‘I wanted to end it all.’ Report says human trafficking victims struggle to find help in CT

In 2006, Connecticut made Trafficking in Persons a separate crime, and later created the Trafficking in Persons Council to recommend changes to lawmakers.

The state also partners with the FBI on HART, which stands for Human Anti-Traffic Response Teams.

But that enhanced effort isn’t cheap – and funding is running low.

“We’ve had a wait list since 2019,” said Erin Williamson with Love 146, a New Haven-based group that fights the child sex trade around the world. “As of this morning, there are 35 kids that are in need of long-term services that don’t have them, because we simply don’t have the resources.”