Mayor's Task Force on Human Trafficking - April 25, 2018 - Supporting Documents
San Francisco Mayor’s Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking Recommendations Dashboard
Number |
Description |
Responsible Entity |
Accomplishments |
1a |
Ensuring that the Youth Advisory Board is as successful as it can be |
Youth Committee |
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1b |
Increase input from adult trafficking survivor/trafficking affected individuals. |
Adult Committee |
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2a |
Require San Francisco agencies to report their compliance with AB 1227 |
Youth Committee |
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2b |
Expand trainings at San Francisco City departments and community-based organizations
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3 |
Advocate for High Priority Housing Needs for Youth |
Youth Committee |
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4 |
Advocate for a Human Trafficking Specialized Unit at the District Attorney’s Office |
General Task Force |
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5 |
Examine infrastructure of the Task Force |
General Task Force |
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6 |
Assess what labor trafficking looks like in massage establishments |
Adult Committee |
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7a |
Outreach Healthy Nail Salon Program |
Adult Committee |
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7b |
Continue Support for Good Food Purchasing Program |
Adult Committee |
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7c |
Education and Outreach on Prioritizing Safety for Sex Worker Policy |
Sex Work and Trafficking Policy Impact Committee |
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1.Increase Input from Persons Impacted by Trafficking
To ensure that the work being done within the Task Force is centered around needs of individuals most impacted by trafficking and their communities, the Task Force realizes the need to better incorporate these voices in the work.
o Ensuring that the Youth Advisory Board is as successful as it can be, and how to best support young people, should be central to the work of the Task Force;
o Increase input from adult trafficking survivor/trafficking affected individuals.
2.Human Trafficking Trainings
- Require San Francisco agencies to report their compliance with AB 1227. which mandates that information regarding human trafficking (both sex and labor), be taught as part of health education classes in middle and high schools.
- Expand trainings at San Francisco City departments and community-based organizations impacted by trafficking to ensure that all individuals are trained to identify and respond when faced with potential and confirmed cases of human trafficking;
- Create a training strategy that builds off the expertise of the individuals within the Task Force, provide a network of speakers and trainers to create a “train the trainer” approach of information and education sharing;
- Use report data to identify entities most in need of training.
- Identify, prioritize, and advocate for most needed housing and placement options for youth who are vulnerable to or impacted by trafficking.
Data from 2016 reveals that 29 % of requests for transitional or permanent Housing and 47 % of requests for out of home placement were unable to be fulfilled. Individuals 18-24 comprise 50 % of the total cases reported, representing a vulnerable population that has aged out of many youth services but often still need resources provided by these systems.
4.Create a Human Trafficking Specialized Unit at the District Attorney’s Office
5.Examine infrastructure of the Task Force
One of the challenges faced by the Task Force is the limited staffing, which often falls on the volunteer efforts of members or the Department on the Status of Women. The Task Force will assess what can be done to improve the support members have from the Task Force and vice versa.
6.Assess what labor trafficking looks like in massage establishments
By mapping out the impact that labor trafficking has on the massage industry in San Francisco, the Task Force hopes to get more information on prevention and intervention actions that can be addressed through policy.
7.Continue to work on implementation of existing initiatives
The Task Force remains committed to implementing the Healthy Nail Salon Program, the Good Food Purchasing Program, and the Prioritizing Safety for Sex Workers policies.