Episode 300 | Just Direct Financial Assistance: A Strategy to Support Survivors of Human Trafficking
Original Release Date: October 18, 2024 In episode 3 of our economic empowerment season, Just Science down with Megan Lundstrom, the inaugural Director of the Polaris Project’s Resilience Fund, to discuss how flexible cash assistance can support people who have experienced human trafficking. Direct financial assistance, such as stipends or grants, play an important role […]
Episode 299 | (Not) Just Jobs: Survivor Empowerment through Skill-building and Career Growth
Original Release Date: October 11, 2024 In episode 2 of our economic empowerment season, Just Science sat down with Lenore Shaffer of Restore NYC, Tiffany McGee of Survivor Ventures, and Laura Hackney of Annie Cannons experts in the anti-trafficking field to discuss their economic empowerment work. Economic empowerment programs include skill building, job training, and […]
Episode 298 | (Not) Just Money: Exploring Economic Empowerment for Survivors of Trafficking
Original Release Date: October 4, 2024 In episode 1 of our economic empowerment season, Just Science down with Carolyne Ouya, Program Manager at Futures Without Violence, to discuss core concepts in economic empowerment for human trafficking. For those who have experienced human trafficking, economic or financial consequences are often inextricably linked to their trafficking experience […]
Episode 297 | Just Enhancing Grant Outcomes through TTA
Original Release Date: September 6, 2024 In this special release episode, Just Science sat down with Dr. Pattie Melton, Co-Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA) Forensics Training and Technical Assistance, or TTA, Program, and Paige Presler-Jur, Associate Project Director for the State-based Awards TTA team on BJA’s Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use […]
Episode 296 | Just Public Health and Safety Data Sharing in Georgia
Original Release Date: August 8, 2024 n the final episode of our Community-based Solutions for Substance Use Challenges season, Just Science sits down with Kristen Lee, Substance Use Program Coordinator at the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Lizann Roberts, Executive Director of the Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition, and Tara Jennings, Strategic Planning Administrator for Chatham […]
Episode 295 | Just All Hands On DECK for Drug Endangered Youth
Original Release Date: August 2, 2024 In episode seven of our Community-based Solutions for Substance Use Challenges season, Just Science sits down with Cristi Cain, Local Public Health Section Director at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and Sally Wright, the All Hands on DECK, or Drug Endangered Children Kansas, Program Manager for the […]