ABOUT THE COOK COUNTY HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCEThe Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force (CCHTTF) is a multi-disciplinary task force that brings law enforcement and social and legal service agencies together to work on human trafficking cases. The task force is a joint project of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and the Salvation Army STOP-IT Program, and is jointly funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Office for Victims of Crime. Although membership on the task force is by invitation only, in order to preserve confidentiality of cases worked, subcommittee participation is open to the community. Task force subcommittees include: training, victim services, labor trafficking and LGBTQ.
MISSIONThe mission of the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force is to:
VISIONThe Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force envisions:
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
To report a tip, or get help, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 |
Upcoming Events:
The 2020 Virtual Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force Conference This year's conference will take place on August 4-6, 2020. Tickets are now! Get tickets here. National Human Trafficking Awareness Month 2020 This year in observance of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the Task Force planned a Social Media Takeover. Members of each subcommittee of the Task Force worked hard to create educational content about human trafficking related to their different areas of experience and expertise. You can find all of the posts here. The Cook County Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking Task Force is co-led by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, and The Salvation Army Trafficking Outreach Program and Intervention Techniques (STOP-IT). By bringing together various law enforcement and nongovernmental agencies, the Task Force works to identify and combat human trafficking in Cook County and the surrounding areas.
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