The Joint Forced Labor Working Group (JFLWG) is a public-private partnership led by the Office on Trafficking in Persons and Trinity Health, one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. The JFLWG develops tools and resources to assist the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector mitigate the risk of and remediate forced labor and related exploitation in their supply chains, including purchased goods and services.
Resources Produced by the JFLWG
Get Involved
For information or to get involved, email the Office on Trafficking in Persons at EndTrafficking@acf.hhs.gov.
Meeting agendas for the JFLWG are available at Healthcare and Public Health Sector Working Groups .
Resources Informed by the JFLWG
- Information Memo: Responses to Request for Information on Forced Labor in Healthcare Supply Chains (January 2025)
- Be An Ambassador Toolkit (PDF) (January 2025)
- Infographic: Considerations for the Health Sector on Forced Labor Risk in Supply Chains (PDF) (October 2024)
- Association for Health Care Resource and Materials Management: Mitigating Human Trafficking Risks in the Health Care Supply Chain (August 2023)
- SOAR for Procurement Professionals in Healthcare Systems (August 2023)
- Information Memo: Federal Cases Involving Forced Labor of Health Professionals (February 2023)
- Information Memo: Federal Statutory and Regulatory Framework on Forced Labor in Healthcare and Public Health Supply Chains (September 2022)