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Congratulations to the DCF Norwalk Office….awesome picture, clearly gets the point across!!! Check out all of the HART "Wear Blue" January 2020 Photos: HART Wear Blue Photos January 2020
Quinnipiac's Human Trafficking Prevention Project will be expanding its efforts into schools and parent groups by partnering with the Department of Children and Families Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team (HART). DCF will be hosting a training of trainers, to instruct both students and lawyers on how to teach human trafficking awareness to teachers and parents.

Yvette Young / Valerie Miles/ Tammy Sneed	CONGRATULATIONS! to Valerie Miles and Emily Morse, the latest HART Shining Star Awards recipients. On Friday, September 27, 2019,Valerie Miles and Emily Morse received the HART Shining Star Awards. Both recipients have gone above and beyond in their perspective areas.	Yvette Young / Emily Morse / Tammy Sneed
CONGRATULATIONS TAMMY SNEED! (1/21/18) Read the U.S. Department of Justice Press Release Ms. Sneed received the prestigious "United States Attorney's Outstanding Partnership Award." Ms. Sneed has been essential in coordinating services for sex trafficking victims and assisting with local, sate, and federalinvestigations involving the sex trafficking of children. Ms. Sneed and the Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team (HART) members work with law enforcement to coordinate victim interviews, victim housing placement and other victim services. Ms. Sneed is also involved in organizing human trafficking training sessions for police officers, hospitals, educators and other groups, and involves law enforcement in these training sessions. Ms. Sneed consistently goes above and beyond in assisting investigators and prosecutors, and has been integral to many human trafficking cases that have been prosecuted over the years.
(#WearBlueDay) Wear BluePhoto Challenge: 2019,2018, 2017 The Blue Campaign is the unified voice for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to combat human trafficking. Working in collaboration with law enforcement, government, non-governmental and private organizations, the Blue Campaign strives to protect the basic right of freedom and to bring those who exploit human lives to justice.
Congratulations to HART (4/24/19) Connecticut’s Human Antitrafficking Response Team (HART) receives recognition from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)for their efforts to combat child trafficking in Connecticut.

Shining Star Awards On Friday, September 27, 2019, Valerie Miles and Emily Morse received the HART Shining Star Awards. Both recipients have gone above and beyond in their perspective areas. Brooke Morris, Courtney Collier, Detective Matthew Greenstein and Brian Sibley Latoya Lowery and Sargent Jason Amato Detective Joshua Lewis and The Underground Marilyn Kmetz and Erin Williamson Yvette Young Karen Diaz