Human Trafficking and Child Welfare (Second of Two Issues)

Special Foreword

Child Welfare and Sex Trafficking: Considering Ecosystems and Intersecting Vulnerabilities
M. Elizabeth Bowman and Kelly Kinnish

Links between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Children and Youth in Care, and Risk of Sex Trafficking
Elissa D. Giffords and Emily Waters

Understanding the Characteristics of Child Victims of Trafficking in Child Welfare and Developing an Innovative Approach for Screening Youth at Risk
Nadine M. Finigan-Carr, Neil Mallon, Amelia Rubenstein, Wana Jin and Terry Shaw

Struggling, Alone, and Exposed: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Risk of Sex Trafficking among Adolescents Involved in Child Welfare Services
Katherine Benvenuto and Jennifer Connolly

Revising Colorado’s High-Risk Victim Identification Tool: A Case Example of Cross-sector Collaboration to Address Child and Youth Trafficking
Milena Casamassima, Lauren Alessi, Catie Fowler, Maria Trujillo, Sam Bruick, Camerron Resener and Marc Winokur

California’s Legislation on Children who have Experienced Sexual Exploitation: County Responses and System Performance
Ivy Zucaya, Joseph Magruder, John Prindle, Wendy Wiegmann and Daniel Webster

Implementation Findings from California’s Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Program
Bridgette Lery, Sarah Benatar, Jaclyn Chambers, Laura Packard Tucker, Katrina Brewsaugh, Ivy Zucaya, Annelise Loveless and Jonah Norwitt