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Adopt a resolution recognizing the month of January 2024 as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Solano County
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution recognizing January 2024 as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Solano County.
SUMMARY:
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month is observed in January to increase awareness of human trafficking. Human trafficking involves exploitation which comes in many forms including: forcing victims into prostitution, subjecting victims to slavery or involuntary servitude and compelling victims to commit sex acts for the purpose of creating pornography.
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month reminds all Solano County residents to be aware of their surroundings. One hundred and fifty-eight (158) years after the United States ratified the 13th Amendment officially abolishing slavery, human trafficking has become the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world, entrapping an estimated 49.6 million victims globally according to the International Labor Organization. According to Hope for Justice, there are more than one million human trafficking victims in the United States. Victims of modern-day slavery can be found in virtually every state and city in America, working in construction, manufacturing, agriculture, as domestic workers, in brothels and in many other industries.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the Department's FY2023/24 Working Budget. The costs associated with preparing and purchasing the resolution materials are included in the Board's FY2023/24 Working Budget. There is no additional financial impact on the County General fund.
DISCUSSION:
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