Generations of chattel slavery survivors ​(High-needs) communities are saturated with a disproportionate number of dysfunctional people, families, businesses, organizations and institutions. In particular, these families, when left alone function at marginal existence and the resources that are often taken for granted in functioning families are missing. This abyss typically does not go unfilled. Family members who felt deprived will seek to secure that which they were denied, and the process of recruitment (whether extrinsically or intrinsically) to criminal behavior is cast. This of course does not happen in all cases, but it does happen in far too many cases. How can this problem be addressed? Collaboration, cooperation, alignment of resources and early intervention strategies. A spiritual, cultural, financial and interdependency awakening, not a religious awakening, are required.