The Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force is a coalition of local and federal service providers and agencies committed to the prevention of human trafficking in the Greater New Orleans area through education, outreach, and collaboration.
Who We Are
Our Mission
The mission of the Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force (GNOHTTF) is to combat human trafficking through seamless collaboration between law enforcement, prosecutors, service providers, and community partners, using a survivor-centered approach to proactively investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes and to provide comprehensive, high-quality services to all victims of human trafficking.
Our Vision
To have a swift and coordinated criminal justice response to human trafficking, in which perpetrators are held accountable and the rights of victims under Louisiana and federal law are protected
To coordinate a comprehensive network of high-quality services that victims of trafficking can access as soon as they are identified in the community or by law enforcement
Sustained and systemic collaboration among service providers and criminal justice partners toward the shared goal of combating human trafficking in the Greater New Orleans region
What We Do
Prevention of human trafficking in the Greater New Orleans area through education, outreach, and collaboration. Assist communities in developing effective and sustainable multidisciplinary task forces that will implement victim-centered and coordinated approaches to identifying victims of sex and labor trafficking, addressing the individualized needs of victims.
Where We Operate
The Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force (GNOHTTF) encompasses 5 Louisiana Parishes:
Orleans
St. Tammany
Plaquemines
St. Bernard
Jefferson
What is the Structure of the Task Force
The task force is comprised of the following partners:
The Core Team - funded partners under the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking grant
Funded Task Force Partners - The Task Force funds several entities to achieve its goals. This includes service providers, law enforcement, and a research entity to conduct evaluations of the Task Force's activities.
Collaborative Members - Collaborative partners are organizations, agencies, or individuals that have a signed MOU with the Task Force, actively participate on a GNOHTTF committee, regularly attend quarterly meetings, and are in agreement with the GNOHTTF mission, goals, and values.
Task Force Members - Task Force members are organizations, agencies, or individuals that represent the perspective of a key stakeholder group send representatives to attend quarterly meetings, and agree with the GNOHTTF goals. These organizations also contribute their expertise to GNOHTTF initiatives when requested by the Committee Chair/Co-chair.
Committees - Our subcommittees are spaces where organizations, Task force members attend a training on human trafficking individuals, and agencies can focus their efforts on different aspects of counter-trafficking efforts.
What are the Goals
The task force is focused on:
Developing and enhancing a multidisciplinary human trafficking task force that implements victim centered, collaborative and sustainable approaches to identify victims of trafficking within the Greater New Orleans area.
Combating human trafficking and protect adult/minor trafficking victims and survivors in the Greater New Orleans region through the seamless coordination of services between human service providers and law enforcement agencies.
Proactively investigating and prosecuting labor/sex trafficking cases at the local, state, and federal levels.
Providing comprehensive individualized, high-quality health and human services using a victim-centered and traumainformed approach.
Raising public awareness of human trafficking through community outreach and education, and improving community responses to assist trafficking victims through training of key stakeholders.
Enhancing data collection on the prevalence, scope, and nature of human trafficking in the Greater New Orleans area.