Unaccompanied Children (UCs) migrate to the United States without a parent or legal guardian, often driven by complex push and pull factors. Poverty, violence, gang threats, and lack of opportunity compel many to flee, while the hope of safety, economic stability, and family reunification draws them to the United States. Throughout their journey and after arrival, UCs face increased risk of trauma, exploitation, and trafficking. Unaccompanied boys are especially vulnerable and yet, they often remain invisible in trafficking prevention and response efforts. This workshop centers their experiences and provides practical strategies to improve identification, strengthen support systems, and enhance care to ensure safety and support. Participants will examine how societal norms surrounding masculinity, gender roles, and other intersecting identities (such as ethnicity, immigration status, and cultural background) shape the ways unaccompanied boys experience violence and exploitation, and influence whether and how they seek help. We will discuss common forms of sex trafficking and labor trafficking impacting unaccompanied boys, including survival sex, forced criminality, and forced labor. The workshop will address cultural, gender-related, and systemic barriers that may discourage unaccompanied boys from disclosing their victimization and seeking help, including shame, fear, and stigma. We will explore how trauma may manifest in unaccompanied boys in ways that are often misunderstood or overlooked by service providers, and how these dynamics may contribute to service gaps and misidentification. In addition to discussing vulnerabilities and risk factors, the workshop will highlight protective factors as well as strengths-based approaches and strategies to foster resilience. Participants will learn practical strategies to create trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and gender-responsive environments that recognize unaccompanied boys’ strengths, nurture healing, and reduce barriers to accessing support. The workshop will also provide an overview of services available to unaccompanied children who are victims of trafficking, such as the Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP), Aspire, and ORR-funded Home Study and Post-Release Services (PRS). Participants will learn about the process of obtaining an eligibility letter through the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) and the benefits and protections it brings to eligible unaccompanied children. Finally, the workshop will emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary and coordinated response. Participants will explore how collaboration across fields (case managers, child welfare workers, legal advocates, mental health providers, and other anti-trafficking professionals) is critical to identifying and supporting safety and long-term stability for unaccompanied boys impacted by sex and labor trafficking.