Utah Trafficking in Persons (UTIP) Task Force

The Utah Trafficking In Persons (UTIP) Task Force’s goal is to implement a coordinated victim-centered, trauma-informed approach through multidisciplinary collaboration to combat human trafficking in Utah through 1) Identifying victims of all human trafficking; 2) Investigating and prosecuting all forms of trafficking cases; 3) Providing comprehensive services to all trafficking victims; and 4) Providing training, increasing awareness and community outreach. To accomplish this goal the UTIP Task Force will 1) Develop, sustain, and strengthen co-leaders structure and coordination of ECM task force partnerships and activities; 2) Develop, implement, or revise a set of written protocols to guide overall task force functions; 3) Collect data and conduct ongoing assessment activities; 4) Implement victim-centered, trauma-informed, and collaborative approaches; 5) Investigate, refer, and prosecute both sex and labor trafficking cases at local, state, tribal, and federal levels; and 6) Assist victims of sex and labor trafficking in achieving increased safety, independence, self-sufficiency, and well-being by providing appropriate services. The project will target human trafficking throughout the entire state of Utah. The intended beneficiaries are all Utah communities.

Through this project, the UTIP Task Force aims to expand task force effectiveness and build on current momentum to make statewide strides in will and capacity to address sex and labor trafficking.