title: Project NO REST: Addressing Human Trafficking in North Carolina.
abstract: Project NO REST (North Carolina Organizing and Responding to the Exploitation and Sexual Trafficking of Children) is a 5-year effort funded by the US Children's Bureau to address the trafficking of individuals age 25 years and younger in North Carolina. The project aims to increase awareness of human trafficking affecting children and youth, especially those in the child welfare system; to reduce the number of these youth who are trafficked; and to improve outcomes for those who are trafficked. In the project's first year, nearly 100 stakeholders statewide developed a comprehensive plan to address trafficking. Later, 5 communities were recruited to implement the plan at the local level. Their experiences will be used to develop a toolkit for future anti-trafficking efforts.
authors.affiliation: research professor, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina dfduncan@email.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Dean F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D064410:Human Trafficking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D012926:Social Control, Formal / Q000379:methods*