Tools & Resources
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Advocate’s Guide to Talking to Parents/Guardians About Healthy Relationships and Sexual Violence Prevention for Children and Youth
Learning healthy relationship skills is a vital part of sexual violence prevention and sex education, all of which are most impactful when taught together. Parents/guardians…
Healthy Relationships Activity Book
Stopping sexual violence and other forms of harm can feel like a complicated and overwhelming task. Education is an important form of sexual violence prevention.
What Can We Talk About? Common Rules & Regulations
It is important for all members of a sexual assault response team (SART) to understand one another’s different professional and ethical obligations before the team…
Tools & Resources
Don’t Buy It Project
“Don’t Buy It” refers to the idea that in order to effectively combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and violence against women and children, we need…
Improving Resources for At-Risk Youth
Sex trafficking and sexual exploitation occur because a youth’s vulnerabilities are being exploited. If a youth lacks a sufficient support system – including basic resources…
Healthy Relationships and Prevention
Sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, and other forms of sexual violence do not happen in isolation. Harmful attitudes, beliefs, and practices can create an environment in…
MNCASA 2022 Legislative Agenda
MNCASA’s 2022 legislative priorities. …
Responding to Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: For Parents
It can be startling for a parent to realize that their child is engaging in a problematic sexual behavior. Parents may experience a range of…
Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: Improving Minnesota’s ability to provide early identification and intervention services through policy and practice recommendations.
MNCASA understands the importance of efforts to prevent the perpetration of sexual abuse. Due to this understanding, our project examined sexual behavioral problems (SBPs) in…
Sexual Development in Children
In 2017, MNCASA released a report on identifying and treating children with sexual behavior problems. The findings showed that there was a…
Meeting with Your Legislator for Beginners
Are you interested in making deeper community connections? Do you want to see more impactful change? Would you like to support and implement policies that…
Public Policy 101: A Guide to Multi Level Policy Change
Often, when we think about policy, we think of federal or statewide legislation. But the policy decisions that affect us most are made at the…
Making a Change: Sexual Harassment Resource Package
Reports of sexual harassment have been showing up in the news almost daily, making it an emerging issue to be addressed. Instances of sexual harassment…
Making a Change Together: Sexual Harassment within Secondary Schools
The prevalence of sexual harassment gained attention this past year due to the #metoo movement. We know sexual harassment in the workplace is an issue.
Authentic Community Engagement in Safe Harbor
The meaningful engagement and collaboration within community strengthens a multidisciplinary response to sexual exploitation and trafficking. A blend of constructive teaming strategies, stakeholder buy-in, and…