POLICY

Learn about the growing support for this critical piece of legislation aimed at protecting children online.

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The EARN IT Act focuses on disrupting the accessibility of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and plays a crucial role in anti-trafficking efforts by holding technology companies accountable.

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Discover the strategies and impact of efforts to reduce the availability of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), a key component of trafficking prevention.

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A critical look at the reporting process and its role in trafficking prevention by the National Association of Attorney Generals.

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Learn about the importance of maintaining legal definitions within the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA).

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Explore Safe House Project’s contributions to the 2022 TIP Report and its significance in shaping anti-trafficking policy.

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Read these in-depth evaluations of Texas and Utah’s current efforts in addressing human trafficking, with specific recommendations for improving prevention, protection, and prosecution measures.

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The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition is a national policy and advocacy initiative led by Safe House Project to elevate survivor voices and ensure that systems designed to address trafficking are informed by lived experience. The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition exists because survivors have historically been excluded from decision-making spaces that directly affect their lives, including policy development, funding priorities, and standards of care.

Safe House Project recognizes that survivors are experts, not anecdotes. The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition was created to correct systemic imbalances by ensuring survivors have meaningful influence in shaping responses to trafficking across government, nonprofit, and institutional systems. This coalition provides a structured, ethical platform for survivor leaders to contribute their insight without being tokenized or exploited.

Often referred to as TSEC, the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition brings together survivor leaders and trusted partners to advocate for survivor-informed policy and accountability. The coalition focuses on equity, dignity, and long-term outcomes rather than short-term solutions. Its work reflects Safe House Project’s belief that eradication of trafficking requires coordinated, survivor-centered systems rather than isolated efforts.

By creating the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition, Safe House Project reinforces its commitment to empowering survivors not only through services but through leadership, policy influence, and structural change that prevents future harm.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition centers survivor leadership by ensuring survivors are not merely consulted but actively involved in shaping policy priorities and recommendations. Survivor leaders within the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition contribute lived experience expertise that informs legislation, standards of care, and systemic reform efforts.

Safe House Project is intentional about ethical survivor engagement. Through the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition, survivor leaders participate in policy work in ways that respect autonomy, boundaries, and professional identity. Survivors are not required to share personal details to be valued. Their insight is treated as expertise that strengthens outcomes across the anti-trafficking field.

TSEC provides survivors with opportunities to engage in policy discussions, coalition building, and advocacy without being placed in harmful or retraumatizing situations. This approach aligns with Safe House Project’s broader commitment to survivor-informed practices and ethical storytelling.

By centering survivor leadership, the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition ensures policies are grounded in real-world impact rather than assumptions. This leads to more effective, humane, and sustainable solutions that protect survivors and prevent re-exploitation.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition focuses on systemic issues that affect survivor safety, healing, and long-term stability. These include gaps in access to safe housing, inconsistencies in standards of care, barriers created by criminal records, and policies that unintentionally increase survivor vulnerability.

Through the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition, Safe House Project works to address policies that impact survivor outcomes across healthcare, housing, legal systems, and social services. The coalition advocates for survivor-informed legislation and accountability measures that align with best practices and lived experience.

TSEC also addresses inequities within the anti-trafficking field itself. Survivors have historically faced exclusion, exploitation, or marginalization even within organizations meant to support them. The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition seeks to change that culture by promoting ethical engagement and equity at every level.

The coalition’s focus reflects Safe House Project’s belief that lasting change requires more than emergency response or services alone. Policy reform, informed by survivors, is essential to building systems that truly support freedom and healing.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition works collaboratively with policymakers, organizations, and stakeholders who are committed to survivor-centered solutions. Safe House Project facilitates these relationships to ensure survivor voices are integrated into policy conversations in meaningful and respectful ways.

Through TSEC, policymakers gain access to survivor-informed perspectives that help shape effective legislation and reform efforts. This collaboration helps reduce unintended harm caused by policies that are developed without survivor input.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition also serves as a resource for organizations seeking guidance on ethical survivor engagement and policy alignment. By sharing insights and best practices, the coalition helps strengthen the broader anti-trafficking movement.

These partnerships reinforce Safe House Project’s role as a trusted national leader. The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition does not work in isolation but as part of a coordinated effort to align policy, practice, and survivor needs.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition is essential for long-term impact because sustainable change requires systems that are informed by those most affected. Policies created without survivor input often fail to address real needs or unintentionally cause harm.

By elevating survivor leadership, the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition helps ensure reforms are practical, ethical, and effective. Survivor-informed policy leads to stronger standards of care, improved access to services, and reduced cycles of harm.

TSEC also contributes to prevention by addressing systemic vulnerabilities that traffickers exploit. When policies support stability, dignity, and access to care, survivors are more likely to experience lasting freedom.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition represents Safe House Project’s commitment to moving beyond awareness toward structural solutions that create measurable, lasting change.

TSEC policy legislation advocates for comprehensive changes, including:

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition is strengthened by supporters who believe in survivor-centered policy and ethical advocacy. Individuals and organizations can engage by supporting Safe House Project’s policy work, staying informed, and advocating for survivor-informed legislation.

Donor support enables Safe House Project to sustain the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition and expand its reach. Financial contributions help ensure survivor leaders are supported and that policy efforts remain grounded in lived experience rather than crisis-driven narratives.

Partners can also engage by aligning their practices with the principles promoted through TSEC, including ethical survivor engagement and accountability. Policymakers and organizations are encouraged to listen, learn, and collaborate.

Engaging with the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition means investing in hope, equity, and systems that empower survivors to shape a safer future for themselves and others.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition ensures ethical survivor engagement by establishing clear standards that prioritize dignity, consent, and professional respect for survivor leaders. Safe House Project created the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition in response to long-standing concerns about survivors being tokenized, overexposed, or asked to relive trauma in policy and advocacy spaces.

Within the coalition, survivor participation is voluntary, compensated when appropriate, and never dependent on sharing personal experiences. Survivor leaders are recognized for their expertise, not defined by their trauma. This approach reflects Safe House Project’s commitment to ethical engagement and long-term survivor well-being.

TSEC promotes practices that protect survivor autonomy, including clear boundaries around storytelling, decision-making authority, and workload expectations. Survivor leaders are supported as professionals whose insight strengthens policy outcomes without compromising their healing.

By modeling ethical engagement, the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition sets a standard for the broader anti-trafficking field. This ensures policy progress does not come at the expense of survivor safety or dignity and reinforces trust across survivor-led and survivor-serving spaces.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition influences national standards of care by integrating survivor-informed perspectives into policy conversations that shape how services are delivered across the United States. Safe House Project understands that standards of care must reflect lived experience to be effective and safe.

Through the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition, survivor leaders contribute insight that helps identify gaps, risks, and best practices within existing systems. This input informs policy recommendations related to housing, emergency response, aftercare, and cross-system coordination.

TSEC’s influence extends beyond individual policies. The coalition helps shift the culture of the anti-trafficking field toward accountability, equity, and survivor leadership. By elevating survivor voices in standards-setting spaces, the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition strengthens outcomes for survivors nationwide.

This work aligns with Safe House Project’s broader mission to ensure survivors have access to quality care that supports long-term healing and freedom, not just short-term intervention.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition supports prevention and systemic change by addressing the root causes that increase vulnerability to trafficking. Safe House Project recognizes that policy plays a critical role in either reducing or reinforcing these vulnerabilities.

Through the coalition, survivor leaders help identify policies that unintentionally create barriers to housing, healthcare, employment, or legal stability. Addressing these barriers through survivor-informed advocacy helps reduce conditions that traffickers exploit.

TSEC focuses on long-term solutions rather than reactive responses. By influencing policy that promotes stability, dignity, and access to care, the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition contributes to prevention efforts that protect future generations.

Systemic change requires coordinated action, and the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition provides a framework for aligning survivor insight with policy reform. This approach reflects Safe House Project’s belief that eradication of trafficking is possible through thoughtful, survivor-centered systems.

The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition aligns directly with Safe House Project’s mission to eradicate trafficking through survivor identification, safe housing, and survivor empowerment. The coalition extends this mission into the policy arena, where long-term change is shaped.

Safe House Project believes survivors should not only receive services but also have influence over the systems that affect their lives. The Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition embodies this belief by creating pathways for survivor leadership and equity.

TSEC complements Safe House Project’s work in victim identification, emergency response, housing placement, and certification by addressing the policy frameworks that govern those efforts. Together, these initiatives create a comprehensive approach to survivor care and prevention.

By integrating policy, practice, and survivor leadership, the Trafficking Survivor Equity Coalition reinforces Safe House Project’s role as a national leader committed to hope, excellence, and lasting freedom for survivors.