Advocacy/Awareness: Check Your State's HT Report Card

Shared Hope International has released the results of their Protected Innocence State Report Card project.  Shared Hope completed national and local level research for the Departments of State and Justice. DEMAND. research and domestic minor sex trafficking assessments in locations around the country led to the National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, which outlines the top policy issues discovered through the research. The most pressing policy needs include:

• The increase in specialized shelter care for domestic minor sex trafficking victims beyond the mere 100 beds specifically provided for these victims; 
• The development of alternatives to a criminal justice response, preferably through a child protective procedure; and  
• A prioritization and focus on the investigation and prosecution of demand (buyers of sex with minors).

The Protected Innocence State Report Card measures each state’s legislative framework and assigned it point values that calculate to a grade: A-F. The report card strives to provide recommendations to improve a state’s grade.

Check your State's Report Card HERE.