Committee assitance

 The Law Enforcement and Prosecution committee is composed of law enforcement and Prosecution agencies that meet once a month to develop data-informed human trafficking risk assessments, share intelligence, identify potential targets, and strategize ongoing or future investigations and prosecutions. This subcommittee gains significant advantages by employing the guidance of both state and federal prosecutors at the outset of investigations. This structure allows multiple investigative agencies to resolve turf disputes, share criminal intelligence and informants, allocate resources to the most promising leads, and assess investigations.

 The goal of the Victim Services subcommittee is to ensure that high quality and appropriate services are available to victims of trafficking, regardless of gender, race, age, and demographics. The Victim Services committee is made up of agencies and nonprofit groups from a variety of fields and they strive to implement procedures that ensure smooth referrals and collaboration among involved agencies. This subcommittee will engage in creating resource, asset maps, referral lists to identify go-to organizations and existing gaps in services, referral agreements, and critical services.  

 The Training subcommittee aims to strengthen both task force members’ and the community’s capacity to address human trafficking. This subcommittee creates and connects members and stakeholders with basic and advanced training dependent on the targeted population and will strive to involve experienced trainers from a variety of fields, including law enforcement, victim services, victim impact/survivor consultants, and other specialized service providers such as legal assistance or mental health. Common activities of this subcommittee will include planning for training opportunities for each member, train-the-trainer events, and organizing training opportunities for new members attained through outreach activities.  

 The Public Outreach and Community Awareness subcommittee takes the lead in coming up with language/messaging and media to be used when coordinating public interfacing activities for the task force. This subcommittee integrates the look and feel of the message into all advertising, print materials, event promotions, and Web presence. This committee also focuses on developing partnerships and involving additional community members and organizations in task force activities. This subcommittee will work collaboratively with local groups and organizations to promote anti-trafficking awareness, education, training, and victim identification.

 The Strategic Planning, Policy, and Legislation subcommittee will discuss the gaps and impediments to addressing human trafficking and identifies policies and legislation that can address those challenges. The committee might also brief the task force on any pending legislation that might impact its work in addressing human trafficking. This subcommittee is also responsible for making recommendations for the standard operating procedures and protocols for the GCCHT and will help ensure that whatever procedures are developed will align and intersect with each member’s existing protocols. This committee is accountable to the task force and should work with all members to develop procedures and processes that ensure orderly functioning across key tasks. Additionally, this committee can be charged with regular strategic planning. This may include setting annual goals for the task force, reviewing data from task force members to analyze differences in the work of various members, or conducting periodic needs assessments.