THE VICTIM’S SAFETY AND WELL-BEING TAKE PRIORITY IN ALL MATTERS 

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE RESOURCES 

There are many resources available to help organizations and tribes understand, implement, and evaluate 

trauma-informed care. The resources listed in this document are a starting point, not an exhaustive list, to 

promote understanding of the physical, social, and emotional impact of trauma on an individual and the 

professionals who help them. 

Online Trainings and Webinars 

Webinars offer accessible training and help service providers build a foundational understanding of trauma 

and how to deliver trauma-informed care to victims of human trafficking. 

WEBSITE SUMMARY 

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Training and 

Technical Assistance Center (TTAC) Building 

Trauma-Informed Organizations 

Part four of an online training series offering guidance on 

how an organization can become trauma-informed and 

how to respond to trauma victims through modifying 

policies and procedures. 

OVC TTAC Understanding Human Trafficking, 

Module 3: Using Victim-Centered Approaches 

Online training module offering foundational learning on 

trauma-informed and victim-centered approaches to 

human trafficking. 

National Human Trafficking Training and 

Technical Assistance Center SOAR, TraumaInformed Care Module 

Online training module discussing how to recognize the 

signs of trauma and deliver trauma-informed care to 

patients and clients. 

Family and Youth Services Bureau Runaway and 

Homeless Youth Training and Technical 

Assistance Center Building Trauma-Informed 

Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs 

Two-part interactive online series designed to support 

youth-serving agencies in adopting a universal, traumainformed approach. 

National Human Trafficking Training and 

Technical Assistance Center Trauma-Informed 

Human Trafficking Screenings 

Webinar explaining how human trafficking victims are 

impacted by trauma and how to identify trauma-informed 

practices to implement during human trafficking 

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Project Trust in partnership with Office for Victims of Crime – Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center 

Publications 

Researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and survivors have done extensive work to advance the 

understanding of trauma and contributed to the growing body of literature on trauma-informed care. 

WEBSITE SUMMARY 

Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute: 

Project REACH Utilizing Trauma-Informed 

Approaches to Trafficking-Related Work 

Guidance on how trauma manifests and how to 

understand and respond accordingly. 

OVC Achieving Excellence: Model Standards for 

Serving Victims & Survivors of Crime 

Guidance to help victim service practitioners and 

program administrators improve the quality and 

consistency of their response to crime victims. 

OVC TTAC Human Trafficking Task Force E-Guide, 

Using a Trauma-Informed Approach 

Guidance for how human trafficking task forces can 

use a trauma-informed approach. 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration (SAMHSA) Trauma Informed Care in 

Behavioral Health Services 

Overview on how to create and implement an 

institutional framework for trauma-informed services 

in behavioral health services. 

Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 

Treating the Hidden Wounds: Trauma Treatment 

and Mental Health Recovery for Victims of Human 

Trafficking 

Issue brief on the trauma experienced by trafficking 

victims, its impact, the challenges meeting traumarelated needs, and promising approaches to 

treatment. 

The Sanar Institute (Sanar) and Polaris Promising 

Practices: An Overview of Trauma-Informed 

Therapeutic Support for Survivors of Human 

Trafficking 

A report on promising therapeutic support that can be 

used to enhance individual and group intervention for 

survivors of all forms of human trafficking. 

SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a 

Trauma-Informed Approach 

This manual introduces a concept of trauma and 

offers a framework for becoming a trauma-informed 

organization, system, or service sector. 

Trauma Informed Oregon Trauma-Informed Care 

Resources (National) 

Index of information and resources about trauma and 

trauma-informed care. 

The Southeast Regional Human Trafficking Advisory 

Group: An Initiative of HHS’ Administration for 

Children and Families Regional 4 Office Guiding 

Principles for Agencies Serving Survivors of Human 

Trafficking 

A framework to guide and evaluate agencies 

providing services to victims of human trafficking. 

Peer-reviewed by OVC, there are sections of the guide 

that specifically addressed being trauma informed 

and victim centered. 
 

Project Trust in partnership with Office for Victims of Crime – Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center 

Organizational Assessments 

Researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and survivors have done extensive work to advance the 

understanding of trauma and contributed to the growing body of literature on trauma-informed care. 

WEBSITE SUMMARY 

OVC Vicarious Trauma – Organizational 

Readiness Guide for Victim Services 

Guide to determining how an organization can become 

vicarious trauma-informed by improving its response 

to work-related trauma exposure. 

National Council for Behavioral Health Performance improvement resource for policies, 

Organizational Self-Assessment: Adoption of procedures, practices and social and physical 

Trauma-Informed Care Practice environment reflective of the core principles and 

values of a trauma-informed care. Focus on a clinical 

and behavioral health perspective. 

Community Connections Creating Cultures on 

Trauma-Informed Care 

Self-assessment and planning protocol to use in the 

development, implementation, evaluation, and 

monitoring of trauma-informed programs. 

The National Center on Family Homelessness Tool to help an organization examine its current 

Trauma-Informed Organizational Self-Assessment practices and take specific steps to become trauma 

informed. Includes comprehensive information on 

trauma-informed services. 

The Orchard Place Child Guidance Center Tool, adapted from the National Center on Family 

Trauma-Informed Care Project - Self-Assessment Homelessness Trauma-Informed Organizational Toolkit 

for Trauma-Informed Care for Homeless Services, to help assess an 

organization’s readiness to implement a traumainformed approach. 

The Southeast Regional Human Trafficking Self-assessment, which begins on page 70, based on 

Advisory Group: An Initiative of HHS’ the 15 guiding principles of the framework for 

Administration for Children and Families Regional agencies providing services to victims of human 

4 Office Guiding Principles for Agencies Serving trafficking. 

Survivors of Human Trafficking 
Project Trust in partnership with Office for Victims of Crime – Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center 

Technical Assistance Providers 

With expert knowledge on trauma-informed care, technical assistance providers offer support to help 

organizations take concrete steps to be more trauma responsive within their organization. The organizations 

below are some, not all, federally funded technical assistance providers with trauma-informed care 

resources. 

WEBSITE SUMMARY 

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 

Project TRUST 

Targeted training and technical assistance on traumainformed responses and services for anti-trafficking service 

providers. 

Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute 

Project REACH 

Program provides consultation and technical assistance on 

mental health services for human trafficking victims. 

OVC TTAC Customized technical assistance on a variety of topics, 

including the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit. 

National Child Traumatic Stress Network Online and in-person training on a range of topics, from 

general trauma education to assessment and intervention 

techniques. 

Contact the Center at contact@ovc-htcbc.org or 1-844-682-0411.