The SPI's Four Corners Anti Trafficking Multistate Crisis Intervention Network Project

Abstract 

The project titled, “SPI's Four Corners Anti Trafficking Multistate Crisis Intervention Network supports and encourages a collaborative effort among local and federal law enforcement, prosecutors, housing and behavioral health service providers in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado, otherwise known as congressional district areas NM-03, AZ-02, CO-02, CO-03, UT-02). California is our 5th state.

The Four Corners States are rural communities with a lack of services for Victims of sex and labor trafficking. 4Corners Anti-Trafficking Multistate Crisis Intervention Network also known as (4CAMCIN) seeks to fill this gap through education, and city to city, state to state law enforcement collaborations which partnes with providers in providing education and prevention protocols with a focus on collaborating with tribal communities and tribal law enforcement. 

The CEO of SPI, Ms. Westrick, affectionately called Lelah has over 23 years experience managing and working with victims of various forms of abuse, and/or working in collaboration with agencies on housing needs. SPI is proposing a network involving crisis intervention directed at assisting law enforcement and other agencies in utilizing existing check points. This will be in collaboration with multiple agencies in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah and California

We are also proposing with this project to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to organizations providing assistance to survivors of trafficking. 

Within the last two years, the issue of traffickers relocating victims from our providers (especially in the state of Arizona) is becoming a liability that we must confront. The Kaseware database which among many of its purposes, is used for tracking victims of human trafficking will be vital to the success of this project. 

SPI’s 4CAMCIN's Mission is: 

To protect our Four Corners and California States by reducing the lack of knowledge, and increase effective prevention protocols for at-risk youth, and adult victims of labor and human trafficking by creating prevention curricula with law enforcement to develop and implementing a network of law enforcement, behavioral health providers and neighborhood watch committees across the Four Corners California States that are vigilant, trauma-informed, and victim focused. 

Testimonials As Data 

According to the MMIIWR report (Dec, 2020), “ A testimonial from a parent who attended a public meeting of the Navajo Nation Human Trafficking task force commented on the lack of available services for survivor families who are un prepared for the personality changes of the victims returning home to them: “I’m hearing a lot of stories about the missing, but my daughter was missing, and one of the stories I haven’t heard is what happens when they come home. I’m sorry. My daughter came home – my daughter came home, and we didn’t bury her. That’s all you pray for. You’re not ready for how they are when they come home. The one thing I found since she’s been home, is there's no support. It was a struggle to find her, and after everything we went through to bring her home, what never came up is what happens after.” (2020, NM_MMIWR)