1. CSEC Data Collection and Screening Tool Selection
CSEC Statewide Coordinating Committee
June 5, 2018
Kimberly Ong & Nicholas Oakley

2. 2017 Statewide Annual Report
In the 2017 calendar year:
169 checklists were identified as suspected or confirmed CSEC (compared to 153 in 2016)
53% of suspected or confirmed CSEC are being identified by case authors, but not flagged by the checklist
Racial/ethnic disproportionality continues when comparing suspected or confirmed CSEC to American Community Survey Estimates for ages for Washington State
29.59% of suspected or confirmed CSEC did not attend school in the last term. School attendance is unknown for 43.20% of suspected or confirmed CSEC.

3. 2017 Statewide Annual Report
In the 2017 calendar year:
53.25% of suspected or confirmed CSEC screened experienced some level of housing instability
20.71% of suspected or confirmed CSEC screened experienced child welfare involvement
7.28% of suspected or confirmed CSEC screened experienced juvenile justice involvement

4. CSEC Indicators CSEC Identification / Risk Factors No. %
Youth is under age 18 and has a record of arrest for prostitution or related charges. 21
12.43
Youth is known to have engaged in sexual conduct for money, but no arrests or related charges. 52
30.77
Youth is known to have engaged in sexual conduct for an exchange other than a fee. 69
40.83
Youth is known to have received a fee or exchange for recruiting peers/others into CSE. 9
5.33
Youth is known to have been taken to clubs, hotels, casinos, or residences by adults and engaged in sexual conduct. 35
20.71
Youth is known to have been abducted/imprisoned or moved around for sexual activity. 18
10.65
Youth has been removed from an area of prostitution or other commercial sexual activity by authorities. Areas include strip clubs and massage parlors. 17
10.06
Youth is known to have engaged in exotic dancing at clubs, private parties, and/or possesses an exotic dancing permit. 7
4.14
Youth is known to have been subject to production, promotion, and/or distribution of pornography in some form.
Youth has been prostituted and/or sexually exploited as part of gang initiation, membership, or affiliation. 16
9.47
Youth has an explicit sexual online profile on internet community sites such as Backpage or Facebook that indicates CSE. 19
11.24
Youth is known to have a pimp, or acknowledged having a pimp ever. 30
17.75

5. CSEC Screening Tool Needs and Assessment: Survey Responses
Survey data was collected from 5/7/18 – 5/30/18
38 respondents

6. CSEC Screening Tool Needs and Assessment: Survey Responses
What kind of screening tool would be most helpful to your work?
Case Review, Information Integration, Administered by Staff: 40%
Questionnaire, Self-Completed or Administered by Staff: 60%
Other:
Concerns:
Cannot use a self-administered tool
Suggestions:
Bridge Collaborative screening
Staff-administered conversational questionnaire ties into rapport- building that also allows space for additional staff insights

7. CSEC Screening Tool Needs and Assessment: Survey Responses
Which demographic questions would you prioritize and want to include in a screening tool?
Age
Other:
Housing Status
When staying with friends and family are there any requirements to that stay?
Service Provision
Systems Involvement Experience
School Attendance
History of sexual assault
Gender Identity
Race/Ethnicity
Marital status, Religious preference
Sexual Orientation
Gender Expression
Current dating relationships
Country of Origin
Gender Assigned at Birth

8. CSEC Screening Tool Needs and Assessment: Survey Responses
Would it be valuable in your work to have access to a commercial sexual exploitation screening tool?
Comments:
Would be more helpful to have:
Conversational guide, as opposed to direct question and answer
State level data for best practice development to apply to specific regions and service implementation
Easy screening for individuals who call in for information and services over the phone
Concerns
Accuracy of responses, despite tracking risk factors
What screening tools have been successful for other organizations?
Yes:
No:
97.3%
2.7%

9. CSEC Screening Tool Needs and Assessment: Survey Responses
What is the likelihood that your agency will participate in CSEC data collection?
Definitely:
32.43%
Very Likely:
27.03%
Possibly:
37.84%
Not Likely:
2.7%
Definitely Not:
0.0%

10. CSEC Screening Tool Needs and Assessment: Survey Responses
What are the barriers to your agency participating in data collection?
Staff capacity:
Training
Time (to collect information, to adapt current systems)
Lack of experience with CSEC
Access to and agreement to share information
Difficulty of getting young people to self-identify
Accessible data collection tool
Consistency in which tool should be used and what information should be collected, as dictated by funders
Safe/encrypted
User friendly
Affordable
Confidentiality concerns

11. CSEC Screening Tool Needs and Assessment: Survey Responses
What would help lower those barriers?
Funding to increase staff capacity to collect data
Increased availability and accessibility of trainings
Training specific to data collection (why it’s important, set expectations, how to use the database/tool, how to elicit information from youth, identifying risk factors, etc)
Formal agreements drafted to share information and data
Greater clarity regarding what data is being collected, how it can be collected, and the purpose of data collection
User-friendly tool that is consistent for better data sharing and alignment across systems and agencies

12. CSEC Screening Tool Needs and Assessment: Survey Responses
Is there any information not currently included in the quarterly reports that you would like to see?
Law enforcement involvement

13. CSEC Screening Tool Needs and Assessment: Survey Responses
Would your agency find summary data reports about the screening and demographics of the youth you serve and statewide summaries useful in your work?
Yes: 94.44%
No: 5.56%

14. Questions? Feedback?
To connect with a CSEC 101 trainer or discuss Project Respect data participation, please
Kimberly Ong