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Promising Practices & Continuum of CareMany of the strategies used to address the needs of CSEC that are outlined above use aspects of thepublic health, harm reduction, and stages of change models. Because this is still a relatively newfield, none of these models has been fully tested for its efficacy with respect to CSE. Researchers,however, have agreed on a number of promising practices, 251 and both researchers and providerscollectively stress the importance of providing a continuum of care to CSE victims. 252The six components of promising services and strategiesidentified by providers who serve CSE victims are:1. Safety planning for both the clients and the staff serving them;2. Collaboration across the multiple systems and agencies;3. Trust and relationship building to foster consistency;4. Culturally competent and appropriate service provision;5. Trauma-informed programming;6. Survivor involvement in the development and implementation of programming 253Programs and services outlined above demonstrate the use of some of these components. Forexample, Connecticut integrates trauma-informed practices and safety planning into its trainingand service provision. STREAT in Sacramento gives survivors voices and leadership positions inits advocacy efforts. Los Angeles’ STAR Court fosters trust and relationships by staffing the courtwith the same attorneys, court officers, and probation staff each week. In Multnomah County, lawenforcement creates a collaborative model to serving CSE youth by providing counseling servicesthrough the local sexual assault response provider.As noted above, there is also consensus that CSE youth must be provided with a continuumof care to ensure youth access the services they need throughout their recovery and eventualreintegration. The continuum of care can be divided into three phases: (1) crisis intervention andassessment, (2) comprehensive assessment and case management, and (3) social reintegration. 254The goal “is to help the victim progress along the continuum that begins at crisis or the needfor emergency assistance and moves to a position of safety (all within phase 1). With ongoingassessment and intervention to address existing and emerging needs, the victim can move tostability in phase 2. Finally, victims (now often referred to as survivors) can integrate into theirenvironment and begin to thrive.” 25538 | Chapter 4: Intervention
In order to provide a continuum of care, youth must first be identified—some agencies usemotivational interviewing, multi-disciplinary teams, systematic screening and assessment, crosssystemsprotocols, and centralized databases. 256 Outreach, education and training also facilitatethe identification of victims. 257 Once identified, intensive case management can help focus thevictim, coordinate the different agencies serving the victim, and monitor progress. 258 Victimsof commercial sexual exploitation require comprehensive services to maintain stability andeventually reintegrate back into the community, including housing, legal and medical assistance,mental health and substance abuse treatment, and social services. 259Stable housing and specialized placement options for CSEC is critical to providing aneffective continuum of care, however, few exist. Many existing placement options do not takeinto account the different stages of exploitation youth experience, which may impact a youth’splacement stability. 260 Several options to increase stability and ensure a continuum of care includeextending the amount of time youth can stay in emergency and transitional housing programs andimplementing “No reject, no eject” policies to ensure that when youth runaway or relapse theyhave a safe place to which to return. 261 Understanding the stages of change youth experience asthey attempt to exit street life, the harms associated with exploitation, and the promising practicesavailable provides an opportunity to create a comprehensive strategy to address the needs ofcommercially sexually exploited children’s needs in California.California Child Welfare Council | 39
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Page 8 and 9: AcknowledgementsSpecial thanks are
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Page 13 and 14: IntroductionEvery day of the year,
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Page 17 and 18: Prevalence of CommerciallySexually
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Page 33 and 34: avoid law enforcement involvement,
Page 35 and 36: Whereas other models focus on patie
Page 37 and 38: in the media; and community factors
Page 39 and 40: of the harm reduction model to less
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Page 43 and 44: twenty-five youth each. 217 The STA
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Page 53 and 54: LegislationAs human trafficking has
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Page 57 and 58: DecriminalizationDecriminalization
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Page 61 and 62: excess of their tax liability to th
Page 63 and 64: The recommendations set forth below
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Page 69 and 70: LegislationNeedsThere are policies
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Page 87 and 88: APPENDIX BStage of Change: Pre-Cont
Page 89 and 90: APPENDIX BStage of Change: Action
Page 91 and 92: APPENDIX CInterventions: Models for
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Page 95 and 96: APPENDIX C15. Shelby French, Execut
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APPENDIX DSTREAT TeamIn California,
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