The Training, Technical Assistance and Strategic Planning Program (TTASP) works to improve the systemic response to protect victims of human trafficking in the United States.  The TTASP Program is designed to help strengthen the anti-trafficking field, to share best practices, to improve national levels of coordination, and meet the urgent need of the field for accessible and comprehensive information as well as practitioner-based training, technical assistance, and strategic support.
 
As part of our comprehensive strategy for building the movement against modern-day slavery, Polaris Project places great importance on sharing lessons learned, best practices, and local counter-trafficking strategies by providing training, technical assistance, and consulting at the local, national, and international levels.  All of these capacity-building activities fall within Polaris' newly expanded Training, Technical Assistance and Strategic Planning Program (TTASP).  TTASP is comprised of the following components:

On-Site and Off-Site Trainings, Presentations and Consultations
Polaris Project staff are equipped to provide trainings and technical assistance through phone consultations, presentations, workshops, site visits, and other mediums.  These services are provided to a wide range of audiences, including federal agencies such as the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, Labor, Education, and State.  We also have trained local, state, and federal law enforcement, social service providers, legislators, anti-trafficking outreach programs, and criminal justice professionals.  TTASP also supports and partners with several other regional, national, and international coalitions, including federally-funded networks involving HHS-sponsored Rescue and Restore Coalitions, Street Outreach Grantees, DOJ-funded Human Trafficking Task Forces, FBI Innocence Lost Task Forces, and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces.

Polaris Project Materials Suite
Polaris Project has developed a diverse range of written materials that address numerous topics related to human trafficking and modern-day slavery.  These materials include toolkits, fact sheets, training guides, briefing memos, and primers on a variety of related topics.  Topics include: criminal network operations, legal definitions, types of trafficking, victim identification strategies, task force creation, coalition-building, policy advocacy, prevention, demand reduction, grassroots advocacy, field research, and leadership development.  Materials are available by request in electronic form.

Peer-to-Peer Technical Assistance
In order to exchange information, share expertise, analyze trends, and trade resources, Polaris Project engages in a significant amount of peer-to-peer technical assistance activities with peers in the movement, such as other service providers, other coalitions, and representative delegates from other countries.  

Supporting Anti-Trafficking Research Studies
Through our National Programs, Polaris Project also plays a consulting role in numerous anti-trafficking research studies.  Our staff have served in an advisory capacity on federal anti-trafficking studies sponsored by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
 
Operation of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC)
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center can be reached at 1-888-3737-888 or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   The NHTRC is a 24-hour, seven day a week, toll-free hotline that serves the anti-trafficking movement in the United States.  Please visit the NHTRC page under the National Programs header.