County Executive Ball to Announce $1 Million in Federal Grants to Fight Human Trafficking

October 6, 2020
 
Media Contact:
Scott Peterson, Director of Communications, Office of Public Information, 202-277-9412
 
ELLICOTT CITY, MD – County Executive Calvin Ball will be joined by the U.S. Attorney for Maryland, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Community Resources and Services, the Howard County Police Department, HopeWorks, and other partners on Wednesday, October 7th at 11:00 a.m. to announce the federal grant received to fight human trafficking. 
 
“Through this grant Howard County will proactively identify more vulnerable residents and victims of sex and labor trafficking, serve more survivors capably with high quality services, continue to effectively raise community awareness, and bring more traffickers to justice. We are fortunate to have such talented and compassionate people within our departments, who are completely dedicated to saving lives and improving safety for all residents in our communities,” said County Executive Calvin Ball. “We have zero tolerance for sex or labor trafficking of any kind here in Howard County, and we are honored to work side by side with the Department of Justice and other jurisdictions in proactively attacking this kind of criminal practice.”
 
WHAT:         
Federal Grants Announcement  
             
WHEN:         
Wednesday, October 7th, at 11:00 a.m.
 
WHERE:       
HopeWorks, 9770 Patuxent Woods Dr #300, Columbia, MD 21046
 
WHO:           
Calvin Ball, County Executive
Jacqueline Scott, Director, Department of Community Resources and Services
Lisa Myers, Howard County Police Chief
Honorable Robert K. Hur, U.S. Attorney for Maryland
John Eisert, Special Agent in Charge, Baltimore Office, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security, 
Andrea Nunez, Manager, Office of Human Trafficking
Samantha Samuel-Nakka, Deputy Director of Services, HopeWorks
Jennifer Ritter, Assistant State’s Attorney, Howard County SAO