{"id":1306342,"date":"2019-03-21T06:14:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=451395"},"modified":"2019-03-21T06:14:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:14:04","slug":"to-catch-sex-traffickers-and-protect-kids-colorado-is-using-a-new-screening-tool-statewide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/to-catch-sex-traffickers-and-protect-kids-colorado-is-using-a-new-screening-tool-statewide\/","title":{"rendered":"To catch sex traffickers and protect kids, Colorado is using a new screening tool statewide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/niu-niu-600592-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/niu-niu-600592-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/niu-niu-600592-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/niu-niu-600592-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/niu-niu-600592-unsplash-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>In multiple cases, the screening has uncovered trafficking and led to prosecution.<\/strong><br \/>Photo by niu niu on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">It hardly matters whether the child\u2019s been gone 24 hours or three months.<\/p>\n<p>When a teen in the foster care system runs away and is found, a 2017 state law requires caseworkers to screen them for sex trafficking. They had 151 of those conversations in the law\u2019s first year.Here\u2019s what they didn\u2019t ask: \u201cHow long were you sex trafficked and by whom?\u201dInstead, caseworkers are using a screening tool \u2014 written by a team of experts and now required at county child welfare departments statewide \u2014 that includes a checklist of questions to help identify human trafficking in kids who don\u2019t want to say, don\u2019t have the words to describe what happened to them or don\u2019t even realize that what happened to them was illegal.Read the full story via <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2019\/03\/20\/colorado-sex-trafficking-screening-tool\/\">The Colorado Sun<\/a>.<em>The<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Colorado<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Sun<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>is a reader-supported, journalist-owned news outlet exploring issues of statewide interest. Read more at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/coloradosun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coloradosun.com<\/a>.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/to-catch-sex-traffickers-and-protect-kids-colorado-is-using-a-new-screening-tool-statewide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In multiple cases, the screening has uncovered trafficking and led to prosecution.Photo by niu niu on Unsplash It hardly matters whether the child\u2019s been gone 24 hours or three months. When a teen in the foster care system runs away and is found, a 2017 state law requires caseworkers to screen them for sex trafficking. 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