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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…
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Wilder Research – Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor began in Minnesota in 2011 to provide legal protection and services for sexually trafficked or exploited youth. Safe Harbor funds agencies and grantees…
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…
Sex Trafficking Prevention Strategies
Sex trafficking is a type of commercial sexual exploitation where a third person, often referred to as a trafficker, arranges or profits from the exploitation.
Mission Vision Goal Setting Builders
To help get your team started, you can download this worksheet. If your team already has a mission, it is worth revisiting it to ensure that…
Developing an Effective Response to Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Part Three: Supporting the Community-Driven Response
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Developing an Effective Response to Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Part Two: Leveraging Statewide Efforts to Enhance the Local Response
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Developing an Effective Response to Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Part One: Changing the Paradigm
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Funding Successful SARTs: A Ten-Factor Framework for STOP Administrators
One of the ways STOP administrators can support sexual violence response work is through funding and supporting systems change sexual assault response teams (SARTs). This…
Meaningfully Addressing Sexual Violence with S*T*O*P
The 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act included a statutory requirement that 20% of the STOP funding awarded to each state and territory…
Understanding What the “Rape Kit Backlog” Really Means, Part 3: Approaches and Protocols
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…