The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) operates the U.S. Department of Education's technical assistance and information center for the federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program. NCHE is based at The SERVE Center at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). NCHE hosts this Homeless Education Mailing List to share information and resources with educators, service providers, and other interested stakeholders about meeting the educational needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness. The ideas on this listserv do not necessarily reflect the views of NCHE, The SERVE Center, UNCG, or the U.S. Department of Education. ALL LOBBYING ACTIVITIES ARE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. |
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Groundbreaking New Research on Human Trafficking among Homeless Youth
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Dear colleagues:
Yesterday, Covenant House in partnership with researchers from The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania, and Loyola University (New Orleans) Modern Slavery Research Project announced findings on involvement in human trafficking from the largest-ever combined sample of homeless youth in the United States and Canada. The study drew on interviews with 911 homeless youth across 13 cities, including 12 cities where homeless young people accessed services through Covenant House between February 2014 and March 2017. Results reveal that nearly one-fifth of these youth were victims of human trafficking, including those trafficked for sex, labor, or both.
For more information on research findings, visit
http://covenanthousestudy.org/
http://covenanthousestudy.org/.
NCHE encourages educators to learn more about the issue of trafficking and what schools can do to protect students. Visit NCHE's trafficking webpage at
http://nche.ed.gov/ibt/trafficking.php
http://nche.ed.gov/ibt/trafficking.php or download the NCHE issue brief entitled
Sex Trafficking of Minors: What Schools Need to Know to Recognize and Respond to the Trafficking of Students at
http://nche.ed.gov/downloads/briefs/trafficking.pdf
http://nche.ed.gov/downloads/briefs/trafficking.pdf.
Best,
Christina Dukes, Federal Liaison
National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE)
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Operating the U.S. Department of Education's technical assistance center for the federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program |
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