Bakhita Empowerment Training Institute
June 2025 Kick-Off Sessions
The Bakhita Empowerment Initiative will host FREE training sessions to increase professionals’ basic understanding of best practices and guiding principles in
providing services to victims and survivors of human trafficking. Topics covered include, why human trafficking is a complex topic, ways to respond, and the various scenarios in which it occurs, including sex, labor and commercial exploitation of children.
Choose from both online and in-person options:
Webinars: June 2, June 5, June 23 from 1:30pm – 3:00pm
In-Person*: June 26 from 1:30pm – 3:00pm
*In-person will be held at Catholic Charities Center
435 E. Broadway, Louisville KY 40202
This essential training is open to all, especially in the fields of:
• Social services
• Healthcare
• Mental health
• Education
• Law enforcement
• Human resources
These sessions are offered FREE by Bakhita’s Human Trafficking Training Institute, a service of Catholic Charities designed to build professionals capacity to identify human trafficking and access services for survivors.
TRAINING INSTITUTE MENU
The Bakhita Empowerment Initiative is offering trainings focused on human trafficking in relation to healthcare, education, service provision, victim services, and other disciplines. The Bakhita Empowerment Initiative can also work with your agency to tailor training with specific information needed. These trainings will vary in length (1-2 hours, half- day, and full day) depending on the topic and need of the organization. Training can be offered in-person or virtual. Any training can be modified to fit an agency’s exact needs.
Individual Pricing:
2 Hours: $80
4 Hours: $160
6 Hours: $299
Group Pricing:
2 Hours: $500
4 Hours: $1,000
6 Hours: $1,500
Track 1 Option:
Track 2 Option:
Track 3 Option:
Training for Service Providers:
- Human Trafficking 201: 1-2 hours
- Screening and Identification: 2 hours
- Case Management: 2 hours
- Impacted Populations: What Makes Them Vulnerable and Ways to Increase Protective Factors: 2 hours
- Survivor-Informed Initiatives: 1-2 hours
- Guiding Principles: 2 hours, Half day, or Full day
Awareness: Deepening Your Understanding of Human Trafficking as Professionals
- Human Trafficking 101: 1 hour
- Human Trafficking 201: 1-2 hours
Training for Medical Professionals
- Human Trafficking 101: 1 hour
- Human Trafficking 201: 1-2 hours
- Human Trafficking and Healthcare: 1-2 hours
Track 4 Option:
Ala Carte Option:
Other Option:
Training for Educators:
- Human Trafficking 201: 1-2 hours
- Screening and Identification: 2 hours
- Prevention and Response: 2 hours
- Impacted Populations: What Makes Them Vulnerable and Ways to Increase Protective Factors: 2 hours
In-Person or Virtual Options available:
- Human Trafficking 101: 1-2 hours
- Guiding Principles: 2 hours, Half day, or Full day
- Human Trafficking 201: 1-2 hours
- Tailored Training: 2 hours, Half day, or Full day
- Train the Trainers: Full Day
- Screening and Identification: 2 hours
- Case Management: 2 hours
- Survivor-Informed Initiatives: 2 hours
- Impacted Populations: What Makes Them Vulnerable and Ways to Increase Protective Factors: 2 hours
- Survivor-Informed Initiatives: 2 hours
- Trainings: Virtual: Human Trafficking 101 and 201 will be offered monthly on a virtual platform
- Plenary Speaker:
Offer Certificates / Accreditation (Update to Platinum):
- Individual Pricing:
1 Hour: $40
2 Hours: $80
4 Hours: $160
6 Hours: $299
- Group Pricing:
2 Hour: $500
4 Hours: $1,000
6 Hours: $1,500
Amy Nace-DeGonda Bio:
Amy Nace-DeGonda has her undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University of Louisville. Amy has been working in social services since 2002. She works with the Bakhita Empowerment Initiative at Catholic Charities of Louisville as the Program Director, where she provides educational workshops and trainings on human trafficking, assists in development of a statewide anti-trafficking coalition, provides guidance and supervision to direct service workers, assists with implementation and facilitation of prevention education groups with youth, and works directly with identified victims of human trafficking throughout Kentucky. She works closely with social service providers, health care workers, law enforcement, government agencies, and others to ensure that human trafficking is being identified in our communities and that the survivors are provided with the resources they need to rebuild their lives. Amy provides training on human trafficking to churches, social service agencies, government agencies, hospitals, volunteers, national conferences and others. She worked on the HOPE Campaign where she created materials for training professionals as well as volunteers.
Amy is the past co-chair of the Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force, Nelson County Task Force and Louisville Human Trafficking Task Force and assisted in creating a coalition of victim service providers in the Louisville Metro area. She is the co-chair. and a member of the Southeastern Region Human Trafficking Advisory Board, that was started by the HHS, which consists of representatives of 7 states in the southeastern region. As part of her work with the Southeastern Region Advisory Board. Amy assisted in authoring the Guiding Principles which has been published by HHS. Amy is a current member of the Human Trafficking Collective Victim Services Advisory Board. Amy has received Human Trafficking Prevention and Intervention certification through Florida State University.
To get more information or to schedule contact:
Amy Nace-DeGonda, Director
502-715-1504