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C. 51

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Diana Becton, District Attorney
Date:	August 7, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/07/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor

Contact:

Phyllis Redmond (925) 957-2259

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 7, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE, the District Attorney, or designee, to apply for and accept grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Assistance in an amount not to exceed $700,000 to develop effective and sustainable multidisciplinary task forces that will implement victim-centered and coordinated approaches to identifying victims of sex and labor trafficking for a period of three (3) years from the date of the grant award.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive an amount not to exceed $700,000. This funding requires a 25% in-kind match, which will be met by the prosecution efforts of a supervising prosecutor (10% of supervisor's time) and two Deputy District Attorneys (DDA): one DDA for sex trafficking (10% of DDA's time) and one DDA for labor trafficking (9% of DDA's time). Additional program staff costs (which include two inspectors and a human trafficking coordinator), all training, and the majority of the administrative costs will be supported by the grant funding.

BACKGROUND:

This grant funding is to be used to enhance the quality and quantity of services available to assist victims of human trafficking by enhancing interagency collaboration and the coordinated community response to victims of human trafficking, and through the provision of high quality services that address the individual needs of victims. Funding will support the creation of a Human Trafficking Task Force and comprehensive services for all victims of human trafficking. In addition, funding will increase the capacity of communities to respond to human trafficking victims through the development of interagency partnerships, professional training, and public awareness activities.

The Office of the District Attorney will work in collaboration with the Alliance to End Abuse who has submitted a companion application to provide a connected network of service providers to support the law enforcement and prosecution efforts of the human trafficking task force. The Alliance to End Abuse partners for the human trafficking program include: Bay Area Legal Aid, Contra Costa Health Services Department (Calli House), Community Violence Solutions, International Rescue Committee, and STAND! For Families Free of Violence.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without funding, the goal of providing the broadest range of services and resources for victims and the most coordinated range of investigation and prosecution options in response to the perpetrators of human trafficking will not be accomplished.