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Crime victim services

Children and Youth in Tribal Communities

Resources for Use With Children and Youth in Tribal Communities

Children and youth in Tribal communities who are victims and witnesses encounter unique challenges while navigating the justice system. Jurisdictional conflicts and variation in Tribal justice system structure and processes can be confusing and overwhelming for child victims and witnesses and their families.

Many child victims and witnesses have endured multiple forms of violence and victimization over...

Post-Conviction Survivor Resources

This website provides information and resources to improve post-conviction services to crime victims and survivors. Created by Healing Justice, in partnership with the National Center for Victims of Crime and Video Action, Inc., the site includes resources for victim service providers, allied professionals, crime survivors and their family members, the media, and the public.

Project TRUST E-Learning Curriculum Launched

Learn about a new curriculum to help anti-trafficking professionals understand trauma and human trafficking and how to support individuals impacted by trafficking-related trauma.

Standards of Care for Human Trafficking Survivors

March 2022

Office for Victims of Crime Director Kristina Rose and the Office on Trafficking in Persons Director Katherine Chon discuss programs managed by both offices that support survivors of human trafficking. They also discuss how the anti-trafficking field has evolved over decades and highlight a new joint effort to develop standards of care for service providers supporting human trafficking survivors.