The mission of the Center for Combating Human Trafficking is to empower OUR nation’s capacity to provide effective prevention, intervention, and prosperity promoting practices in case of abuse and exploitation. Building on the collaboration of survivor-leaders, direct-service practitioners, and academic research professionals, those of us at the Institute for Transformative Emancipation's Center f
or Combating Human Trafficking (CCHT) work to empower the nation’s capacity to provide effective prevention, assessment, identification, intervention, restoration and aftercare/prosperity attainment responses to human trafficking in the hopes of one day putting an end to this form of abuse and exploitation. Towards this endeavor, we are proud to have a variety of partnerships, disciplines, and areas of expertise represented on our team. From across our local, regional, national, and international community partners, we rely on a variety of survivor-leaders, faith-leaders, staff, and faculty. Represented amongst our primary leadership staff is a cumulative four decades of personal, professional direct practice, advocacy, and research expertise in the anti-trafficking movement.