Events Calendar
MECP Webinar: The Vulnerability of Homeless Youth
Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 02:00pm - 03:30pm
Missing and Exploited Children's Program invites you to join us for this month's webinar on the vulnerabilities of homeless youth. Presented by Tammy Hopper of the National Safe Place and Sergeant Byron Fassett of the Dallas Police Department, this webinar will define and identify profiles of high risk homeless youth, identify solutions and agency responses for working with homeless youth, and identify national resources for law enforcement and the populations they serve.
This webinar will:
Identify pathways for increased victimization of homeless youth
Provide considerations for developing agency responses to homeless youth
Discuss available resources through National Safe Place.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6773749554405713922?utm_source=The+Vulnerability+of+Homeless+Youth+&utm_campaign=2015+January+Webinar+&utm_medium=email
About the Presenters
Tammy L. Hopper, LCSW, GPC is the Chief Strategic Initiatives Officer for National Safe Place Network and the Director of RHYTTAC (Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center) based in Louisville, KY. Tammy has worked with the RHY and street youth populations for more than 25 years and has provided contracted therapeutic interventions and response with Mobile Crisis Units and PASAAC (Project Against the Sexual Abuse of Appalachian Children). She has served as Chair of the National Council on Youth Policy and as Director of Public Policy for the National Network for Youth. Tammy is an advocate and enthusiastic believer in youth development and is committed to working with individuals and organizations that embrace the power and promise that comes from partnering with youth.
Sergeant Byron Fassett has been with the Dallas Police Department for 29 years. He served as a Patrol Officer and a Detective before moving to the Child Exploitation Squad in 1990 where he has specialized in conducting investigations involving the sexual abuse and exploitation of children for the past 19 years. The Child Exploitation Squad, which Sergeant Fassett is responsible for supervising, handles approximately 1,100 cases a year, consists of 15 detectives, and is divided into three teams; the Investigations Team, the High Risk Victims and Trafficking Team, (HRVT) and the Internet Crimes Against Children Team (ICAC). These teams investigate child abductions, child pornography, victimization of children through prostitution, sexual assaults of children by non-family members/strangers, Internet facilitated sexual abuse of children, and other forms of sexual abuse and exploitation of children. He has been designated as a Special Investigator for the Attorney General's Office of the State of Texas and a Special Deputy for United States Marshall's Service.
This webinar will:
Identify pathways for increased victimization of homeless youth
Provide considerations for developing agency responses to homeless youth
Discuss available resources through National Safe Place.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6773749554405713922?utm_source=The+Vulnerability+of+Homeless+Youth+&utm_campaign=2015+January+Webinar+&utm_medium=email
About the Presenters
Tammy L. Hopper, LCSW, GPC is the Chief Strategic Initiatives Officer for National Safe Place Network and the Director of RHYTTAC (Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center) based in Louisville, KY. Tammy has worked with the RHY and street youth populations for more than 25 years and has provided contracted therapeutic interventions and response with Mobile Crisis Units and PASAAC (Project Against the Sexual Abuse of Appalachian Children). She has served as Chair of the National Council on Youth Policy and as Director of Public Policy for the National Network for Youth. Tammy is an advocate and enthusiastic believer in youth development and is committed to working with individuals and organizations that embrace the power and promise that comes from partnering with youth.
Sergeant Byron Fassett has been with the Dallas Police Department for 29 years. He served as a Patrol Officer and a Detective before moving to the Child Exploitation Squad in 1990 where he has specialized in conducting investigations involving the sexual abuse and exploitation of children for the past 19 years. The Child Exploitation Squad, which Sergeant Fassett is responsible for supervising, handles approximately 1,100 cases a year, consists of 15 detectives, and is divided into three teams; the Investigations Team, the High Risk Victims and Trafficking Team, (HRVT) and the Internet Crimes Against Children Team (ICAC). These teams investigate child abductions, child pornography, victimization of children through prostitution, sexual assaults of children by non-family members/strangers, Internet facilitated sexual abuse of children, and other forms of sexual abuse and exploitation of children. He has been designated as a Special Investigator for the Attorney General's Office of the State of Texas and a Special Deputy for United States Marshall's Service.