“Hidden Risks: Drug Endangered Children and Family Human Trafficking Training” by Chestnut Health Systems, Logan/Mason ROSC and McLean ROSC at Illinois State University Alumni Room in Normal

This training explores the connection between Drug Endangered Children and Familial Child Sex Trafficking, highlighting how caregiver substance misuse increases children’s risk of harm and exploitation. Participants will learn to recognize risk factors and grooming indicators, and apply trauma-informed, multidisciplinary strategies for early identification, intervention, and referral.

The training helps individuals identify warning signs early, understand the dynamics of victimization, and respond in a trauma-informed, victim-centered way so children are protected rather than criminalized. In Illinois, where human trafficking and drug-related child endangerment occur in both urban and rural communities, this training supports coordinated, multidisciplinary responses among law enforcement, child welfare, healthcare, education and community services.

Chestnut Health Systems is a not-for-profit organization that has cared since 1973 for the most vulnerable in our communities. Chestnut provides substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery; mental health treatment; primary care; dental care; and housing and supportive services. It is a leader in behavioral health-related research through its Lighthouse Institute. More at www.chestnut.org. Logan/Mason County Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) collaborates to build and empower communities of recovery in Logan and Mason County Illinois. Funded in whole or in part by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery. McLean County Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) collaborates to build and empower communities of recovery in McLean County Illinois. Funded in whole or in part by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery.

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