHPE@doe.nj.gov. For questions regarding the Guidelines for Schools on the Prevention of Human Trafficking of Students, please contact the Office of Student Support Services at SafeSupportiveSchools@doe.nj.gov or by phone at (609) 376-9109.

NJDOe's Human Trafficking Webpage

Office for Victims of Crime Human Trafficking Training

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Office for Victims of Crime provides training and technical assistance to stakeholders so they have the knowledge and capacity to identify human trafficking victims and can provide victims with support services in response to human trafficking. The connection to services is imperative to help human trafficking victims heal and is the goal of the Office for Victims of Crime.

There is a five part online training module called Understanding Human Trafficking and offers foundational learning on trauma-informed and victim-centered approaches to human trafficking. This training is completely FREE as well.

For any technical support or inquiries regarding this training, please contact the OVC TTAC at TTAC@ovcttac.org or 1-866-682-8822.

OVC Human Trafficking Training

Human Trafficking Awareness Campaigns

Out of the Shadows

Red Sand Project

Ask Angela

Human Trafficking Awareness Day Presentation

Explanation & video

Planning Guide

Handouts & Posters

Guest Q&A

Additional Resources