January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

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1 January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day CoNEHT Hotline (Colorado) CALL: National Human Trafficking Hotline CALL: or TEXT: HELP to BeFree (233733) The Department of Homeland Security's Blue Campaign has launched #WearBlueDay in observance of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. #WearBlueDay lets you show your support for the issue of human trafficking via social media. Here's how you can participate: Find your favorite article of blue clothing. Put that clothing on. Snap a photo of yourself, friends, family, and colleagues wearing blue. Post your photograph on social media with the #WearBlueDay and #WeWearBlueBecause, telling the world why you wear blue. NEXT ACHT-P Event: Public Video and Discussion Tuesday, January 16, :30 p.m. Rawlings Public Library InfoZone Theater (See details on this page.) January 2018 Volume 5, Issue 1 Editor Mona Klein Contact us at: ACHT.Pueblo@gmail.com To unsubscribe from this list, please reply to this with "remove" in the subject line.

2 Now Available The 2017 Colorado Human Trafficking Council Report (A comprehensive overview of the work of the Council in 2017) The report highlights a series of topics including: Findings and recommendations from the Council's prosecution study; Ongoing data collection efforts throughout the state; The creation of human trafficking-specific standards for housing providers in Colorado; A summary of human trafficking trainings conducted throughout the state and the implementation of a Train-the-Trainer program in six counties; A broad overview of the funding landscape for human trafficking service provision in Colorado; and The Council's efforts to identify vulnerable populations and the barriers to investigating and prosecuting labor trafficking in Colorado. The Annual Report is available in its entirety or as these individual sections. VISIT THE ACHT-Pueblo Facebook site: FACEBOOK: ACHT-Pueblo WEBSITES FOR A FEW OTHER HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCES: Polaris Project - Colorado Human Trafficking Council Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking - org/ Human Trafficking Task Force of Southern Colorado - ACHT-Pueblo has an official office at the Catholic Charities Diocese of Pueblo Building: ACHT-P 429 W. 10 th Street, #101 Pueblo, CO (719) The Year in Review a broad overview of Council efforts and meeting discussions throughout the year. The 2017 Year in Review provides: An overview of Council discussions of vulnerable populations and barriers to the identification, investigation, and prosecution of labor trafficking a major focus of the Council in 2017 A recap of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking s Housing Program presentation to the Council Results of an analysis of the state s funding landscape for human trafficking service provision A summary of the progress made towards the development of an implementation plan for a statewide public awareness campaign A review of State legislation passed in 2017 that addresses human trafficking 2. Data and Research an annual account of human trafficking incidence and efforts of law enforcement to combat the crime as reported by law enforcement, judicial, and victim service providers. This year s report also includes results from the Council s comprehensive prosecution study. 3.Training a summary of training curricula development and delivery milestones, including the successful completion of six train-the-trainer courses to 49 facilitators statewide and over 973 professionals trained across the state. 4. Standards a complete set of standards for two distinct audiences: Adult Housing Providers, and Licensed 24-Hour Child Care Facilities and Division of Youth Services State-Operated Facilities. The 2017 Council Report is available as a single download or can be downloaded in individual sections from the CHTC Website. Colorado Department of Public Safety. (2017) Colorado Human Trafficking Council Annual Report. Lakewood, CO: Division of Criminal Justice

3 Upcoming Human Trafficking Conferences in Colorado Thursday, February 22, 2018 in Ft. Collins ACHT-Pueblo Next ACHT-Pueblo General Meeting: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Colorado Human Trafficking Training Available The Human Trafficking Training Module: Core Curriculum is the first in a series of training modules that serves to address the Colorado Human Trafficking Council s training mandate. Training sessions are available in one, two or two-and-one-half hour formats. There is no cost for the training, other than providing the meeting space. If you know of a professional, educational, civic, social or religious organization that would like to receive this training, please contact ACHT- Pueblo to arrange a session at acht.pueblo@gmail.com. for more information Wed. Thurs., April 4 5, 2018 in Denver 2018 Freedom Network USA Conference: Standing Tall: A Vision of Freedom in Times of Change for more information Human Trafficking and the Super Bowl Super Bowls are not the only events that attract human traffickers. Human trafficking activities occur at many special events. In preparation for the 2018 Super Bowl, Minneapolis area law enforcement organizations have partnered with others to formulate a disciplined approach to reducing demand for trafficking as well as providing more services to trafficking survivors. For details on these activities, please read the article at: Minneapolis Star Tribune - Sex Trafficking Crack Down.

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