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.
Credit Repair for Survivors of Human Trafficking
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a U.S. government agency
responsible for overseeing financial products and services for consumers, has published
details of a new credit repair law and process for victims and survivors of trafficking to
block adverse information from their consumer and credit reports that resulted from
their trafficking experience.
This was created in response to efforts by survivors and other advocates to create and
design an accessible process. This will change the lives of many survivors by providing
a new pathway to financial freedom
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Fact Sheets Tools
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Credit Repair
Demographics: Adults Foreign National 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
Standards of Care Info Sheet
Learn more about the Standards of Care Project in this one-page infographic.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Flyer
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Standards of Care
Standards of Care Technical Working Group Reference Sheet
The Technical Working Group (TWG) for the Standards of Care Project is comprised of subject-matter consultants with diverse perspectives and expertise. The TWG will co-develop the Standards of Care and includes individuals with lived experience, researchers, direct social service and legal service providers, and OVC and OTIP award recipients.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Fact Sheets
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Standards of Care
Incorporating Economic Empowerment into Anti-Trafficking Housing Programs
Join FNUSA's Housing TTA Project and FUTURES Without Violence's Economic Empowerment Program in the formal debut of our recent resource collaboration: 'Applying the Five Tiers of Economic Empowerment to Anti-Trafficking Housing Programs.' Presenters will guide participants through applying the Five Tiers to help service providers support the education, employment, and financial needs of survivors with housing services.
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Keywords: Housing
Voluntary Services for Housing Providers – FNUSA Housing TTA Project
This webinar discusses the foundational concepts of voluntary services and how they can be applied to housing programs. The voluntary services model is a trauma-informed, survivor-centered approach based on the idea that participating in services should be voluntary and not a condition of receiving shelter or other housing services. With this approach, housing and service providers can prioritize survivors' choices, needs, and interests. This webinar will provide grantees the opportunity to review policies and procedures through a voluntary services lens and discuss frequently asked questions pertaining to the voluntary services approach.
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Keywords: Housing Housing Assistance Housing Navigation Trauma Informed
Demographics: Adults
An Introduction to the Housing TTA Project: Grantee Orientation with FNUSA & OVC
This webinar was produced by Freedom Network USA under Grant Number 15POVC-23-GK-04059-HT, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this document are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Keywords: Housing Housing Assistance Housing Navigation
Demographics: Adults
Themes for the National Standards of Care
As part of the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)'s Standards of Care initiative, and in collaboration and consultation with the Technical Working Group (TWG) ofsubject matter experts, Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) has identified seven consensus-derived themes for the National Standards of Care for Anti-Trafficking Service Providers project.
Material Types: Fact Sheets
Keywords: Standards of Care
Housing Navigators: An Innovative Strategy to Improve Housing Access for Trafficking Survivors
This webinar discussed the newly introduced Housing Navigator position in anti-trafficking housing programs, the skill sets needed within this position, organizational hiring and retention strategies, and how incorporating a Housing Navigator supports innovative strategies for Human Trafficking survivors seeking housing services.
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Keywords: Housing
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.
