Wisconsin Creating Human Trafficking Task Force
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 -- 8:16 AM
-In an effort to fight the growing crisis of the sexual trafficking of youth and children in Wisconsin, the creation of a state-level, cross-system human trafficking task force was announced today.Co-chaired by the Secretary of the Department of Children and Families and Wisconsin's Attorney General, the Human Trafficking Task Force will be composed of senior leaders from public and private organizations committed to serving the victims of this horrific crime.
The Human Trafficking Task Force will work with existing local and regional human trafficking workgroups and task forces to better coordinate prevention, training, data collection and service delivery efforts. Through enhanced planning, resources and communication, the state-level Human Trafficking Task Force will be able to offer additional support to existing efforts, increase public awareness of the issue, create consistent statewide practices and expand both residential and community based services throughout Wisconsin.
Potential appointees are in the process of being contacted, with the goal of having a fully staffed and operational Task Force prior to the end of 2015.
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