The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security is hosting its 2nd Annual Human Trafficking Summit with the focus on runaways and human trafficking as it ties to domestic violent extremism and terrorism.

GOALS FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES AFTER THE SUMMIT:

• Increase screenings of runaways for abuse in home/foster care.

• Increase communication and collaboration between law enforcement and CPS in cases of chronic runaways.

• Increase investigations into abuse in the home/foster care in cases where a minor is a chronic runaway.

• Increase the screening of runaways for human trafficking victimization.

• Increase state and local law enforcement investigations into suspected human trafficking of runaways.

• Increase prosecutions of sex traffickers who target runaways at the county level.

PRESENTERS:

• PA Governor’s Office of Homeland Security

• San Diego County District Attorney

• Dallas Police Department’s High Risk Victims Trafficking (HRVT) Squad

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Endangered Runaway Division

AUDIENCE:

• Law enforcement

• Prosecutors

• Child protective Services

• Juvenile probation and victim advocates

• Educators

• Hospital Administrators & Staff (E.R.) & Public Health & Healthcare

2nd Annual Virtual Human Trafficking Summit