{"id":10014,"date":"2023-12-19T12:45:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/?p=10014"},"modified":"2025-10-02T12:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:57:04","slug":"documents-to-provide-evidence-informed-foundation-for-the-development-of-national-standards-of-care-for-anti-trafficking-service-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/2023\/12\/19\/documents-to-provide-evidence-informed-foundation-for-the-development-of-national-standards-of-care-for-anti-trafficking-service-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents to Provide Evidence-Informed Foundation for the Development of National Standards of Care for Anti-Trafficking Service Providers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) recently released foundational documents to support the development of National Standards of Care for Anti-Trafficking Service Providers (National HT Services Standards of Care). The National HT Services Standards of Care will provide practical guidance on delivering services that are person-centered, trauma-informed, culturally responsive and evidence-informed. These <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/app\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Freedom-Network-Standards-of-Care-White-Paper-July-2019.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">service standards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are essential to ensure consistent quality of services and reduce unintended harm to trafficking survivors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure an evidence-informed foundation for the National HT Services Standards of Care, FNUSA partnered with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rti.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research Triangle Institute (RTI)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an independent non-profit research institute, to develop foundational documents, including a literature review, criteria for developing National Standards of Care, and Process Guidance. The documents are available for public access through Freedom Network USA\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/training\/resource-library\/?search-term=Standards+of+Care+for+Anti-Human+Trafficking+Service+Providers&amp;order=DESC&amp;level=&amp;material_type=&amp;types_of_trafficking=&amp;keyword=&amp;demographics=\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resource Library<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Standards-of-Care-for-Anti-Human-Trafficking-Service-Providers_Literature-Review_FINAL.pdf\"><b>Literature Review<\/b><\/a><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provides a landscape analysis of the current Standards of Care, guidelines, and protocols in the anti-trafficking field in the US and globally.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Standards-of-Care-for-Anti-Human-Trafficking-Service-Providers_Criteria-for-Development_FINAL.pdf\"><b>Criteria<\/b><\/a><b> and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Standards-of-Care-for-Anti-Human-Trafficking-Service-Providers_Criteria-Checklist_FINAL.pdf\"><b>Criteria Checklist<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Establishes a four-part criterion for developing Standards of Care. These tools will ensure that all the standards drafted and developed under the project adhere to the established parameters. The checklist provides a quality check to confirm that all criteria are satisfied.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomnetworkusa.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Standards-of-Care-for-Anti-Human-Trafficking-Service-Providers_Process-Guidance_FINAL.pdf\"><b>Process Guidance<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Provides a proposed process for developing the Standards of Care, acknowledging the collaborative nature of the project, which includes FNUSA, a Technical Working Group of 25 experts, and federal partners. RTI proposed an approach to approve the standards of care. The Delphi Model provides a transparent, systematic, and evidence-based process to engage experts and achieve consensus in setting standards.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project updates and additional information will be shared in the upcoming months. For more information on the project and its efforts, please contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:standards@freedomnetworkusa.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">standards@freedomnetworkusa.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A Standards of Care project webpage is also in development and will be available in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About the Project:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom Network USA (FNUSA), the nation\u2019s largest coalition of service providers and advocates working directly with human trafficking survivors in the United States, was competitively awarded a 3-year cooperative agreement by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ovc.ojp.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Department of Justice\u2019s Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. FNUSA works in partnership with OVC and the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/otip\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to lead the development of the Standards. FNUSA has convened a Technical Working Group, comprised of service providers, survivor leaders, and subject matter experts with diverse perspectives and expertise to co-develop the Standards of Care. The public will have opportunities to provide feedback on draft standards.\u00a0 More information about this multi-phase initiative can be found on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ovc.ojp.gov\/program\/human-trafficking\/standards-of-careu9f\/\"><b>OJP Grant Awards Page<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) recently released foundational documents to support the development of National Standards of Care for Anti-Trafficking Service Providers (National HT Services Standards of Care). 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