Liana Dean, BayCare Behavioral Health Institute
Kim Figueroa, MTL
Katherine Gomez, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Natasha Nascimento, Redefining Refuge, Inc.
Mario Price, United States Marshals Service
🗳️ Check in/out of this workshop
(for social worker CE credit only)
✏️ Workshop survey
(not required but appreciated)
Operation Dragon Eye was a cross-sector collaboration between law enforcement, medical professionals, non-governmental organizations, juvenile justice, and child welfare partners that resulted in the successful recovery of missing and exploited children in the Tampa Bay area. A panel of experts will explore the blueprint behind the operation, highlighting logistics, trauma-informed response protocols, and real-time decision-making that made it the most successful child recovery operation in U.S. history. Attendees will learn how strategic partnerships, nonprofit flexibility, and resource allocation can maximize impact and how to replicate and expand this model in other jurisdictions.