Children’s Advocacy Center Model
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How We Work
Human Trafficking
Children’s Advocacy Center of Charlotte is committed to providing community efforts to enhance the prevention, identification, and response to victims of human trafficking and exploitation.
How We Work
Community Efforts
CAC of Charlotte works closely with our community partners to ensure that Mecklenburg County’s response to suspected or identified victims of human trafficking is coordinated, comprehensive, and employs trauma-informed practices. Strategies include community-developed response guidelines, professional and community education, increased identification and assessment, and data collection.
To guarantee community collaboration and a cohesive local response, CAC of Charlotte is a member of the Charlotte Metropolitan Human Trafficking Task Force, participating in the Minor Subcommittee addressing the specific needs of children impacted by human trafficking. CAC of Charlotte, instrumental in creating the county’s multidisciplinary team response to youth identified as victims or at risk of trafficking and exploitation, remains a regular participant in case review forums.
These efforts build upon the work that was accomplished via Project NO REST. An initiative of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work, Project NO REST was a statewide project intended to increase the awareness of and enhance the response to human trafficking of North Carolina youth and young adults through age 25. The project plan tested best practices in 17 counties through five pilot sites, including Mecklenburg County. CAC of Charlotte is honored to have served as the lead agency for Project NO REST in Mecklenburg County.
