International Association ofInternational Association of Chiefs of Police

BJA Human Trafficking Task ForceBJA Human Trafficking Task Force Online Introductory Meeting

December 13, 2016

Moderator

Sabrina RhodesProject Manager

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

Online Meeting Tips

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Online Meeting How‐to

Participants will listen to the audio broadcast through the conference

phone line. Remember to mute your computer speakers so you don’t

experience feedback .

Online Meeting Tips

• To download a copy of the PowerPoint slides or other h d t th H d t P d i th l l ft h dhandouts, use the Handout Pod in the lower left‐hand corner of your screen. Select the name of the handout(s) you want and click the “Download File(s)” button.

• At the end of the meeting, you will be directed to an evaluationevaluation. 

• This meeting will be recorded. Contact IACP if your task force needs to view the recording.

Chat Box – To send a chat message to the host a panelist or another attendee:

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POLL QUESTION #1POLL QUESTION #1

Linda Hammond‐Deckard

Linda Hammond‐DeckardPolicy Advisor

Bureau of Justice AssistanceU.S. Department of Justice

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Mission:Mission:To provide leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justicegrant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local, state and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities. 

Policy Office

Provides national leadership inC i i l J i li• Criminal Justice Policy

• Training• Technical Assistance• National organizations that setNational organizations that set policy & help disseminate information & best practicesinformation & best practices 

Olga Santiago

Olga SantiagoState Policy Advisor

fBureau of Justice AssistanceU.S. Department of Justice

Programs Office Roleg

Administers the grant programs and g p gacts as BJA’s direct line of communication to grant recipients bycommunication to grant recipients by providing customer‐focused grant management support and careful stewardship over federal fundsstewardship over federal funds.

State Policy Advisor/Grant Manager Role 

• Communicating with grant recipients• Processing applications for awards • Reviews/approves Progress Reports (PMT)Reviews/approves Progress Reports (PMT)• Reviews/approves grant modifications (Grant Adjustment Notices)Adjustment Notices)

• Monitoring grantee compliance and progress• Closing awards

Linda Hammond‐Deckard

Linda Hammond‐DeckardPolicy Advisor

Bureau of Justice AssistanceU.S. Department of Justice

TTA for Law Enforcement 

• Source of Fundingg

• Prior TTA

• Current Projects

• Ultimate Goal

Source of FundingTrafficking Victims Protection 

Act (TVPA) of 2000Act (TVPA) of 2000 • Reauthorized in 2013

Si ifi t d t• Significant mandates• Percentage of funds set‐aside for TTA

Ultimate Goal – To combat ALL forms of human trafficking in the U Shuman trafficking in the U.S.

Prior TTA InitiativesBJA & OVC collaboration since 2004

BJA Eff tBJA Efforts• 2005 – Law Enforcement• 2011 – State Prosecutors & Judges• 2013 – Tribal Law Enforcement & 

LeadersUMCPI (Upper Midwest Community Policing Institute) 

www.umcpi.org

FY 2015 Expanded TTA Initiative 

• Conduct a Training Assessment• Provide TTA Nationwide 

• BJA‐funded Task Forces • Non‐funded Task Forces• Law Enforcement agencies & Communities• Law Enforcement agencies & Communities

Primary focus ‐ Improve efforts across the U.S. to combat human trafficking

Current ProjectPrimary Objectives

• Compile a “directory” of available training• Ensure that training needs of BJA‐funded g

Task Forces are met• Determine if any unmet training needsDetermine if any unmet training needs• Work to develop training to meet unmet 

needneed

Additional BJA‐funded ProjectVisiting Fellow – Derek Jay Marsh

• Significant decline in Labor‐trafficking cases• Assess task force operationsAssess task force operations

• Investigate• ProsecuteProsecute

• Compile a report on best practices

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)OVC TTAC htt // tt /OVC TTAC  ‐ https://www.ovcttac.gov/

• Provides a vast array of training for victim service providers & task forces

• Published, updates and maintains the Human Trafficking Task Force e‐Guide

https://www.ovcttac.gov/views/HowWeCanHelp/dspHumanTrafficking.cfm?tab=5

Sabrina Rhodes

Sabrina RhodesProject Manager

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

IACP Role—BJA Enhancing Law Enforcement Anti‐H T ffi ki O ti TTA P j tHuman Trafficking Operations TTA Project

• Newly Funded Task Force Kick‐off Meetings•• Peer‐to‐Peer Learning• Task Force Needs Assessments•• Catalog and Assessment of Existing Human Trafficking Law Enforcement TTA Resources•• Webinars/Online Meetings• Training Workshops (IACP 2016, Online, etc.)• l fOnline Community of Practice• Customized Technical Assistance

IACP Human Trafficking Law Enforcement 

TTA & ResourcesTTA & Resources

• Law Enforcement Guide to Identification and Investigation: Roll Call Training Videos and Guidebook

• Child Sex Trafficking Toolkit• Child Sex Trafficking Online Training• Child Sex Trafficking Executive Guideg

humantrafficking@theiacp.org1‐800‐THE‐IACP x 8311 800 THE IACP x 831http://www.theiacp.org/humantrafficking

POLL QUESTION #2POLL QUESTION #2

Colleen OwensS i R h A i t

Meredith DankR h P fSenior Research Associate

Urban InstituteResearch ProfessorJohn Jay College

Domestic and international research and  TA since 2002United States Research• Comprehensive Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking• A Report on Federally Prosecuted CSEC Cases Since the Passage of the TVPATVPA

• Measuring Human Trafficking Victimization• Human Trafficking Reporting System• Estimating the Unlawful Commercial Sex Economy in the United States• Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking CasesState and Local Human Trafficking Cases

• Understanding the Organization, Operation, and Victimization of Labor Trafficking in the United States

• Surviving the Streets of New York: Experiences of LGBTQ Youth, YMSM, and YWSW Engaged in Survival Sex

International Research• Evaluability Assessments of International Anti‐Trafficking Programs• Promising Practices to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Tier 1 Countries• Promising Practices to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Tier 1 Countries• Process Evaluation of an Anti‐Trafficking Prevention Program in the 

Western Hemisphere• A Process Evaluation of Services for Victims of Trafficking in PersonsCurrent Research• Bending Towards Justice: Perceptions of Justice among HT Survivors• Bending Towards Justice: Perceptions of Justice among HT Survivors• Capturing Human Trafficking Victimization Through Crime Reporting• An examination of the intersection of domestic human trafficking with child welfare and runaway and homeless youth programs

• Legal Aid Society Exploitation Intervention Project

TA RoleTA Role 

Conduct TA Share/infuse trainings with research and evidence  Support data collection Consult and provide TA for task force evaluation and research efforts Consult and provide TA for task force evaluation and research efforts 

Colleen OwensS i R h

Meredith Dank, PhDR h P fSenior Research

AssociateUrban Institute

Research ProfessorJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice-CityUrban Institute

Justice Policy Center2100 M Street, NW

Criminal Justice-City University of New York524 W 59th Street

Washington, DC 20037202-261-5539cowens@urban org

New York City, NY 10019212 393 6413cowens@urban.org

@ColleenEOwens212-393-6413mdank@jjay.cuny.edu

Jane Anderson

Jane AndersonAttorney Advisor

AEquitas: The Prosecutors’ Resource on Violence Against Women

AEquitas: The Prosecutors’ Resource qon Violence Against Women

TECHNICALTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

• Case Consultations

TRAININGS

• Live

RESOURCES

• Recorded Webinarsf• Research • Online  • Model Briefs, 

Motions, Expert Reports, etc…

• Sample Voir Dire• Sample Voir Dire Questions, Expert Examinations, etc...

Available 24/7 via email or telephone

Bottom Line

All of us at BJA OVC and IACPAll of us at BJA, OVC and IACP working to support all of you as g pp yyou combat human trafficking 

i i i !in your communities!

Q & AQ & A

For more information on human trafficking t h i l i t t ttechnical assistance, contact:

Sabrina Rhodeshumantrafficking@theiacp.org

1‐800‐THE‐IACP x 831http://www.theiacp.org/humantrafficking

For BJA grant questions, contact:For BJA grant questions, contact:Olga Santiago at 202‐532‐0117 or olga.santiago@ojp.usdoj.gov

Please click on the link below to complete the online evaluation.

https://goo.gl/forms/4v8q2XdiKszQ1lDO2

Thank you!

This project is supported by Grant No. 2015-VT-BX-KOO1 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau

of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not

necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.