LA County Board

26. Establishing new Reporting and Accountability Structure for the Child\nTrafficking Strategic Plan\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisors Horvath and Hahn: Instruct the\nLos Angeles County Child Trafficking Steering Committee, under the leadership\nof the Director of Children and Family Services, in consultation with the\nDirectors of Public Health and Youth Development, the Executive Director of the\nLos Angeles County Youth Commission, the Chief Probation Officer, and the\nCounty’s Child Trafficking Consultant, to provide a verbal report back to the\nBoard at the October 1, 2024 Board meeting with the following:\nCreation of a newly formed Child Trafficking Leadership Team (CTLT)\nconsisting of the Departments of Children and Family Services (DCFS),\nProbation, Sheriff, Public Health (DPH), the Los Angeles County Office\nof Education (LACOE), Youth Development (DYD), the Los Angeles\nCounty Youth Commission (LACYC) and the County’s Child Trafficking\nConsultant;\nThe CTLT to collaborate on the implementation of a reporting\nstructure for the County’s five-year outcome oriented Strategic\nPlan;\nA plan for CTLT to form sub-committees based on the goals, strategic\npriorities, and tasks outlined in the final Strategic Plan, initial\nsub-committees and sub-committee membership, should include, but are\nnot limited to, the following:\nChild Trafficking Steering Committee, as mandated by Senate Bill\n855 (2014), focused on youth impacted by exploitation who are\ninvolved in the DCFS and Probation systems, to be co-chaired by\nDCFS and Probation;\nYouth Development Committee, co-chaired by a representative of\nDYD and a representative of the Youth Commission, with\nrepresentatives from LACOE, the Departments of Mental Health,\nHealth Services, DPH, and community-based organizations, with a\nfocus on prevention intervention, and alternatives to system\ninvolvement within the community, including schools,\ncommunity-based organizations, and advocacy, with the\ncommittee to also include individuals with lived experience;\nLabor Trafficking Committee, co-chaired by the DPH and DCFS,\nprioritizing awareness building, education, and capacity building to\nidentify and serve individuals impacted by labor trafficking;\nIn alignment with best practices and Board priorities, the CTLT shall ensure that\nmembership of sub-committees is inclusive of youth and individuals with lived\nexperience;\nThe CTLT to be facilitated by the County’s Child Trafficking Consultant, who will\nserve as the CTLT Coordinator (Coordinator), the Coordinator's responsibilities\nshould include, but not be limited to:\nConvening CTLT meetings with subcommittee chairs monthly to ensure\naccountability for all tasks, deliverables, and deadlines, as defined by\neach sub-committee; and\nCoordination with the sub-committees to report back to the Board\nbiannually;\nThe CTLT Coordinator and sub-committee chairs shall collaborate to review and\ndevelop any additional sub-committee implementation plans, as needed,\nimplementation plans will include specific tasks and/or deliverables, budget,\nalong with anticipated deadlines for task completion, thereby ensuring\nadherence to the Strategic Plan's objectives to be presented in April 2025 by\neach sub-committee chair;\nBy April 2025, the CTLT shall collaborate with other County agencies engaged\nin similar prevention work, such as the Mandated Supporting Initiative, peer\nnavigation, Prevention and Promotion Steering Governance Committee, Youth\nDevelopment Networks, Decarceration of Girls and Young Women initiative,\nand System of Care work to leverage existing resources that support the\nStrategic Plan wherever possible; and\nBy April 2025, the CTLT Coordinator and sub-committee Chairs shall\ncollaborate on examining and evaluating all funding sources available, (State,\nFederal, local), to bolster support for the Strategic Plan and work plan,\nincluding identifying any unspent funds, existing funds, assessing expenditure\npatterns, and identifying any alignment that can be made in funding allocations,\nto ensure outcomes of the Strategic Plan are met. (24-3183)