The Resource Library includes fact sheets, promising practices, tools, templates, and training materials developed by subject-matter experts with direct experience working with survivors. Resource topics address current trends and challenges in the field.
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FNUSA Survivor Reentry Project Quick Tips Series: Official and Supporting Documentation
This is the 4th video in the FNUSA Survivor Reentry Project's Quick Tips Series for attorneys representing survivors of human trafficking in post-conviction relief cases. This video focuses on the types of post-conviction relief available for a survivor with criminal records.
Levels: Advanced
Material Types: Promising Practices Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Criminal Record Relief Legal Services Promising Practices Trauma Informed
Demographics: Adults Foreign National US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident
FNUSA Survivor Reentry Project Quick Tips Series: Drafting a Sworn Affidavit
This is the 3rd video in the FNUSA Survivor Reentry Project's Quick Tips Series for attorneys representing survivors of human trafficking in post-conviction relief cases. This video will discuss how to draft an affidavit that will support a trafficking-specific petition for relief while respecting the experiences and safety of the survivor.
Levels: Advanced
Material Types: Promising Practices Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Criminal Record Relief Legal Services Promising Practices Trauma Informed
Demographics: Adults Foreign National US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident
FNUSA Survivor Reentry Project Quick Tips Series: Types of Post-Conviction Relief
This is the 1st video in the FNUSA Survivor Reentry Project's Quick Tips Series for attorneys representing survivors of human trafficking in post-conviction relief cases. This video focuses on the types of post-conviction relief available for a survivor with criminal records.
Levels: Advanced
Material Types: Promising Practices Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Criminal Record Relief Legal Services Promising Practices Trauma Informed
Demographics: Adults Foreign National US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident
An Introduction to the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (TSRA): Federal Criminal Record Relief
The Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (TSRA) provides relief to survivors of human trafficking who committed certain federal offenses as a direct result of having been a victim of trafficking. The Act allows for various types of relief based on the stage or outcome of prosecution and the type of crime alleged or committed including vacatur, expungement, sentence mitigation, and affirmative defenses. During this webinar, Senior Staff Attorney Miranda Boyle and Co-Executive Director Jean Bruggeman review the options available under the TSRA.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Promising Practices Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Criminal Record Relief Legal Services Promising Practices Survivor Leadership Trauma Informed
Demographics: Adults Foreign National US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident
What Survivors Can Expect: Post-Conviction Relief
If you have an arrest or conviction connected to your trafficking experience, this training will help you better understand what options may be available and what the process can look like.
During this webinar, Senior Advocate Chanel Toleston walks through what post-conviction relief means, how it may apply to survivors, and what you can realistically expect if you choose to explore this process.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Promising Practices Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Awareness Criminal Record Relief Legal Services Promising Practices Survivor Leadership Trauma Informed
Demographics: Adults Foreign National US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident
Some Measure of Justice: Post-Conviction Relief for Survivors of Human Trafficking
This guide is intended to serve as a supportive tool to help survivors better understand what post-conviction relief is, what the process may involve, and how they can begin preparing before deciding whether to connect with an attorney, legal team, or program.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Promising Practices Reports
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Criminal Record Relief Legal Services Survivor Leadership Trauma Informed
Demographics: Adults Foreign National US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident
Promising Practices: Working with Housing Clients who have Disabilities
Survivors of human trafficking who also live with disabilities often face layered barriers to safe, stable housing, including discrimination, inaccessible systems, and service models that are not designed with disability in mind.
Under the ADA, a disability includes physical or mental impairments that substantially limit major life activities, including physical, sensory, mental health, cognitive, chronic, and systemic conditions.
Effective housing assistance must be trauma-informed, survivor-centered, and responsive to diverse access needs from the first point of contact.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Promising Practices
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Case Management Housing Promising Practices
New Federal Post-Conviction Relief for Survivors of Human Trafficking and Potential Benefits for Noncitizen Defendants
The Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (TSRA) was passed on January 23, 2026, and provides new federal post-conviction relief options for those convicted of certain federal offenses that were committed as a direct result of having been a victim of human trafficking. This practice alert discusses the new law and potential benefits for noncitizen defendants.
Levels: Advanced
Material Types: Promising Practices
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Criminal Record Relief Foreign Nationals Immigration Promising Practices Trauma Informed
Demographics: Adults Foreign National LGBTQIA+ Men and Boys US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident Youth
Guide for Applying for Credit Repair under the Debt Bondage Repair Act
This guide aims to assist practitioners and survivors in applying for relief under the Debt Bondage Repair Act (DBRA). The DBRA allows survivors of human trafficking to block adverse credit information, resulting from their trafficking victimization, from their credit files. The primary objective of this guide is to facilitate the navigation of this process by providing samples and offering context on why specific information is being requested.
See the full guide for sample letters
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Promising Practices Tools
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Credit Repair
Demographics: Adults Foreign National US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident Youth
Applying the Five Tiers of Economic Empowerment to Anti-Trafficking Housing Programs
This resource will provide multiple strategies to support trafficking survivors’ education and employment growth. Utilizing the Futures Without Violence Five Tiers of Economic Empowerment model, service providers can implement economic empowerment throughout a
range of shelter and housing options. The guidance provided within the document will include ways that these tiers can be woven into short, medium, and long-term housing services.
