Child Welfare Legislation Changes Factsheet

Bethany Gilot, a national consultant on anti-trafficking policy and practice and Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking  Expert Consultant, developed a fact sheet on child welfare legislative changes. This resource was created from Ms. Gilot’s presentation on “Child Welfare’s Response to Human Trafficking: The Impact of Federal Legislation” at the Improving Outcomes Annual Grantees meeting held in May 2023. This factsheet provides an overview of federal laws directing child welfare’s role in serving children and youth who have or are at risk of experiencing severe forms of trafficking in persons. This legislature may impact your state’s child welfare response processes to cases of human trafficking.