Informational Briefing on Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts of the Kansas Attorney General s Office

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1 Informational Briefing on Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts of the Kansas Attorney General s Office Presented to a joint meeting of the House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice and Senate Committee on the Judiciary January 22, 2018 Chairman Jennings, Chairman Wilborn and members of the committees: Good afternoon. My name is Jennifer Montgomery and I am the Director of Human Trafficking Education and Outreach for the Kansas Attorney General s Office. I am here today with my colleagues from the attorney general s office Dorthy Stucky Halley, Director of our Victim Services Division, and Pat Colloton, Chair of the Human Trafficking Advisory Board. We would like to thank the chairmen for the invitation to speak to your committees today about an issue that is of vital importance to our state. January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month and this is an excellent time for us to share with you some the anti-human trafficking work being done across our state. Outreach Partnerships are a critical part of what we do. Our office maintains key partnerships and collaborations on a state, local and federal level in efforts to provide support and reach solutions with maximum input from stakeholders. Our partnerships with state agencies such as the Department for Children and Families (DCF), the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL), the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) are an important part of our efforts to bring awareness to the issue of human trafficking in Kansas. In addition to these partnerships, we also partner with the U.S. Attorney s Office, Department of Homeland Security, county and district attorneys across Kansas and the FBI and the KBI on data collection, prosecution and victim support and services. Partnerships with local organizations such as the Topeka Rescue Mission s Restore Hope and their new initiative, Freedom Now, allow us to support and collaborate on efforts to dismantle trafficking activities in local communities. Our office collaborates with Kansas universities such as Wichita State University s Center for Combating Human Trafficking (WSU CCHT) and the Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Initiative at the University of Kansas. We partner with national organizations such as Shared Hope International and Polaris on anti-trafficking legislation and targeted initiatives and regularly collaborate with other attorney general s offices across the country on best practices. The importance of these relationships cannot be overstated because they allow us to learn what is working and what is not working in other states and how best some of the ideas and concepts might fit within our state s legal and legislative framework. As a leader in anti-human trafficking efforts, we have also been able to share some of our successes in Kansas with other states. Over the past three years, we ve launched several public awareness campaigns, including a statewide billboard campaign and a series of public service announcements with other state agencies. Our office has partnered with 1

2 the national organization Truckers Against Trafficking to bring awareness to the issue on our state s highways, roads and truck stops. Last year, we partnered with the Kansas Public Transit Association to train transit workers on what to look out for and how to report potential human trafficking. Future partnerships include raising awareness about the demand side of trafficking the buyers in a partnership with several other states through the national Demand an End campaign. Other targets for outreach include the financial services industry, convenience stores and the hospitality industry. This will be accomplished through the attorney general s human trafficking business roundtable, which is made up of Kansas organizations representing the agriculture, hospitality, healthcare, truck stops and convenience store industries. This group advises and collaborates with our office on how to be most effective in bringing awareness and enhanced reporting of human trafficking. Training is a big part of raising awareness and equipping our healthcare providers and school personnel across the state to be able to correctly identify trafficking when it occurs in those settings is critical. We have worked with several local school districts and the Kansas Department of Education to achieve this. Hospitals and other healthcare providers across the state have also received targeted training on specific signs to look for in healthcare settings and how to report suspected trafficking. Additionally, we provide awareness presentations to civic groups, faith-based organizations, public and private school students, colleges and local anti-human trafficking task forces. Since 2013, our office has provided more than 100 awareness presentations and trainings across the state. In addition, our office provided 91 multidisciplinary trainings to nearly 4,000 victim service providers, and 169 trainings to more than 5,000 members of law enforcement. Victim Services The Office of the Attorney General Victim Services Division has received hotline calls regarding human trafficking since In an attempt to obtain adequate services and response for these victims, we ve made contact with many service providers. Unfortunately, we found the majority had limited knowledge regarding helping these victims. This prompted inquiry to all Office of the Attorney General grantees, as to whether or not they were identifying and assisting any victims of human trafficking. In both 2009 and 2010, we received word from only two grantees that they had assisted a trafficking victim. We then provided training to all grantees, with a focus on identification and providing victim-centered services to trafficking victims. Consequently, all of the domestic violence shelters and sexual assault programs statewide, as well as many child advocacy centers, child exchange and visitation centers, CASAs, and other victim service agencies had at least one staff member receive this human trafficking training in 2010 and The number of trafficking victims being identified and served in 2011 jumped to 27, prompting our continuance of training of victim service professionals, and expanding the training to other disciplines and service providers. These continued training efforts resulted in victim service agencies identifying and serving more victims each year since then, with 475 being served in FY

3 The Office of Attorney General Victim Services Division provides leadership for the Human Trafficking Advisory Board (HTAB) Victim Services Committee. The purpose of this committee is to increase capacity of victim service agencies to respond effectively to human trafficking in Kansas. To promote proper identification and victim-centered care, this committee and the Victim Services Division in the attorney general s office worked with the WSU Center for Combating Human Trafficking to develop the Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool, Revised (HT-DIT-R) (Appendix A). The definitions provided by this tool are used by all of our grantees. In addition to identification, this tool provides a practical way of noting services provided to each victim/survivor, allowing more comprehensive data to be provided to the Office of the Attorney General Victim Services Division from grantees. The attached report (Appendix B) notes demographics regarding those served, and the specific services provided. The data that is collected and reported by our grantees demonstrates the numbers of victims making their way to our grantees programs. This is not an actual representation of the number of victims in our state, but only represents those served by our grantees. Many other trafficking victims could be present in Kansas and underserved. The largest group of Office of the Attorney General grantees serving trafficking victims are the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault programs in our state. Two factors contribute to this: (1) shelter specific to victims of human trafficking is very limited, so out of necessity, trafficking victims end up being served by these programs, and (2) there are many victims of human trafficking that are also victims of domestic violence, and virtually all are victims of sexual assault. In FY 2017, when the serving agency could identify the relationship between the victim and the trafficker, in almost one-half of the cases the trafficker was the victim s family member, and in more than one-fourth of the cases the trafficker was the victim s partner. The most prevalent form of human trafficking victim being served by our grantees is domestic human trafficking. In the FY 2017, 99 percent of the primary human trafficking victims served were domestic, with only 1 percent international trafficking. Of those domestic victims, 98 percent were victims of domestic sex trafficking. In FY 2017 Office of the Attorney General grantees provided 39 percent more services to human trafficking victims than they did in FY The list of services provided is long, as trafficking victims generally have complex trauma and many health and physical needs (see Appendix B). This increase of services indicates a better understanding of their needs by providers, and improved community collaboration in meeting their needs. Since its inception in FY 2014, the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Funds (HTVAF) has awarded $933,383 to victim service agencies to improve services for these victims (Appendix C). The Grant Review Committees have focused not only on direct services to victims by the specific awardees, but the expertise being shared to similar agencies, once developed. For example, a grant was provided to the SOS, Inc., CASA Program in Emporia to develop protocols and training of CASA workers on effective response to trafficked children by CASA workers. Likewise, a grant was provided to Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center in Scott City, who brought in national trainers who provided extensive training to 17 forensic interviewers from across the state on special considerations when interviewing trafficked children. And finally, grants to the Topeka YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment Program, and The Willow in Lawrence has allowed the development of best practices and considerations when serving trafficking victims in a domestic violence shelter. This information will be shared by directors of these programs in a workshop at the upcoming Wichita State University Center for Combating Human Trafficking Conference. While all of these efforts have led to advancement in serving human trafficking victims statewide, we continue to work on shortcomings in victim service delivery. The HTAB Victim Services Committee, as well as HTAB as a whole, is very interested in the development of regional staff secure facilities for child victims of trafficking that are staffed with personnel with expertise in this area, and allow appropriate lengths of stay, dependent on the child s needs. Training of those who provide services is also critical for both identification and service delivery, statewide. The HTAB Victim Services Committee has been reviewing what other states are doing to improve delivery of services, and will continue to move us forward in increasing capacity of victim service agencies to respond effectively to human trafficking in Kansas. 3

4 Human Trafficking Advisory Board The (HTAB) was statutorily established in 2013 and designated the official human trafficking advisory board for the state of Kansas, K.S.A The composition of the board required by the statute included representatives of each major law enforcement entity in Kansas, the Governor s office and relevant state agencies as well as nongovernmental organizations, academic researchers and other federal, state and local government officials (such as prosecutors and court personnel) deemed necessary by the attorney general. In addition, HTAB established contributing committees: Law Enforcement, Victim Services, Public Awareness and Prevention, Anti-Demand and Data Collection, as forums for discussion. These committees include both board members and others who provide both expertise and perspectives. HTAB s unique combination of law enforcement, state agencies and victim service groups, including survivors of human trafficking, was done to help create a balanced, integrated series of laws and policies that would enable justice to be served for the traffickers, enablers, exploiters and all victims of human trafficking subjected to sexual or labor exploitation. Prior to being established statutorily, HTAB was assembled by the attorney general in 2010 to assess the need for laws and policies regarding human trafficking in Kansas. Over several years HTAB discussed and recommended what became the 2013 comprehensive piece of legislation, HB 2034, that statutorily established the HTAB and the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Fund to pay for training of law enforcement and the support, care and treatment of victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. Substantial criminal penalties were applied to all acts related to trafficking including recruiting, harboring, and transporting a victim. The laws have provided an affirmative defense for victims, expungement of criminal records, protection under the rape shield law, restitution and, most importantly, special trauma services and a specialized placement for victims under 18 years of age at a staff secure facility. Each year since 2013, the experiences, discussions and recommendations of HTAB members at the quarterly board meetings and HTAB committee meetings has resulted in the enactment of additional laws and the recommendation for concomitant policies. In 2014, a protocol for the recovery of juvenile victims by law enforcement and an assessment procedure by the Department of Children and Families was recommended by HTAB. Law enforcement has received training on this protocol through the attorney general s office and coordinated by the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center such that more than 100 trainings have been provided and more than 5,000 officers have been trained. The full implementation of this protocol has changed over time and still requires further action in training, budgeting and coordination within DCF to remain effective. The Law Enforcement Committee has recommended that regularly scheduled mental health counseling be made available to all juvenile victims of human trafficking to deal with the severe trauma and disorientation they suffer. However, according to the Law Enforcement Committee, the most critical need for child victims at this time is housing. Law enforcement must have a place to take these children, once they have been identified as human trafficking victims. Most important for changing the course of human trafficking in Kansas is development and use of the staff secure facilities for sufficient time to make a transition to other placements viable for victims. Right now there is only one such licensed facility and children are usually given treatment for only three days before they are placed within the scope of the usual DCF placements. These children often become some of the runaways that crowd the system or may not be found. Kansas was one of the first states to enact legislation to address human trafficking in Kansas has worked with strong bipartisan support to make great strides in combating this crime against human dignity. Since that time, several legislative improvements have been made in efforts to enhance penalties and increase fines and provide for victim services and protections. As you are aware, just last year the Legislature unanimously passed and the governor signed into law legislation that provides for several improvements relating to minor victims of human trafficking, strengthening enforcement efforts, discouraging demand, and expanding awareness training. This year, HTAB has recommended a bill that would allow human trafficking victims to obtain civil protective orders restraining their traffickers from contacting them, similar to the bill passed last year extending these protections to sexual assault victims. That bill, SB281, will be heard tomorrow in the Senate Judiciary Committee. 4

5 As a result of your hard work, Shared Hope International, a victim advocacy group that seeks to end sex trafficking and exploitation worldwide, reports that the State of Kansas is the third most-improved state in the nation for its legislative efforts to combat human trafficking and one of only two states that increased four grade levels since the group s report card began in Since 2011, Kansas score has risen from an F to an A in the 2017 report. We have made considerable progress as a state toward creating the appropriate legal framework to support victims and bring justice to those who perpetrate this terrible crime. The structure of Kansas law is substantially improved, but there is much more work to be done. Further work to implement the legislation and the continued interest and support of the Legislature are required to ensure success of these laws and policies. Thank you for your attention to this important issue. 5

6 Appendix A Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) Revised A Guide for Defining, Identifying, and Collecting Data on Human Trafficking Victims/Survivors The Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT-R) was developed in an effort to more consistently and accurately define and identify human trafficking. It is to be used as a guide for victim/social service providers when defining human trafficking and conducting semi-structured interviews with those at-risk of and/or subjugated to human trafficking. The HT-DIT-R should not be handed to a (potential) human trafficking victim/survivor. Nor should it be read out-loud word for word. The HT-DIT-R is not intended to be utilized as a stand-alone assessment of risk indicators or resilience factors; rather, in concert with other screening/assessment tools. 1 The HT-DIT-R should be used as a confirmative tool for defining and identifying cases of human trafficking. Only victim/social service providers trained by authorized personnel should utilize this instrument. The Office of the Attorney General Human Trafficking Advisory Board adopts the following as the definition of human trafficking that is to be used by Kansas victim service agencies. NOTE: This is a working definition. This is not a legal definition of human trafficking and is not to be considered for purposes of statutory interpretation. Human Trafficking: Consistent to terminology set forth in both state and federal legislation, human trafficking refers to both labor and sex trafficking. As per TVPA of with expansion from the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of : A) Labor Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing or soliciting a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. B) Sex Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act where such an act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age. As per K.S.A : A) Human trafficking includes the intentional recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtain of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of subjecting the person to involuntary servitude or forced labor. B) Aggravated human trafficking includes kidnapping or attempting to kidnap for the purpose of sexual gratification, or involves recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining, by any means, a person under 18 years of age knowing that the person, with or without force, fraud, threat or coercion, will be used to engage in forced labor, involuntary servitude or sexual gratification of the defendant or another. 1 Screening or assessment tools may vary between agencies. The original instrument (HT-DIT) was developed with the Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM Domestic Sex Trafficking Risk and Resilience Assessment TM (Countryman-Roswurm, 2012) in mind. 2 U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act/TVPA (2000). Public Law , 114 Stat. 1464, 106yh Cong. 3 Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, (S. 178 Sec. 108) 4 K.S.A (2014). Countryman-Roswurm, 2014 The HT-DIT-R was developed by Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurm and the Victim Services Division, Office of the Attorney General with assistance from the Victim Services Committee of the Human Trafficking Advisory Board. Resources utilized included the Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) TM and the Polaris Project (2012) AMP Model. The original HT-DIT was intended to be utilized as a definition/identification tool along with the other Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM training and direct practice tools, such as the Domestic Sex Trafficking Risk and Resilience Assessment TM. The Lotus Anti- Trafficking Model TM, including training resources, supporting materials, and data collected from the use of instruments, is considered proprietary research material and should not be utilized, distributed, or replicated in any manner without the explicit written consent of its authors. However, in an effort to offer Kansas a consistent method of defining human trafficking, identifying victims/survivors, and tracking relevant data, permission is granted for trained victim/social service providers to use this specific instrument, HT-DIT Revised. Page 1 of 5 6

7 Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) Revised A Guide for Defining, Identifying, and Collecting Data on Human Trafficking Victims/Survivors Practical Application As one can see, the definition of human trafficking can be broken down into an action (e.g. recruitment, harboring, etc.), a means (e.g. through force or coercion), and for a purpose (e.g. labor or sex). Thus, the Action-Means-Purpose (AMP) Model 5 is useful in conceptualizing the identification of victims/survivors. With this in mind, when using the HT-DIT-R, it is critical to also consider the additional subsequent definitions: Commercial Sex Act: Expanding on the aforementioned definition of sex trafficking, a commercial sex act includes any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person (TVPA, 2000) 2,6. Thus, this includes survival-sex, or rather survival-rape, which is the exchange or acceptance of sex acts in order to meet ones own basic needs (e.g. food, clothing, hygiene, shelter, etc.) or for other survival purposes. 7 Understanding that the examples provided within the constraints of this document are not exhaustive, an example of this is of a homeless youth who is needing shelter from an adult who requires that the young person provide sexual favors in exchange for a place to stay. Recruited refers to the process by which a victim is sought out and/or pursued by a recruiter or trafficker. With the intent to dehumanize and control their victim, recruitment includes a multitude of methodical social and psychological grooming and/or seasoning tactics including but not limited to bribery, flattery, threats, intimidation, cycles of abuse and affection, isolation, etc. Harbored refers to situations in which a victim is provided shelter or safety in exchange for preforming a sex act or providing some form of labor service. Transported involves movement of a victim from one location to another. Movement does not mandate a state or border crossing. A victim could be transported within his or her own city or state. Provided to someone means that a victim has been supplied to an individual (for labor or sex). Provided for something means the victim has been forced to supply something (labor or sex) in exchange for something of value. Traded for anything of value emphasizes that human trafficking can occur without the exchange of money. The exchange may include anything of a value (e.g. food, shelter, clothing, safety, etc.). It is this commercial aspect that separates human trafficking from similar crimes like sexual assault. Obtained refers to the act of acquiring a victim for the purpose of labor or sex. Solicited/Patronized addresses demand and refers to the act of seeking or requesting acts of human trafficking in exchange for something of value. 5 Polaris Project (2012). The Action Means Purpose A-M-P Model. 6 K.S.A (2014). 7 Countryman-Roswurm, K. (January, 2015). Rise, unite, support: Doing no harm in the anti-trafficking movement. Slavery Today Journal: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Human Trafficking Solutions, 2(1): Countryman-Roswurm, 2014 The HT-DIT-R was developed by Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurm and the Victim Services Division, Office of the Attorney General with assistance from the Victim Services Committee of the Human Trafficking Advisory Board. Resources utilized included the Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) TM and the Polaris Project (2012) AMP Model. The original HT-DIT was intended to be utilized as a definition/identification tool along with the other Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM training and direct practice tools, such as the Domestic Sex Trafficking Risk and Resilience Assessment TM. The Lotus Anti- Trafficking Model TM, including training resources, supporting materials, and data collected from the use of instruments, is considered proprietary research material and should not be utilized, distributed, or replicated in any manner without the explicit written consent of its authors. However, in an effort to offer Kansas a consistent method of defining human trafficking, identifying victims/survivors, and tracking relevant data, permission is granted for trained victim/social service providers to use this specific instrument, HT-DIT Revised. Page 2 of 5 7

8 Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) Revised A Guide for Defining, Identifying, and Collecting Data on Human Trafficking Victims/Survivors Force largely includes physical/sexual threat and may involve physical restraint, confinement and/or isolation, physical assault and/or beatings, sexual assault and/or rape, etc. An example of force may include the kidnapping of an adult who, after physical beatings, is kept against their will and forced to perform labor or sex acts. Fraud primarily includes the use of lies to manipulate and may involve false promises regarding employment, wages, working condition, or other matters. For example, perpetrators may lure a victim with promises of well-paying work in a modeling industry, marriage, legal work in agriculture, etc., however, once control is gained and options of escape are limited, require that they engage in labor or sex acts. Coercion largely includes psychological fear and may involve threats of harm to or physical restraint against any person (e.g. the victim or someone they love); any scheme, plan or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act would result in serious harm to or physical restraint of any person; or the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process (e.g. threats of arrest, deportation, withholding identification and/or other legal documents, etc.). For example, a perpetrator may use coercion as a means of exploiting a victim by stating, if you try to leave me, I will kill your sister. Or perhaps, the perpetrator might state that, if you attempt to escape, I will call the police and report you as an illegal immigrant. Lack of viable options means that the options available to the victim would be deemed unsafe or harmful to the average person. Lack of accessible alternatives means that while service or resources may be available within a community, the victim lacks access to safe and healthy alternatives to their current lifestyle. For example, within a community there may be several identifiable intervention services available. However, the processes required to access such services are often complex and rigid creating barriers that discourage accessibility. Countryman-Roswurm, 2014 The HT-DIT-R was developed by Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurm and the Victim Services Division, Office of the Attorney General with assistance from the Victim Services Committee of the Human Trafficking Advisory Board. Resources utilized included the Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) TM and the Polaris Project (2012) AMP Model. The original HT-DIT was intended to be utilized as a definition/identification tool along with the other Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM training and direct practice tools, such as the Domestic Sex Trafficking Risk and Resilience Assessment TM. The Lotus Anti- Trafficking Model TM, including training resources, supporting materials, and data collected from the use of instruments, is considered proprietary research material and should not be utilized, distributed, or replicated in any manner without the explicit written consent of its authors. However, in an effort to offer Kansas a consistent method of defining human trafficking, identifying victims/survivors, and tracking relevant data, permission is granted for trained victim/social service providers to use this specific instrument, HT-DIT Revised. Page 3 of 5 8

9 Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) Revised A Guide for Defining, Identifying, and Collecting Data on Human Trafficking Victims/Survivors Date: Staff Person: Victim/Survivor Identification: Age: Sex: Race: What other multidisciplinary providers was this victimization reported to/referred: Were they Action Recruited Harbored Transported Provided to Someone Provided for Something Traded for Anything of Value Obtained Solicited/Patronized Means Did this happen due to Note type of force, fraud, or coercion: Force Fraud Coercion Lack of Viable Options Lack of Accessible Alternatives *Note: Proof of means is required in labor or sex trafficking of an adult. It is not required for trafficked minors used for forced labor, involuntary servitude, or sexual gratification. Purpose For the provision of Acts of Labor/Services Sexual Acts Adult Child Domestic International Checking more than one factor in any of the AMP categories is not necessary to reflect the definition, or prove a case, of human trafficking. Rather, if a victim s/survivor s shared experiences suggest the subjection to even one factor in each of the categories, they are considered a human trafficking victim/survivor. Countryman-Roswurm, 2014 The HT-DIT-R was developed by Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurm and the Victim Services Division, Office of the Attorney General with assistance from the Victim Services Committee of the Human Trafficking Advisory Board. Resources utilized included the Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) TM and the Polaris Project (2012) AMP Model. The original HT-DIT was intended to be utilized as a definition/identification tool along with the other Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM training and direct practice tools, such as the Domestic Sex Trafficking Risk and Resilience Assessment TM. The Lotus Anti- Trafficking Model TM, including training resources, supporting materials, and data collected from the use of instruments, is considered proprietary research material and should not be utilized, distributed, or replicated in any manner without the explicit written consent of its authors. However, in an effort to offer Kansas a consistent method of defining human trafficking, identifying victims/survivors, and tracking relevant data, permission is granted for trained victim/social service providers to use this specific instrument, HT-DIT Revised. Page 4 of 5 9

10 Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) Revised A Guide for Defining, Identifying, and Collecting Data on Human Trafficking Victims/Survivors Note the screening and/or assessment tool(s) used, and any additional instruments: Note services provided by your agency*: Shelter Follow-up Contact Medical Individual Therapy Dental Group Treatment/Support Counseling Translation/Interpretation School Direct Financial Assistance Legal Personal Advocacy Other Court Advocacy *For definitions of above terms, see definition section of statistical reporting form for Office of the Attorney General. Note referral services and agency to provide the service: Referrals: Agency Providing Service: Referrals: Agency Providing Service: Shelter Follow-up Contact Medical Individual Therapy Dental Group Treatment/Support Counseling Translation/Interpretation School Direct Financial Assistance Legal Personal Advocacy Other Court Advocacy Additional Staff Notes: Countryman-Roswurm, 2014 The HT-DIT-R was developed by Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurm and the Victim Services Division, Office of the Attorney General with assistance from the Victim Services Committee of the Human Trafficking Advisory Board. Resources utilized included the Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM Human Trafficking Definition and Identification Tool (HT-DIT) TM and the Polaris Project (2012) AMP Model. The original HT-DIT was intended to be utilized as a definition/identification tool along with the other Lotus Anti-Trafficking Model TM training and direct practice tools, such as the Domestic Sex Trafficking Risk and Resilience Assessment TM. The Lotus Anti- Trafficking Model TM, including training resources, supporting materials, and data collected from the use of instruments, is considered proprietary research material and should not be utilized, distributed, or replicated in any manner without the explicit written consent of its authors. However, in an effort to offer Kansas a consistent method of defining human trafficking, identifying victims/survivors, and tracking relevant data, permission is granted for trained victim/social service providers to use this specific instrument, HT-DIT Revised. Page 5 of 5 10

11 Office of the Attorney General Appendix B Victim Services Division STATE FISCAL YEAR (SFY) 2017 Human Trafficking Data Report Human Trafficking Victims served by Grantees as reported to Office of the Attorney General Victim Services Division The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) Victim Services Division administers the Crime Victim Assistance Fund (CVAF), the Crime Victim Assistance Fund Child Abuse (CVAF-CA), the Protection From Abuse Fund (PFA), the Child Exchange and Visitation Center Fund (CEVC), the Child Advocacy Center Fund (CAC), and the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Fund (HTVAF). All OAG VS grantees are required to report certain demographics regarding those served. This report includes information obtained from all reporting grantees regarding Human Trafficking victims served during SFY Number of organizations receiving OAG Grants reporting the provision of services to victims of Human Trafficking in SFY 2017: Thirty-one (31) FY 2017 Human Trafficking Victim Demographic Statistics - All Victims served (Primary and Secondary): Total Number of HT Victims Served by All OAG Grantees Reporting - By Year* Total Total Total Total Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Total Adults Children Total Total Number of HT Victims Served by All OAG Grantees Reporting - By Age and Gender* Total Total Total Total Female Male Total * Total numbers include primary and secondary human trafficking victims. FY 2017 Human Trafficking Victim Demographic Statistics - Primary victims only Type of Trafficking - Domestic v. International - Summary By Year - Primary victims only** Domestic Labor, Sex & Both 84% 71% 98% 99% International Labor, Sex & Both 16% 29% 2% 1% Total 100% 100% 100% 100% Type of Trafficking - Domestic v. International - Detail by Year - Primary victims only** Domestic Total 84% 71% 98% 99% Domestic Labor 1% 3% 13% 1% Domestic Sex 99% 97% 85% 98% Domestic Labor & *** *** 2% 1% Sex Both Total All Domestic 100% 100% 100% 100% International Total 16% 29% 2% 1% International Labor 80% 68% 22% 20% International Sex 20% 32% 22% 40% International Labor & *** *** 56% 40% Sex Both Total All 100% 100% 100% 100% International TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% ** These percentage calculations do not include "Unknown" or "Other" (for either Domestic or International HT) ***This category was not reported on during this grant year Type of Trafficking - Domestic v. International - Summary By Year and Age - Primary victims only** Child Child Child Child Adult Adult Adult Adult TOTAL Domestic Labor, Sex & Both 6% 19% 20% 20% 94% 81% 80% 80% 100% International Labor, Sex & Both 40% 5% 56% 40% 60% 95% 44% 60% 100% 12/17/17 SFY 2017 HT Data Report Summary 11

12 Office of the Attorney General Victim Services Division STATE FISCAL YEAR (SFY) 2017 Human Trafficking Data Report Human Trafficking Victims served by Grantees as reported to Office of the Attorney General Victim Services Division Type of Trafficking - Domestic v. International - Summary By Year and Gender - Primary victims only** Female Female Female Female Male Male Male Male TOTAL Domestic Labor, Sex & Both 99% 100% 97% 96% 1% 0% 3% 4% 100% International Labor, Sex & Both 65% 82% 89% 80% 35% 18% 11% 20% 100% Type of Trafficking - Domestic v. International - Detail By Year and Age - Primary victims only** Child Adult TOTAL Child Adult TOTAL Child Adult TOTAL Domestic Labor 33% 67% 100% 6% 94% 100% 60% 40% 100% Domestic Sex 18% 82% 100% 22% 78% 100% 20% 80% 100% Domestic Labor & Sex *** *** *** 0% 100% 100% 20% 80% 100% International Labor 8% 92% 100% 0% 100% 100% 100% 0% 100% International Sex 0% 100% 100% 0% 100% 100% 50% 50% 100% International Labor & Sex (Both) *** *** *** 0% 100% 100% 0% 100% 100% Type of Trafficking - Domestic v. International - Detail By Year and Gender - Primary victims only** Female Male TOTAL Female Male TOTAL Female Male TOTAL Domestic Labor 100% 0% 100% 96% 4% 100% 60% 40% 100% Domestic Sex 100% 0% 100% 97% 3% 100% 97% 3% 100% Domestic Labor & Sex *** *** *** 100% 0% 100% 100% 0% 100% International Labor 82% 18% 100% 50% 50% 100% 0% 100% 100% International Sex 81% 19% 100% 100% 0% 100% 100% 0% 100% International Labor & Sex (Both) *** *** *** 100% 0% 100% 0% 100% 100% Total Number of Services Provided to Victims of Human Trafficking by All OAG Grantees Reporting - By Year**** Primary Primary Primary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary Secondary Medical *** *** *** 67 *** *** *** 1 Dental *** *** *** 2 *** *** *** 0 Medical & Dental (2017 separated) *** *** 28 *** *** *** 4 *** Counseling *** School *** *** *** 1 *** *** *** 0 Legal***** *** Follow-up Contact *** Individual Therapy *** Group Treatment / Support Group *** Translation/Interpretation *** Direct Financial Assistance *** Personal Advocacy *** Court Advocacy *** Compensation Claim *** Filings Information and Referral *** HT-Related Calls *** Other *** Emergency Shelter *** days Shelter days *** Shelter 90+ days *** Total Number of Services Provided to Victims of HT 2,398 3,023 1,501 2, ***This category was not reported during this grant year ****Includes services to new, continuing, and returning clients ***** removed "On-site" from the description 12/17/17 SFY 2017 HT Data Report Summary 12

13 Office of the Attorney General Victim Services Division STATE FISCAL YEAR (SFY) 2017 Human Trafficking Data Report Human Trafficking Victims served by Grantees as reported to Office of the Attorney General Victim Services Division Identity of Seller With Category "Unknown" Included Excluding "Unknown" Spouse/Partner 21% 21% 14% 14% 33% 36% 26% 28% Parent 5% 4% 6% 4% 8% 6% 11% 8% Other Family Member 7% 7% 7% 3% 11% 11% 12% 7% Foster Parent *** *** *** 3% *** *** *** 5% Total Sellers - Family 33% 32% 27% 24% 52% 52% 49% 48% Friend 6% 5% 8% 10% 9% 8% 14% 21% Acquaintance *** *** 11% 13% *** *** 19% 25% Stranger 9% 16% 6% 3% 13% 27% 11% 6% Unknown 36% 40% 45% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% Other 16% 8% 4% 1% 26% 13% 7% 0% TOTAL IDENTITY OF SELLERS 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% ***This category was not reported during this grant year 2017 Types of Coercion Trickery Homeless Runaway Threats: Harm Victim Alcohol/Drugs Gang Related Weapons Lack of Viable Options Lack of Alternatives Other TOTAL 10% 9% 10% 13% 13% 2% 9% 21% 10% 2% 100% Findings: In comparison with data from previous years, the SFY 2017 data indicates an increase in the number of HT victims served by OAG grantees, for a total of 475 individual HT victims served. In Kansas, the most prevalent form of Human Trafficking victim being served by OAG grantees is Domestic Human Trafficking. In the SFY 2017, 99% of the Primary HT Victims served were Domestic, with only 1% International Trafficking. Of those Domestic HT victims, 98% were victims of Domestic Sex Trafficking. Please note that there are so few International HT victims being served by our grantees that one cannot draw meaningful conclusions from our data regarding this group. In addition to the number of individuals served increasing, the number of services provided has also increased. In SFY 2017 OAG grantees provided 39% more services to HT victims than they did in SFY All OAG VS grantees are required to report certain demographics regarding HT victims served during the grant year. As such, the data that is collected and reported by our grantees demonstrates the numbers of victims making their way to our grantee's programs. This is not an actual representation of the number of victims in our state, but only represents those served by OAG grantees. Many other victims of HT could be present in Kansas and underserved. The largest group of OAG grantees serving HT victims are the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault programs in our state. Two contributing factors lead to this: 1) shelter specific to HT victims is very limited, and 2) there are many victims of HT that are also victims of domestic violence. In SFY 2017, when the victim service agency could identify the relationship between the victim and the trafficker, in almost one-half of the cases the trafficker was the victim s family member, and in over one-fourth of the cases the trafficker was the victim s partner. It should also be noted that in virtually all human trafficking cases, the victim is also a sexual assault victim. Several domestic violence and sexual assault programs receive HTVAF funding, and are developing specific policies and procedures to enhance the ability of current domestic violence and sexual assault programs to meet the needs of the HT victim population. 12/17/17 SFY 2017 HT Data Report Summary 13

14 Appendix C Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Fund Grant Awards: Project Number and Year Location Agency Amount Awarded 18-HTVAF-01 Emporia SOS, Inc. $26, HTVAF-02 Garden City Family Crisis Services, Inc. $44, HTVAF-03 Lawrence The Willow Domestic Violence Center $70, HTVAF-04 Topeka YWCA Northeast Kansas Center for Safety and Empowerment $60,000 TOTAL SFY 2018 HTVAF GRANT AWARDS $201, HTVAF-01 Emporia SOS, Inc. $32, HTVAF-02 Lawrence The Willow Domestic Violence Center $75, HTVAF-03 Scott City Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center $28, HTVAF-04 Topeka YWCA Northeast Kansas Center for Safety and Empowerment $65,591 TOTAL SFY 2017 HTVAF GRANT AWARDS $201, HTVAF-01 Emporia SOS, Inc. $33, HTVAF-02 Lawrence The Willow Domestic Violence Center $75, HTVAF-03 Topeka YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment $62, HTVAF-04 Winfield Safe Homes, Inc. $45,000 TOTAL SFY 2016 HTVAF GRANT AWARDS $216, HTVAF-01 Lawrence The Willow Domestic Violence Center $70, HTVAF-04 Winfield Safe Homes, Inc. $45, HTVAF-02 Topeka YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment $65, HTVAF-03 Wichita EmberHope, Inc. $50,000 TOTAL SFY 2015 HTVAF GRANT AWARDS $230, HTVAF-01 Kansas City Veronica's Voice (Declined grant) $14, HTVAF-02 Lawrence GaDuGi SafeCenter Inc. $13, HTVAF-03 Topeka YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment $23, HTVAF-04 Wichita EmberHope, Inc. $20, HTVAF-05 Winfield Safe Homes, Inc. $13,000 TOTAL SFY 2014 HTVAF GRANT AWARDS $84,783 TOTAL HTVAF GRANT AWARDS $ 933,383 14