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Commercial Sexual Exploitation

3/2/2020

Manhattan District Attorney Investing $2 Million to Prevent Youth Sex Trafficking

Megan Conn

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced that his office will award $2 million over three years to develop an intervention to address youth sex trafficking in New York City. “In case after case, we see traffickers target children and teens, particularly those in our child welfare system or those who have run away from home,” said Vance, in a press release.

3/21/2019

Documentary on Connection Between Foster Care, Homelessness and Human Trafficking

David Miller

A new foster care documentary, Breaking the Cycle, explores exactly how intertwined the foster care system is with homelessness and human trafficking. Filmmaker Arzo Yusuf captured multiple perspectives from people with close connections to the pipeline of living in foster care to becoming homeless or being sexually exploited, including a former foster youth and professionals who work with young people in foster care.

9/6/2016

California Governor Should Make it Clear: There’s #NoSuchThing as a Child Prostitute

Opinion

Frank Mecca

A 14-year-old girl is raped. Repeatedly. Law enforcement arrives on the scene. Officers determine there is reasonable cause the crime of rape occurred. This child has been raped and sexually abused by multiple people in just 24 hours.

11/18/2014

How A Nuisance Ordinance Could Threaten Housing for Current, Former Foster Youth

Simone Tureck

The Oakland City Council’s unanimous adoption of an amended Nuisance Eviction Ordinance (NEO) threatens the stability of some of our most vulnerable current and former foster youth, particularly those who have been or are currently victims of commercial sexual exploitation.

Budget Part Two

6/20/2014

Calif. Governor Signs off on Kinship Equity, Support for Exploitation Victims

Victor Valle

Note: This story was updated on June 20 Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a budget that includes new funding for kinship foster caregivers and more assistance to victims of commercial sexual exploitation (CSEC).

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