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New Mexico Dream Center outlines youth trafficking hotspots and services, including an 8‑bed shelter
Summary
The New Mexico Dream Center told the LGCC it focuses on youth aged 14–21 affected by trafficking and homelessness, operating a downtown drop-in center, an eight‑bed shelter (Eliza Jane House), aftercare services and weekly street outreach; it said funding is mixed (city, county, federal, private).
The New Mexico Dream Center presented a high‑level overview of youth human trafficking in the state and described the center’s services to the Local Government Coordinating Commission.
Birga Alden, the center’s chief communications officer, described three common trafficking pathways — grooming/romantic relationships, familial trafficking and gang involvement — and identified hotspots where the national trafficking…
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