In 2014, County Executive Ike Leggett created the Montgomery County Human Trafficking Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to increase understanding of the issue in Montgomery County and to develop inter-agency coordination of strategies for response and prevention.  Overarching goals of the Task Force are completed through three subcommittees: Education & Outreach, Legislative, and Victim Services.

Overarching goals include:

1. Increasing the identification and prosecution of all parties supporting theorganized crime of human trafficking to include traffickers, suppliers, transporters, advertisers and demand elements
2. Elimination of human trafficking
3. Improving identification of and services for human trafficking victims

Meetings & Membership

Organized and chaired by the Montgomery County Commission for Women, the Task Force includes, but is not limited to, government and non-government agencies and organizations, as well as a host of individual community members and ex-officio organizations.