Reports
Processing of the T Visa, the Temporary Legal Status That Protects Human Trafficking Survivors, Has Effectively Stopped
As of June 2026, USCIS’s processing times tool shows 80% of T visa cases are completed within 30.5 months.1 Two years ago, the median processing time was 14.9 months.2 Prepared...
Research and Evaluation Snapshot, 2025
Ethan Levine, Cast The research team at Cast engages in survivor-centered, anti-oppression scholarship. Our work addresses anti-trafficking practice, including but not limited to the provision of direct services to survivors;...
What If Journalists Collaborated with Trafficking Survivors?
Journalists play a crucial role in shaping understandings of human trafficking. When describing the problem, they can draw attention to root causes and urgent gaps in policy and services. When...
What Good Is Research If No One Can Read It?: A New Look at Research Access in the Anti-Violence Field
Connecting the Dots Between Research and Real-World Advocacy Cast’s Research and Policy teams have a new paper out! Cast’s Research and Policy teams just released a new publication focused on...
Health-Related Referral Patterns Among Labor and Sex Trafficking Survivors in Los Angeles County, CA
Cast’s research has been published in the Journal of Human Trafficking! “Health-Related Referral Patterns Among Labor and Sex Trafficking Survivors in Los Angeles County, CA” takes a deep dive into...
Measuring the Impact of Services for Human Trafficking Survivors: Tracking Clinically Significant Improvement Across Outcomes
For years, success in survivor services has been measured in numbers—but do they truly reflect the reality of healing and progress? The Journal of Applied Social Science has published a...
Research and Evaluation Snapshot, 2024
Ethan Levine, Cast The research team at Cast engages in survivor-centered, anti-oppression scholarship. Our work addresses anti-trafficking practice, including but not limited to the provision of direct services to survivors;...
The Provider Perspectives Study: Exploring the Criminalization of Survivors
For many years, Cast has supported survivors who have experienced criminalization over the course of their lives. Some were arrested or incarcerated before being trafficked, and made vulnerable to traffickers...
Survivors’ Experiences of Sharing Their Trafficking Stories Publicly: Preliminary Findings
Chris Ash, National Survivor Network, Sabra Boyd, Independent Journalist, Barbara Friedman, University of North Carolina (UNC), Ethan Levine, Cast, Andrea Lorenz, UNC. National Survivor Network Report. (2024) In preparation for...
Cast Conversations on Forced Criminality
Recorded interviews with Ron Kalemba, Jenna Bruce, and Nagwa Ibrahim conducted by Ethan Levine. (2024) Listen on YouTube