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Measuring Outcomes for Human Trafficking Survivors through the OHTS Tool

Thu, Nov 14, 12:30 to 1:50pm, Foothill C - 2nd Level

Abstract

Human trafficking victim service provider organizations currently lack an evidence-based tool to assess outcomes of the survivors that they serve. The lack of a reliable outcome tool limits service providers in their ability to gauge the impact of their services, track outcomes of survivors over time, and adapt services to better meet the needs of the survivors that they serve. The Outcomes for Human Trafficking Survivors (OHTS) Instrument, developed in 2020 by RTI in partnership with the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) and other service providers and advocates, was designed to be such a tool, but to date, has not been validated in real-world settings. With funding from NIJ, researchers at the Urban Institute and NORC have partnered to conduct an evaluation of the OHTS tool as piloted by three different service provider organizations for their clients (diverse survivors of trafficking that include survivors of both sex and labor trafficking, as well as domestic and foreign-born survivors). The study conducts a reliability assessment and validity test of the OHTS by comparing case manager ratings of survivors using the tool with responses reported directly by survivors about key outcomes. The goal is to start building an evidence base of the OHTS instrument as a reliable and valid tool for use across diverse service provider organizations to measure outcomes for survivors receiving program services. This presentation will report on the evaluation’s findings to date.

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