Lessons Learned from the Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking

Countering human trafficking at a statewide level requires a combination of knowledge from lived experience, inter-sector collaborations, and evidence-based tools to measure progress. Since 2010, the nonprofit Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT) has collected and analyzed the data on how p...

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Published in:Societies (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-02, Vol.13 (3), p.51
Main Authors: Miller, Annie, Laser, Julie, Alejano-Steele, Annjanette, Napolitano, Kara, George, Nevita, Connot, Natcha, Finger, Amanda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Analysis
Case studies
Coalitions
Collaboration
Community involvement
Community participation
Community research
community-based participatory research (CBPR)
Decision making
Evidence-based practice
Government regulation
Human rights
Human smuggling
Human trafficking
Hypotheses
Kidnapping
Knowledge
Laboratories
Law enforcement
Measures
Methods
nonprofit engagement
Nonprofit organizations
Participatory research
Partnerships
Prevention
Public sector
Research design
Slavery
Social change
Social movements
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Summary:Countering human trafficking at a statewide level requires a combination of knowledge from lived experience, inter-sector collaborations, and evidence-based tools to measure progress. Since 2010, the nonprofit Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT) has collected and analyzed the data on how partners and organizations across the state work toward ending human trafficking. LCHT uses Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to measure and illuminate promising paths toward ending human trafficking. Through CBPR, many collaborative working documents and activities have been created: Colorado Action Plans, Policy Recommendations, a Partnership Toolkit, and Partnership Convenings. This paper provides a single case study analysis of the Colorado Project, from 2013 through 2023, and offers a glimpse into the goals for the Colorado Project 2028. The ideas, strengths, and challenges presented here can guide other local efforts to support data-informed responses to trafficking. The CBPR methodology sheds light on the changes in Colorado’s anti-trafficking movement and the actions taken on behalf of partnerships (task forces and coalitions) across the state of Colorado. This paper offers a roadmap for collaborative design and decision-making among academic, nonprofit, and public sector partners seeking to conduct research on social movements utilizing a community-engaged process.
ISSN:2075-4698
2075-4698
DOI:10.3390/soc13030051