For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 17, 2017
County Executive Conference Room, 2nd Floor
101 Monroe Street, Rockville
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will join County Councilmembers, the Montgomery County Commission for Women and members of the Human Trafficking Task Force to sign into law Bill 27-17. This will extend the work of the task force by creating the Human Trafficking Prevention Committee (HTPC).
Leggett created a Montgomery County Human Trafficking Task Force in 2014 to increase understanding of the issue in Montgomery County and develop coordinated strategies for response and prevention. The goals of the Human Trafficking Task Force: increasing identification and prosecution of human trafficking; eliminating human trafficking; and, improving identification of and services for human trafficking victims, will now be addressed through the HTPC. The Commission for Women provides resources and staffing.
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