Assisting Victims of Labor Trafficking

On January 28, 2009, at 2 p.m. (eastern time), the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) will present a Web Forum discussion with Florrie Burke, M.Ed., M.A., L.M.F.T., and Katherine Kaufka, J.D., on best practices for assisting victims of labor trafficking. Ms. Burke is a cochair of the Freedom Network (USA), a national network of service providers, attorneys, and other advocates who work with trafficked and enslaved persons and provide regional trainings throughout the country, as well as a founding member and the coordinator of the Freedom Network Training Institute. As a consultant on modern day slavery, she provides training, consultation, and presentation services to individuals and organizations in the United States and abroad. Ms. Burke recently served as the Senior Director of International Programs at Safe Horizon in New York, where she oversaw the antitrafficking program and the Solace Program for Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma. Ms. Kaufka is the executive director of the International Organization for Adolescents, and previously managed the counter-trafficking project at the National Immigrant Justice Center. She provides training and technical assistance, both nationally and internationally, on human trafficking and establishing collaborations between nongovernmental organizations and law enforcement. Ms. Kaufka has worked with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to provide emergency and case management services to victims of human trafficking, and specializes in cases involving victims who are children or adolescents.

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