Real People, Real Processes, Real Success

Creating connections among community resources and healthcare facilities provides a pathway for individuals to come full circle from a personal crisis to a personal transformation. Recognizing an individual in need and guiding them to the support services necessary to lift themselves from a desperate situation is a skill every South Dakotan should possess.

The Crisis Prevention and Recovery Best Practice Briefs series will highlight basic tools to recognize and assist an individual in crisis, resources available to reduce the risk of a crisis, and programs and services to reinforce change after a major intervention or treatment program.

⇒ Navigating a Healthy Path Beyond Human Trafficking
December 15, 2021 | 12 PM CT

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Desperation grasps for hope in any form. Unfortunately, a promise of hope offered through deception can quickly become a loss of freedom. Human trafficking is an ongoing and growing issue across the Midwest. Individuals are unwittingly finding themselves indebted, enslaved, and alone.

Call to Freedom was established to help navigate a healthy path for victims of human trafficking. Michelle Treasure, associate director, will highlight the struggles and challenges for individuals trying to break free from the chains of their captures and find a new life.

Objectives:

• Describe the existence and impact of human trafficking in the Midwest
• Recognize signs of an individual being abused or trafficked
• Explain the steps of trauma recovery after human trafficking

A partnership event of the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network and the South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care