DHHS Human Trafficking Issue Briefs

The Department of Health and Human Services created and released a series of issue briefs focused on various topics under Human Trafficking for service providers. Here you will find five of those briefs covering a range of topics from case management, assessing needs, residential facilities, identifying victims/survivors, and mental health treatment. The five briefs are as follows:

• Addressing the Needs of Victims of Human Trafficking: Challenges, Barriers, and Promising Practices
• Case Management and the Victim of Human Trafficking: A Critical Service for Client Success
• Finding a Path to Recovery: Residential Facilities for Minor Victims of Domestic Sex Trafficking
• Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking: Inherent Challenges and Promising Strategies from the Field
• Treating the Hidden Wounds: Trauma Treatment and Mental Health Recovery for Victims of Human Trafficking

These briefs are 7 to 10 pages in length giving not only an overview, but covering the various areas within in topic more deeply.