NEPA Task Force Against Human Trafficking Regional Training 2025

Welcome to the **NEPA Task Force Against Human Trafficking Regional Training 2025**! Join us on **Thursday, January 22, 2026** at the scenic Northampton Community College, Pocono Campus, Tannersville, PA for a day of learning and collaboration. This in-person event will bring together experts and advocates in the fight against human trafficking. NEPA Task Force Against Human Trafficking in conjunction with the Safe Monroe is hosting our free regional training event. This training will help identify potential trafficking victims, provide them with safety and the services they need, and hold traffickers accountable for the crimes that they commit. This training is for professionals such as attorneys, EMT providers, law enforcement, teachers, social workers, health care providers and victim service providers. Qualifying attorneys will receive 4 substantive CLE credits upon attendance. Qualifying EMS providers will receive 6 continuing education hours (1 CPC and 5 other) credits upon attendance. Credits pending approval for qualifying MPOETC certified officers. Qualifying teachers will receive 6 hours of Act 48 credits upon attendance. Qualifying social workers will receive 6 CEU credits upon attendance with the cost being covered by Family Service Association of Northeastern PA. Qualifying Victim Service Providers will receive 5.5 PCCD training hours upon attendance. All others not seeking CEU's will receive a certificate upon attendance. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided courtesy of District Attorney Mike Mancuso and the Monroe County District Attorney's Office. Don't miss this opportunity to network, share ideas, and gain valuable insights.

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Info: The NEPA Taskforce Against Human Trafficking and Safe Monroe are hosting a Free Regional Training for Professionals. Presentations include: This Happened To Me: Familial Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Northeast and Central Pennsylvania by Keynote Speaker, Kate Price, Ph.D.; The Power of the Barrier Wall Project by Alyssa Almonti and Carol Andersen; The Intersectionality's of Trafficking by Sheniqua Mitchell; Tools and Techniques for Law Enforcement to Identify Possible Trafficking Situations, a Law Enforcement Only Presentation by Cpl. Gerald Lydon and Tpr. Jessica Rivchin of The Pennsylvania State Police; and It Takes a Village: The Importance of Building Strong Teams, a NEPA HT Case Study by The Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office, Victims Resource Center, Law Enforcement and the Survivor.

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