Lessons Learned from the Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking

Annie Miller (), Julie Laser, Annjanette Alejano-Steele, Kara Napolitano, Nevita George, Natcha Connot and Amanda Finger
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Annie Miller: School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Julie Laser: Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking, Denver, CO 80205, USA
Annjanette Alejano-Steele: Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking, Denver, CO 80205, USA
Kara Napolitano: Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking, Denver, CO 80205, USA
Nevita George: Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking, Denver, CO 80205, USA
Natcha Connot: Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking, Denver, CO 80205, USA
Amanda Finger: Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking, Denver, CO 80205, USA

Societies, 2023, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: nonprofit engagement; community-based participatory research (CBPR); human trafficking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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