Approach Analysis
‘‘Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act’’.
PUBLIC LAW 113–183—SEPT. 29, 2014
https://www.congress.gov/113/plaws/publ183/PLAW-113publ183.pdf
This law is designed to prevent and address sex trafficking of children in foster care, to extend and improve adoption incentives, and to improve international child support recovery. This law entails, Identifying and Protecting Children and Youth at Risk of Sex Trafficking. Identifying, documenting, and determining services for children and youth at risk of sex trafficking, Reporting instances of sex trafficking, Including sex trafficking data in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, Locating and responding to children who run away from foster care, and Increasing information on children in foster care to prevent sex trafficking. All of which are much needed in preventing these tragic scenarios, through the availability of sexual abuse, and trafficking data, the people responsible for keeping these children safe can be help accountable.
Though this law is helping to improve the prevention of these acts, it does not address sexual exploitation occurring IN the homes they are placed into. It fails to take into account the increased risk that youth being sexually abused in their foster homes have for being coerced into sex trafficking. That the risk of being coerced into sex trafficking as a foster care runway almost 5 times higher than runaways not in foster care. Still leaving huge gaps of prevention for these youth.
There is one specific piece missing from this law that I would like to focus on as apart of my proposal. One of the most overlooked aspects of foster care that increases the risk of sexual exploitation is the placement of the home in the city/town. More than 80% of group homes reside in high crime areas, areas where sex trafficking is highly common. This is one aspect I want to address in my proposed policy.
‘‘Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act’’.
PUBLIC LAW 113–183—SEPT. 29, 2014
https://www.congress.gov/113/plaws/publ183/PLAW-113publ183.pdf
This law is designed to prevent and address sex trafficking of children in foster care, to extend and improve adoption incentives, and to improve international child support recovery. This law entails, Identifying and Protecting Children and Youth at Risk of Sex Trafficking. Identifying, documenting, and determining services for children and youth at risk of sex trafficking, Reporting instances of sex trafficking, Including sex trafficking data in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, Locating and responding to children who run away from foster care, and Increasing information on children in foster care to prevent sex trafficking. All of which are much needed in preventing these tragic scenarios, through the availability of sexual abuse, and trafficking data, the people responsible for keeping these children safe can be help accountable.
Though this law is helping to improve the prevention of these acts, it does not address sexual exploitation occurring IN the homes they are placed into. It fails to take into account the increased risk that youth being sexually abused in their foster homes have for being coerced into sex trafficking. That the risk of being coerced into sex trafficking as a foster care runway almost 5 times higher than runaways not in foster care. Still leaving huge gaps of prevention for these youth.
There is one specific piece missing from this law that I would like to focus on as apart of my proposal. One of the most overlooked aspects of foster care that increases the risk of sexual exploitation is the placement of the home in the city/town. More than 80% of group homes reside in high crime areas, areas where sex trafficking is highly common. This is one aspect I want to address in my proposed policy.