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Commentary|June 15, 2022

Legislative Update Series: State Juvenile Justice and Access to Services


As Congress heads into Summer Recess and 27 of the 46 states in session in 2022 have adjourned for the calendar year, Shared Hope is doing a legislative update blog series on...

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Policy|June 15, 2022

Legislative Update Series: State Non-criminalization Laws


Shared Hope has been a leader on policy research in the field of child and youth sex trafficking for over 20 years, working to ensure federal, state, and local policies are rooted...

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Awareness|June 14, 2022

Fact Sheet: Protecting Trafficking Survivors from Unjust Criminalization


[vc_column_text css=”Updated 2/21/2025 It is commonly known that unjust criminalization can be retraumatizing and creates an uneasy relationship between the survivor and the legal justice system. However, many state and federal laws...

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Awareness|May 25, 2022

Too Old For the System, But Not for Exploitation: Foster Youth “Aging Out” of Foster Care Expands Vulnerabilities to Commercial Sexual Exploitation


By: Camryn Peterson, Advocacy Manager To truly end child and youth sex trafficking, we must not turn a blind eye to the systems that overlap with commercial sexual exploitation of children. As...

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News|March 11, 2022

A Call to Action: How Current Federal Legislation Could Impact Protections for Child Sex Trafficking Victims


Under the Advanced Legislative Framework, released by Shared Hope International in 2020, additional focus is given to several issues of national importance, including encouraging harm prevention for survivors in the juvenile justice...

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