Florida schools now required to train staff on human trafficking awareness
Thousands of Florida children become victims of human trafficking every year, and now the people who see them most often will be better equipped to help. A new Florida law…
Bill would require training in human trafficking for Florida’s public educators
Florida is a national leader in educating students about human trafficking. The state’s K-12 students receive instruction on how to prevent child sexual abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. But lawmakers…
Florida’s Expungement Laws: Helping Survivors of Human Trafficking
This program will explain the law on human trafficking expungement, describe the process for clearing a survivor’s criminal history, detail the effects of expungement on a survivor’s life, and dispel…
Human Trafficking Data Collection in Florida and the New BRIGHT Project
The Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center (STAC) Third Friday Training Webinar Series is dedicated to educating everyone about the critical issue of human trafficking. This interactive series aims to provide…
Improving Human Trafficking Education in Florida’s Schools
By Lauren Evans Over the past several weeks, I had the incredible opportunity to help prepare the “Human Trafficking and Florida’s Schools” webinar. As a 2L at the FSU College…
Human Trafficking and Florida’s Schools
Schools are one of the most important places to highlight the issue of human trafficking – and everyone at our schools has a role in preventing as well as recognizing…
Florida attorney general warns of criminals using AI to target teens
A statewide survey found 271 instances where traffickers used social media to target victims since 2019.
Florida’s Human Trafficking Summit
Florida’s Human Trafficking Summit brings together local, state, and national leaders working to eradicate all forms of trafficking. Learning opportunities created at the Human Trafficking Summit will allow Florida to…
Florida’s Expungement Laws: Helping Survivors of Human Trafficking
Download the presentation slides When a youth or an adult victim/survivor of human trafficking is arrested – whether or not they are prosecuted – they can suffer lifelong personal and…
A Florida law enforcement agency is tapped for special project to combat human trafficking
The Leon County Sheriff’s Office has been tapped as one of six law enforcement agencies in the country to help research and combat human trafficking. LCSO will be the only…