Child Sex Trafficking Victims Initiative (CSTVI) at University of Maryland School of Social Work
Indirect Services Only
Anti-Trafficking
Sex Trafficking
CSTVI's work focuses on trafficking of system-involved youth in Maryland, with particular attention to youth in foster care/out of home care settings. For program purposes, "minor" includes youth up to the age of 21 since youth may stay in care until their 21st birthday. Our work includes improving services for all youth victims of sex trafficking including both boys, girls and transgender victims, and both foreign born and US citizen victims.
State of Maryland (entire state)
Main: (410) 706-4401
arubenstein@ssw.umaryland.edu
arubenstein@ssw.umaryland.edu
English
OVC Human Trafficking Victim Services; HHS Human Trafficking Victim Services
UMB’s Child Sex Trafficking Victims Initiative (CSTVI) is a five year partnership between UMB School of Social Work and the Maryland Department of Human Services to address the issue of sex trafficking among youth involved with child welfare. CSTVI works to:
1. Improve victim identification through creation and statewide implementation of a screening tool to identify trafficked and at-risk youths;
2. Enhance quality of response victims receive by equipping child welfare professionals with necessary knowledge & skills to properly handle child trafficking cases. This goal is achieved by developing a new full-day training curriculum and statewide training plan to reach all new and existing child welfare staff; and
3. Ensure victims receive comprehensive, trauma-informed care through capacity-building of service providers and targeting existing service and resource gaps.
