Resources Available to Leaders and Commanders

Resources Available to Leaders and Commanders

CTIP Awareness Training Program

The Department of Defense Instruction 2200.01, "Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP)," establishes DoD policy on CTIP and assigns responsibilities. The instruction requires heads of all DoD Components to ensure all personnel (i.e., all Service members and DoD civilian personnel) take Combating Trafficking in Persons Training within their first year of initial entry with follow-on training determined by the Military Departments. Components may employ training products internally developed and approved by the OUSD (P&R) CTIP PMO or use CTIP PMO developed training products. Please contact dodctip@mail.mil to obtain CTIP PMO developed training products.

Mandatory Trainings:

  • General Awareness Training (CTIP-GA-US011):

    Section 2.9.b of the CTIP DoDI (2200.01) requires new personnel (i.e., all Service members and DoD civilian personnel) take CTIP training within their first year of initial entry into the DoD with follow-on training determined by the Component head concerned, in accordance with the March 1, 2018, USD(P&R) Information Memorandum.

  • General Awareness Refresher Course (CTIP-US018A):

    Public Law 117-348, ‘‘Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022,’’ mandates the CTIP General Awareness Refresher Course every two (2) years for all DoD personnel.

  • DoDEA Personnel Training (CTIP-EA-US014):

    Section 3.5.a of the CTIP DoDI (2200.01) requires DoDEA teachers, administrators, and school staff take the CTIP specialized training for DoDEA personnel at their initial entry into DoDEA and every two (2) years after that. This training is taken in lieu of the General Awareness Refresher Course.

  • Investigative Professionals Training (US-IP-US013):

    Section 3.3.a of the CTIP DoDI (2200.01) requires CTIP investigative professionals to take the specialized CTIP Investigative Professionals Training once every three (3) years. This training is taken in lieu of the General Awareness Refresher Course.

  • Acquisition Personnel Training (CTIP-AP-US012):

    Section 3.4.a of the CTIP DoDI (2200.01), requires CTIP acquisition personnel to take the specialized CTIP Acquisition Personnel Training once every three (3) years. This training is taken in lieu of the General Awareness Refresher Course. NOTE: The Acquisition training interval will be revised to once every two (2) years when the CTIP DoDI is updated in FY25.

Non-mandatory Specialized Trainings:

The CTIP PMO has five (5) specialized trainings we offer as resources, which may be taken in lieu of the General Awareness Refresher Course once every two (2) years. They are:

Resources for Dependents:

Specialized Toolkits:

The CTIP PMO Website (https://ctip.defense.gov) has additional resource on human trafficking including:

  • Voices of Human Trafficking – 20 Survivor Stories of human trafficking, often with a nexus to DoD
  • CTIP Resources – Materials created by the CTIP PMO including newsletter articles from the CTIP Quarterly Newsletter, Videos and Public Service Announcements, CTIP Documents, Education and Awareness Materials
  • Resource Library – A list of Federal Agencies and Intergovernmental Agencies working to combating human trafficking; a list of U.S. Government Reports and Actions Plans; U.S. and International Laws, Policies and Regulations governing human trafficking
  • CTIP Audits – a list of government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports, Inspector General (IG) Reports, and SIGAR Reports
  • Acquisition Resources – Risk Mitigation, Vendor Threat and Other articles, memos, and information for Acquisition Resource Personnel