On behalf of ccyj, i would submit that whatever efforts which we undertake to address the proliferation of sex trafficking of our former and current foster youth should be researchbased, collaborative, coordinated, datadriven and sustainable. These efforts should focus on identification and support of the victims, and must recognize that this is a crime of mobility which requires a unified and consistent response, response that does not merely move the incidence from one neighborhood, one county, one state to another. And the beauty of the federal leadership on these issues. Thank you very much. I would also like to introduce another friend from Washington State, ms. Giovengo, who has over 27 years of experience developing and implementing re engagement programs for out of school and Homeless Youth. She is the executive director of youthcare, which helps Homeless Youth, and operates the only program in Washington State providing Residential Services for sexually exploited youth. Youre
That all of you are doing good work to address and i appreciate that. I was struck by your systematic approach to address to address sexual trafficking in the state of washington and i think we need to do more part analysis of the data and i know that you and your team of stakeholders in the state have been doing that and developed a per call. I would like to die of a little bit deeper into that with you with several brief questions if you will indulge me. You were able to learn as the understand about the best practices or generally accepted practices and other states. How is at all did that inform development of Washington States protocols and how did you define these best practices from other states . Well that might be easier. The process for developing a pravachol involved as i said over 200 people. What that meant is focused interviews come individual interviews with survivors as well as community focusing on the communities on the ground, but also a what we called small summits
Stories are lots of about slaves and freemen of color who made choices. When i began this book, i was convinced that the americans were the good guys, and the british were the bad guys. But the more i worked on this project, i became more and more that as the war came to an end, that it was the americans who were not the good guys. It was instead the british and the spanish who were the good guys. The british and the spanish offered freedom to their slaves. Andmen who served with them took them away from this land of bondage. For the americans, well, the americans will keep slaves in bondage until 1865. Choose fight for the u. S. Or five for your freedom with the invading ritz tonight and im 00 eastern on cspan at 9 00 eastern on cspan3. The house ways and means subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on how changes to the foster care system might prevent youth sex trafficking. Among the witnesses with a panel of lawmakers who offered different bills to address the issue, follow
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