Trafficking Awareness Contest for Youth 2024 - 2025

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Trafficking Awareness Contest for Youth 2024 - 2025

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Be Connected!

DYFJ Volunteer Opportunities

Health

Housing

Jobs

Know Your Rights

LGBTQ

Planning for Your Future

Supervised Independent Living Programs (SILP)

Teens Take on COVID

Trafficked Youth

Was I Born In America?

Youth Leadership Council


Create a Poem, Song, Story, or Artwork on "What is Child Trafficking?"

The Office of Child Trafficking Prevention and Policy is sponsoring a Trafficking Awareness Contest for Youth in Foster Care

The goal of the contest is to provide youth with an opportunity to think about child trafficking and a voice to discuss how they feel about a topic that has frequently been in the news. This will also provide an opportunity for adults to understand what youth think about trafficking.

The contest is open to all New York City youth in Foster Care ages 12 and up. The contest starts on Monday June 17th and all submissions must be received by COB Friday January 31, 2025

All submissions must be original.

Submissions can be in the form of a poem/song lyrics, story or drawing.

Each youth may provide multiple submissions.

If a youth experiences writing challenges, they can tell their poem or story to staff and staff can write out the poem or story for them.

The submissions may NOT include any sexist, racist, homophobic, or transphobic comments or images.

Incentives

Every youth who participates will receive a $25 gift card.

Multiple submissions by a youth will be accepted, but only one $25 gift card per youth for participation ($25 per youth, not per submission).

There will be multiple winners selected from each media category (poem/song lyrics, story or drawing) for each age group:

1st prize $200

2nd prize $100

3rd prize $50

Honorable Mentions (2) at $25

All participating youth will also receive a certificate of participation (in addition to the $25 gift card) and category winners will receive special certificates noting their achievements (in addition to their prize/gift cards).

Submission Procedure

Submissions will be scanned and emailed to Trafficking.awareness.contest@acs.nyc.gov

The email will contain the youth’s name, age, agency and case planner and the case planner’s supervisor’ contact information (email and phone number). The email will also include the youth’s email and cell phone number, if applicable. The email will contain the youth’s name, age, agency and case planner and the case planner’s supervisor’ contact information (email and phone number). The email will also include the youth’s email and cell phone number, if applicable.

All emails must include a signed consent/release form that is applicable to the youth’s age and legal status (see below for ages). The consent forms are available through the QR code on the Trafficking Awareness Contest Poster or in the Resources Section below.

Under age 18

Under age 18 and freed for adoption

Age 18 and above

Please send each youth’s submission(s) separately. Do not send an email with submissions for multiple youth.

Please consult the Trafficking Awareness Contest Poster for additional details.

All questions should be sent to Trafficking.Awareness.Contest@acs.nyc.gov

Resources

Consent/Release Form for Under Age 18

Consent/Release Form for Under Age 18 and Freed for Adoption

Consent/Release Form for Age 18 and Above