The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leads the Nation’s public health response to human trafficking by developing programs and policies that touch millions of lives every day. Within HHS, the Office on Trafficking in Persons at the HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) strives to establish a national system that serves survivors of all forms of trafficking by empowering existing service systems, forming partnerships, and coordinating federal and local responses.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 called for the creation of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons to coordinate anti-trafficking efforts among U.S. federal government agencies.
Learn more about other federal government efforts to combat human trafficking.