2022 Report

The 2022 Colorado Human Trafficking Council Report (PDF) is a comprehensive overview of the work of the Council in 2022. The report highlights a series of topics including:

Collection of data on the incidence of human trafficking in Colorado from law enforcement, service providers, child welfare and other agencies;
An overview of the work to implement the ongoing statewide public awareness campaign, This is Human Trafficking;
A summary of the delivery of the Council’s training programs that took place across the state;
Approaches to improving equitable access of services for survivors of human trafficking in rural communities;
Promising practices for continuing to highlight survivor voices in the Council’s work;
Legislative proposals recommendations;

The Annual Report is available in its entirety or as individual sections. If you plan to reference the Annual Report use the following citation: Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, Office for Victims Programs. 2022 Colorado Human Trafficking Council Annual Report. (Lakewood, CO: Colorado Department of Public Safety), 2022.

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2022 Colorado Human Trafficking Council Report. Download the full report (PDF).

Report Sections

Executive Summary

This section provides an overview of content featured in the 2022 Annual Report. Download the Executive Summary (PDF).

Section 1: Year in Review

This section provides an overview of the activities of the Council and its advisory committees in 2022, and highlights the leadership activities of the Council and the DCJ staff both in Colorado, across the US and with international partners. Download the Year in Review section (PDF).

Section 2: Collecting Data on Human Trafficking in Colorado

This section provides data and analysis related to federal investigations, state and local law enforcement activities, state judicial cases, service provision by federally funded service providers, data collected by the state’s Division of Child Welfare and Division of Youth Services, and hotline call data from the National Human Trafficking Hotline and Colorado's Human Trafficking Hotline. Download Collecting Data on Human Trafficking in Colorado section (PDF).

Section 3: Human Trafficking Training Outcomes

This section showcases the impact of the implementation of the Council’s training programs, which were delivered through multiple means (in-person, virtually, hybrid and online) across the state in 2022 by Division of Criminal Justice staff and regional volunteer facilitators. In addition, this section highlights the translation of two of the Council’s training programs into Spanish during 2021. Download the Human Trafficking Training Outcomes section (PDF).

Section 4: This Is Human Trafficking Awareness and Outreach Campaign

This section discusses the activities of the continued implementation of the Council’s statewide public awareness campaign, This is Human Trafficking. The This Is Human Trafficking campaign launched in the statewide media market in November 2020 after three years of planning and formative research. This section highlights the media and outreach strategy that were implemented during specific timeframes throughout the year. Download the This Is Human Trafficking Awareness and Outreach Campaign section (PDF).

Section 5: Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims

This section provides an overview of phased approach for the the second Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking grant from OVC, Connecting Colorado: Building Effective Anti-Trafficking Systems, which was awarded to CDPS/DCJ in October of 2021. It also provides a summary of the grant activities that has been completed in 2022. Download the Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims section (PDF).

Section 6: Equitable Access for Rural Human Trafficking Victims and Survivors

This section focuses on the work of the Council's Equitable Access Task Force (EATF). The goal of this task force was to highlight gaps in services for human trafficking victims/survivors in rural communities. This section includes five recommendations developed to address the gaps identified by the EATF that focus on avenues to increase accessibility of services for victims/survivors of human trafficking. Download the Equitable Access for Rural Human Trafficking Victims and Survivors section (PDF).

Section 7: Taking a Deeper Look at Survivor Engagement

The Council established the Survivor Engagement Task Force (SETF) in 2021 to identify promising practices for engaging survivors (human trafficking lived-experience experts) in the Council’s work, including with the various advisory committees of the Council. The Council elected to have this task force continue in order to establish recommendations that the Council could implement to better engage and platform survivor voices in its work. This section provides an overview of those recommendations. Download the Taking a Deeper Look at Survivor Engagement section (PDF).

Section 8: Policy Changes to Address Human Trafficking

This section highlights the work of the Council's Legislative Task Force. The goal of this task force was to 1) focus on state legislation by reviewing and providing feedback on human trafficking and related legislation proposed during the 2022 General Session, and 2) take a more active role in pursuing legislative action both on past Council recommendations and in formulating new recommendations for the 2023 General Session. Download the Policy Changes to Address Human Trafficking section (PDF).