To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Anti-Human Trafficking Update Report
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
CONSIDER accepting the Anti-Human Trafficking Update from Contra Costa Employment and Human Services, in partnership with the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office and the Contra Costa Human Trafficking Task Force, regarding anti-human trafficking efforts in Contra Costa County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
On January 6, 2015, the Board approved referring oversight to the Family and Human Services Committee (FHS) on the Family Justice Centers and Commercially Sexually Exploited Children initiatives. This became FHS Referral No. 111.
From 2015 through 2022, except for, 2017, FHS received and approved annual reports from the Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) on the Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence Initiative (now named “Alliance to End Abuse”), Human Trafficking, Commercially Sexually Exploited Children, and the Family Justice Centers. Since 2023, this presentation has been relabeled the “Anti-Human Trafficking Update.”
On June 9, 2025, EHSD, in partnership with the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office and the Contra Costa Human Trafficking Task Force, presented the Anti-Human Trafficking Update (Anti-HT Update) to FHS describing the recent data on human trafficking, the response to the need, funding challenges, awareness efforts, and available resources in Contra Costa County (Item 6, File No. 25-2146). FHS approved forwarding the Anti-HT Update to the Board of Supervisors as a discussion item.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, the County will not know about anti-human trafficking efforts.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This action supports all of Contra Costa County’s community outcomes of the Children’s Report Card: “(1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3) "Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families.”