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Resources

Pathways into and out of commercial sexual victimization of children:

Understanding and responding to sexually exploited teens, the Pathways Final Report (276KB .pdf)

THE William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008

• 50 Key Provisions Download report
• Photograph of the signing today (December 23, 2008) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2008

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Social Service agencies in Illinois are mandated to contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children when children go missing from their care. This of course does not include law enforcement. Between 2003 through 6/30/2008, the NCMEC received over 4,200 reports of missing children from Chicago alone (3,326 of which were African American children). 97% of the children reported were classified as endangered runaways.

In addition, information from NCMEC Exploited Child Division, which processes reports of child pornography and other forms of child sexual exploitation, cases have grown astronomically from 2005 (13) to 2007 (306). Studies tell us that only about 30% of incidences are reported. Children are silenced by fear and many adults still do not want to recognize, discuss, or find solutions for these heinous crimes against children.

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)

• The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth in Illinois. Learn more.
• Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: What Do We Know and What Do We Do About It? Download report.
• Who is There to Help Us? Download report.
• Prostitution of Juveniles: Patterns From NIBRS. Learn more.

Demand

• Deconstructing The Demand for Prostitution: Preliminary Insights From Interviews With Chicago Men Who Purchase Sex. New report.
  Learn what's being done in Chicago to fight the demand for prostitution! Visit www.stopsexualexploitation.com

Human Trafficking

• The Realities of Human Trafficking in Cook County: Strategies for Ending the Exploitation of Women and Girls. Download report.
• Domestic sex trafficking of Chicago women and girls. New report.

U.S. Department of State's office to monitor and combat trafficking

• The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP), led by Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, provides the tools to combat trafficking in persons and assists in the coordination of anti-trafficking efforts both worldwide and domestically.

Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics

Alleged Incidents of Human Trafficking in the United States, 1-1-07 through 9-30-08.

Prostitution

• The Intersystem Assessment on Prostitution in Chicago Learn more.
• The Prostitution of Women and Girls in Metropolitan Chicago: A Preliminary Prevalence Report Download report.
• Sisters Speak Out: The Lives and Needs of Prostituted Women in Chicago, A Research Study Learn more.

Youth Homelessness

• Wherever I Can Lay My Head: Homeless Youth on Homelessness Learn more.
• Unaccompanied Homeless Youth in Illinois: 2005 Download document (22.8MB pdf).
• Youth on the Streets and on Their Own Learn more.

New announcements

• Professional art director & graphic designer supports PROMISE
  Carolyn Flynn, professional art director and graphic designer graciously supports PROMISE by designing resource guides and other material to help victims of commercial sexual exploitation. We are honored to have her as a partner of PROMISE.
  If you are in need of creative and innovative art direction or graphic design, we encourage you to utilize her services. Carolyn Flynn is available for freelance both Onsite & Offsite. View samples of her work.
• PROMISE welcomes UIC Students
  Students from the University of Illinois at Chicago have chosen PROMISE for their 'Research Methods for Art and Design' class project. The students will conduct research on PROMISE and develop design recommendations for the CSEC [Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children] prevention curriculum resource guide being used in our Chicago high schools.
• The Salvation Army is hosting an international conference to launch Stop the Traffik’s START FREEDOM project. Learn more »
• Buy the DVD Holly.
  As part of our fight against human trafficking The Salvation Army is proud to support Holly, an award winning,captivating film, now available on DVD. View the flyer (369KB pdf).
  
  
• Malia Designs supports PROMISE
  Malia Designs, a Chicago company with a mission to combat human trafficking, has generously agreed to donate 15% of any purchase to The Salvation Army PROMISE program. Malia Designs sells products such as bags, wallets and accessories made by non-profit organizations that employ disadvantaged people in developing countries as well as small family producers. To check out their beautiful products visit http://www.maliadesigns.com.Please be sure to type “PROMISE” in the coupon code box when making your purchase.
• Previous announcements
  Updated 9/19/09.