Project HEAL Curricula is provided by the Center for Justice Innovation, in collaboration with Courtney’s House, CATCH Court, and rights4girls to provide leadership and peer support materials for human trafficking survivors.
Please reach out to traffickinginfo@innovatingjustice.org for questions or more information.
Two curricula are available — one for youth and one for adults. Designed to be trauma-informed and age-appropriate, the curricula have six modules as well as five shorter tracks. The curricula cover topics such as:
There are accompanying facilitator guides and a recorded facilitator training with suggestions for how agencies can best use the materials in their programming.
All the materials are available in English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese.
The Project HEAL curriculum provides a framework for professional development training and support for survivors of human trafficking that empowers them to become purpose-driven leaders and effective advocates for change in their own lives and communities.
This guide provides practical strategies for facilitating the Project HEAL Adult Curriculum, including considerations for facilitator training, participant readiness, digital literacy, accessibility, the incorporation of mentorship, and more.
The Project HEAL curriculum provides a framework for professional development training and support for survivors of human trafficking that empowers them to become purpose-driven leaders and effective advocates for change in their own lives and communities. This version was created for young people and includes an increased focus on education and more scenarios related to young people’s experiences.
This guide provides practical strategies for facilitating the Project HEAL Youth Curriculum, including considerations for facilitator training, participant readiness, working with boys, working with young people with autism, the incorporation of mentorship, and more.
This video recording provides an overview of Project HEAL and outlines the differences between the adult and youth curricula. It features Tina Frundt, executive director of Courtney’s House, a survivor-led organization working with young survivors of trafficking in the DMV area, who discusses more strategies for facilitating the youth curriculum. She discusses how to build rapport with youth, incorporate scenarios to enhance program content, seek feedback from youth related to the program, and more.
Mandarin Subtitles