What We Do
In collaboration with our partners, we equip organizations and individuals with the knowledge, tools, and resources to address human trafficking.
Education
Understanding the complexities of human trafficking is the first step to combating it. Learn about the basics, facts, myths and more.
Training
Trauma-informed training programs for service providers, businesses and organizations that are tailored for your industry.
Survivor Leadership
Survivors are experts offering valuable insights in prevention and anti-human trafficking efforts by advising the community.
Community Engagement
Everyone plays a role in combatting human trafficking and there are numerous ways to effect change.
Education
Understanding the complexities of human trafficking is the first step to combating it. Learn about the basics, facts, myths and more.
Learn about the Fundamentals of Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking is a complex and oftentimes misunderstood crime that occurs across our country and in every community. This introductory presentation will provide an overview of sex trafficking to help participants understand how human trafficking impacts especially vulnerable populations and marginalized communities.
This presentation will show what human trafficking looks like in your community, identifying the facts and myths, as well as discussing topics such as legislation, the types and stages of trafficking, and demand.
Take action now and schedule an education session for your workplace, school, organization or church. We present in person and virtually.
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Training
The Collaborative offers survivor-informed educational programs on human trafficking for diverse audiences.
Prepare
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Join us in raising awareness and taking action to prevent human trafficking in our region. Subscribe to our enewsletter for the latest information about educational events and more happening throughout the month.
Fundamentals of Human Trafficking training via Zoom (Free):
- Wednesday, January 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. RSVP here.
- Tuesday, January 21 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. RSVP here.
Human Trafficking Prevention Statehouse Advocacy Day on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. This event unites community leaders, survivors, and legislators to drive action in the fight to prevent human trafficking. Together we will strengthen our networks, share vital insights, and advocate for transformative policy changes. Register here.
Tailored Training Programs
The Collaborative to End Human Trafficking provides practitioner-driven, survivor-informed content that is responsive to the particular needs of victim service providers, businesses and system stakeholders, their communities, and the victims they serve.
Our trainings strengthen the victim assistance responses to human trafficking, give training participants tools they can use in their work, support multidisciplinary task forces and cross-sector collaboration, and build stakeholder capacity and leadership in identifying human trafficking victims and connecting them to services.
Take action now to deepen your organization’s knowledge and employees’ skills for responding to human trafficking.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Trauma Informed Care & Survivor Centered Programming
- Building a Trauma Informed Organization
- The Role of Collaboration in Anti-Human Trafficking Work
- Vicarious Trauma & Resiliency Building
- Ethics
- And many more
The Collaborative offers educational programs on human trafficking for diverse audiences.
For more information or to schedule a program contact info@collabtoendht.org or fill out the program request form.
“Very well put together training the presenters did amazing and this training was packed with information that I did not know about this matter” (Thrive Peer Support).
“Enhanced my understanding of trauma informed care practices. I really thought all of the training was very valuable. I would love to see more trainings like this in the future”. (Portsmouth Coalition)
“The presentation was excellent. Just listening to the trainer, her knowledge and passion” (ADAMHS Board)
Survivor Leadership
Anti-trafficking efforts can only be successful with comprehensive inclusion of diverse professionals, including survivor leaders. Our Survivor Advisory Council members offer insight into the anti-trafficking field through application, adaptation and validation. Their insights gained through lived experiences and professional endeavors will highly impact the fight against human trafficking within Northeast Ohio and beyond.
Community Engagement
We work collaboratively with individuals and groups of people to bring about change. Our goal is to empower volunteers to become ambassadors of the Collaborative’s mission. We provide comprehensive training and opportunities to raise awareness about the reality of human trafficking and to help shape a future free of trafficking in our community.
Everyone has a role to play in the fight against human trafficking. You can use your voice to raise awareness and initiate action.
- Social Media
Engage people via social media who are also willing to spread the word about Human Trafficking. We make it easy for Ambassadors to quickly share information with followers. We create images for you to share or hashtags that will prompt engagement.
- Fundraise
Start a fundraiser to support the mission of the Collaborative and other anti-human trafficking efforts in NE Ohio. We can help you find the fundraising strategy that works best for you.
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Greater Cleveland's Coordinated Response to Human Trafficking
“It is impossible for any single agency or organization to respond comprehensively to the problem of human trafficking.”
Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
The Collaborative to End Human Trafficking leads the efforts of Greater Cleveland’s Coordinated Response to Human Trafficking, Northeast Ohio’s 70+ member anti-human trafficking coalition made up of government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and businesses.
Together we are working to:
- Develop and sustain a coordinated and consistent response to human trafficking in our community
- Harness the collective power of the multidisciplinary membership to substantially improve the capacity of our community to impact the problem
As the backbone organization for these efforts, the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking maintains overall strategic coherence, coordinates the day-to-day operations, and implementation of the work, including stakeholder engagement, communications, data collection and analysis, and other responsibilities.
