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Human Trafficking Prevention Coordination Council

The full HTPCC meets on a bi-monthly basis and convenes smaller project-driven committees and ad hoc workgroups as needed. No confidential information is discussed. All meetings are publicized in advance on this webpage and are open to the public. Attendance is recorded and reflected in each full meetings’ minutes, which are approved at the next full HTPCC meeting. Ex officio members within County government and the composition and number of public members are dictated by the Coordination Council’s founding legislation (CB 52-2019). Terms of the public members are staggered and vary in length and appointments are made as needed by the County Executive.

Council Information

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Board Meeting Schedule

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March 21st from 1 - 3 p.m.

In-person

9830 Patuxent Woods Drive, Columbia, MD 21046

 

 

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Board Members

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COORDINATION COUNCIL – MEMBERS AND DESIGNEES * 

Chair: Jon Steuernagle, M.D. (Term Expiration Date: September 8, 2024 (CR 121-2021)) (elected November 17, 2022)

Vice Chair: Alicia Altamirano, Esq. (Term Expiration Date: October 31, 2025 (CR 177-2022)) (elected November 17, 2022)

Ex Officio Members 

Jackie Scott, J.D., M.L., Director, Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services 

Yolanda Sonnier, Esq. Administrator, Howard County Office of Human Rights 

Richard Gibson, Jr., Esq., Howard County State’s Attorney 

Gregory Der, Chief, Howard County Police Department & Lt. Eric Kruhm, HCPD Vice and Narcotics Unit. 

Jessica Obiageli Epps, Howard County Commission for Women 

Stephen Liggett-Creel, LCSW-C, Director, Howard County Department of Social Services 

Dina Ward, Victim Advocate, Howard County Sheriff’s Office 

Lauren Blake, Office of Academic Intervention, Howard County Public School System 

Public Members 

Mariana Izraelson, Executive Director of Clinical and Crisis Services, Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center 

Jena Britton, Howard County General Hospital (A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine) (Appointment Pending

Sara Cochran, Founder/Lead Organizer, Howard County AGAST (Advocacy Group Against Slavery & Trafficking) (Term Expiration Date: May 4, 2025 (CR 45-2020))

Monica Krebs (Term Expiration Date: May 4, 2023 (CR 48-2020))

Alicia Altamirano, Esq. (Term Expiration Date: May 4, 2022 (CR 42-2020))

Chuck Chandler (Term Expiration Date: September 8, 2024 (CR 120-2021))

Vinitha Nithianandam (Term Expiration Date: July 6, 2024 (CR97-2021))

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Rules of Procedure

Meeting Agendas & Minutes

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2024

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January

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2023

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November

September

March

  • Agenda 
  • Minutes (Unofficial)

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2022

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November

September

May

March 

January 

 

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2021

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November 

September

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March

January

HTPCC Committees

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Training, Outreach, and Partnerships (TOP) Committee

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The TOP Committee, focuses its efforts on:

Raising awareness of human trafficking in the County through community engagement, including, but not limited to, the local faith community, civic organizations, and school-based parent and student groups.

The creation of public advertisement/awareness raising materials such as videos and bus advertisements, as well as social media strategies.

Planning the County's annual recognition of January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in partnership with the Office of Human Trafficking Prevention and County Executive.

2023 Meeting Agendas & Minutes:

February 

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