CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE AGENDA

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE

AGENDA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. History Grant Objectives Grant Partners & Roles Structure Next Steps 2

History of Human Trafficking Work The Facts • ORR awarded Contra Costa first human trafficking grant (Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking grant) in 2008 • Alliance and CVS co-lead this grant • Coalition is formed 2009 • OVC awarded Contra Costa Comprehensive Services for Victims of Human Trafficking grant in 2014 • The Alliance manages this grant from 2014 -2019 • Grant allows for deep collaboration and funding of key services & service providers • Summer 2018, apply for Task Force grant 3

Why A Task Force? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=-Sj. EUZYm 4 ZE 4

Advantages of a Task Force • Increased capacity and coordination • No single organization has the capacity or ability to handle all the aspects of responding to human trafficking. • More effectively leverage resources • Build trust • Joint training opportunities • Promote unified message Research by Northeastern University’s Institute on Race and Justice indicates that jurisdictions with active multidisciplinary anti-human trafficking task forces are more likely to identify human trafficking victims and achieve successful prosecution of offenders. 5

Human Trafficking Task Force The Facts • OVW Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking Awarded 10/18 • 3 year grant • $700 K to DA’s Office to start a multi-jurisdictional local/state/federal task force to investigate and prosecute traffickers • $500 K to EHSD/Alliance to continue to provide comprehensive, evidence-based, trauma-informed and culturally competent services to victims 6

Human Trafficking Task Force Goals 1. better identify all types of human trafficking victims in Contra Costa County; 2. address the individualized needs of the identified HT victims though the provision of comprehensive services; and 3. engage in proactive and victim-centered investigations and prosecutions of sex and labor trafficking cases at local, state and federal levels. 7

Human Trafficking Task Force Overarching Objectives 1. Establish and sustain effective leadership and an appropriate structure for the Task Force. 2. Make data-driven decisions based on a shared understanding of the prevalence, scope, and nature of human trafficking within the Contra Costa County. Goal 1 Objectives - Identification 3. Identify victims of all types of human trafficking through the use of coordinated training, public awareness and outreach efforts, and trauma-informed screening and interview techniques. Goal 2 Objectives – Comprehensive Services 4. Ensure that a comprehensive array of services are readily available to meet the individualized needs of all victims of human trafficking, including foreign nationals and U. S. citizens. Goal 3 Objectives –Investigation/Prosecution 5. Conduct investigations of sex and labor trafficking with the goal of identifying victims of trafficking and successfully prosecuting human trafficking crimes at the state or federal level. 8

Human Trafficking Task Force Alliance/EHSD - Continued coordination of victim services, and service providers including subcontracting with: 1. STAND! 2. CVS 3. Calli House 4. Bay Area Legal Aid 5. International Rescue Committee 9

TASK FORCE PARTNER Victim Services S MOU Partners Handout: Victim Services MOU 10

Human Trafficking Task Force DA’s Office - hub for 26 police agencies in the county, state & federal law enforcement agencies. DA’s office will house: 1. HT Coordinator: Collect data, tips, coordinate between LE & victim services side, support reporting 2. DA Investigators: Sex Trafficking & Labor Trafficking 3. Prosecutors: Sex Trafficking & Labor Trafficking 11

TASK FORCE PARTNER Law Enforcement SMOU Partners 12

Human Trafficking Task Force Human Trafficking Coalition Started in 2009 - acts as an informal body of over thirty agencies to share information, best practices, training and engage in networking. Meets quarterly. Task Force reports out at all Coalition meetings. Ca nn om ina te se t ca se s A smaller team authorized by PC 13753 which consists of law enforcement, victim service providers and other qualified persons who come together to share information in order to prevent, identify, manage and treat cases of human trafficking. Facilitated jointly by HT Task Force Coordinator and the Family Justice Center. . Infrastructure to be created Already existing infrastructure a ec nn Ca ina om s Started in 2019 – a local collaboration of state, federal and local law enforcement agencies and victim service providers which will receive and share information regarding human trafficking activity in the county and regions, support law enforcement in the investigation/prosecution of these crimes and help solidify the bridge between services provides and law enforcement: for the purpose of providing both crisis and long-term services and support to victims of all types of trafficking Human Trafficking High-Risk Multidisciplinary Case Review Team (HT MDT) Law Enforcement Committee Service Delivery Committee Public Awareness Committee (ad-hoc) Training and Capacity Committee

Data & Report Outs Data Report Outs • All data will be entered in Incite Database on an ongoing basis • Reports will be made ongoing to the Coalition • Client data • Training data • Outreach/awareness data 14

Next Steps 1. Hiring a Task Force coordinator 2. Launch meeting this summer 3. Begin development of protocols & policies 15

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