Minnesota State Highlight
The Minnesota Improving Outcomes team is taking a collaborative approach to address human trafficking in tribal communities. This strategy includes partnering with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office and funding regional navigator positions tasked with providing culturally
Minnesota Youth Trafficking and Exploitation Identification Tool and Guide
Created for professionals who work with youth to help identify minors who have experienced, or may be experiencing, human trafficking or exploitation. The tool includes best practices for creating an identification process and response plan; an indicator list
Labor Trafficking Protocol Guidelines
Offers comprehensive guidance for state and local governments, service
providers, community organizations, and others to address labor trafficking, protect and support victims, and hold traffickers accountable. The protocol guidelines are specifically to enhance identification and response to
providers, community organizations, and others to address labor trafficking, protect and support victims, and hold traffickers accountable. The protocol guidelines are specifically to enhance identification and response to
Safe Harbor Protocol Guidelines
Developed to meet the needs of communities desiring best practices to draw upon during the protocol development process, as well as professionals and agencies lacking community protocols and needing guidance on how to address child and youth sex
HT and Exploitation Informational Guides
These guides were created for four different audiences: the general public, caregivers, law enforcement, and the media. The general guide includes information on the definition of human trafficking, traffickers and buyers, victims, how one should talk about human
Process for Safe Harbor Engagement with Subject Matter Experts
Includes a step-by-step process of engaging any kind of subject matter expert (including survivor experts). Intended to be a checklist and a reference for ensuring that all critical expert engagement steps—such as budgeting compensation, discussing scope of the
Safe Harbor Values for Engaging Subject Matter Experts
Discusses 12 values related to working with survivor experts. These values, which were created to help guide Minnesota’s Improving Outcomes staff and partners in their engagement with survivor experts, underscore survivor empowerment and equity, transparency with the work,