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COLORADO PROJECT TO COMPREHENSIVELY

COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING


REPORTS RELEASE

WE ASKED :
What are the elements of Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, and Partnerships that exist in your community?

What would it take to end human trafficking?


about the colorado project

YOU ANSWERED :
We received more than 200 surveys from across the country, over 160 surveys from within Colorado and numerous informal and formal interviews which informed the project findings.

The purpose of the Colorado Project is to develop a comprehensive, interdisciplinary research project to better understand efforts essential to combating human trafficking, and within those efforts, assess current promising practices that individuals and agencies are using to combat human trafficking in

the United States. To date, many community-level efforts have appropriately and necessarily reacted to the needs of survivors (protection), along with the needs of first responders (prosecution, protection). The Colorado Project has created a template to provide a baseline for the process of considering a comprehensive approach to addressing human trafficking.

This is a conversation about what happens next.

We happen to think every small step on your part, their part, our part,

coloradoproject.combathumantrafficking.org combathumantrafficking.org 303 / 295 - 0451 info@combathumantrafficking.org

matters.

WHY COLORADO?
UNDERSTANDING OUR STATE
A piecemeal approach has proven time and again to be ineffective. We used these data to inform a statewide Action Plan for how Colorado can move forward to more efficiently and effectively combat human trafficking.

OUTCOMES
STATE & NATIONAL

GATHERING INPUT
The 2013 state and national conferences disseminated research findings and gathered experts from across the U.S. to engage in dialogues around human trafficking root causes, responses, partnerships, outreach approaches and more.

STATE & NATIONAL CONFERENCES

TIMELINE
HISTORY OF THE COLORADO PROJECT
It took us three years and four phases to plan, assemble a great Project Team, and draw people who could help guide us at both the state and national level. Phase I We created a strategic plan. We researched the 4Ps. Phase II We defined promising practices within each P through literature and surveys with practitioners around the country. Phase III We collected data around Colorados comprehensive response to human trafficking. Phase IV Our State Advisory Board reviewed the data and made prioritized, statewide recommendations. An action plan was drafted to achieve these recommendations. 10 cities/states expressed interest in replicating the Colorado Project Model in their home communities.

STATE LEVEL: Empower states and communities with a model to create a common understanding of existing anti-trafficking efforts, followed by a collective approach to more efficiently and effectively focus responses to human trafficking. NATIONAL LEVEL: Establish a national baseline of promising anti-trafficking practices in Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, and Partnerships.

coloradoproject.combathumantrafficking.org combathumantrafficking.org 303 / 295 - 0451 info@combathumantrafficking.org

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