- Phone:
- (812) 856-4827
- Email:
- ekonwest@iu.edu
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Health
Project abstract
The number of identified youth across Indiana who are exploited has increased significantly over the last few years. In order to prevent, and respond to, this exploitation, the Community Engagement to End Child Sexual Exploitation (CEECSE) project will work with communities to build multidisciplinary alliances, assess current resources, develop action plans, and engage intentionally to address their specific community needs in Brown, Greene, and Putnam counties. This project addresses two challenges: 1) matching the variety of educational materials or trainings needed by different stakeholders with existing resources as well as 2) identifying needs that will require additional resources or future development. We seek to utilize the project team’s expertise to convene local, state, regional, and national resources to build coordinated, well-informed and equipped local teams in these rural communities.
Community partners
- Purdue Extension, 4-H Youth Development
- Indiana Coalition to End Human Trafficking and Sexual Assault
- Indiana State Police
- Indiana Youth Services Association
Campus partners
- School of Public Health, Department of Applied Health Science
- Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Center for the Study of Global Change
Counties involved
Brown, Greene, Putnam
Project abstract
This working group is comprised of an interdisciplinary staff and faculty campus coalition that partners with the Community Engagement to End Child Exploitation project. This group looks to develop a multi-disciplinary, holistic approach that enhances community engagement and continues to build multi-disciplinary opportunities including practicums, internships, interprofessional practice education, Trafficking Project Echo, online modules, data sets, and intersession courses.
Campus partners
The group consists of staff and faculty from the School of Public Health, Hamilton Lugar School, IU Police Department, Criminal Justice, College of Arts + Sciences; School of Nursing; School of Social Work, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs; Maurer School of Law; Sociology, IU Southeast; and the Interprofessional Practice and Education Center.