Paul Schaub

This report summarizes the progress of the Nebraska Coalition to Prevent Opioid Abuse's strategic initiatives, which focus on prevention, treatment, and law enforcement. Key areas include prescription drug take-back programs, overdose prevention through PDMP and pain management guidance, increasing Naloxone access, expanding medication-assisted treatment, and collaborative law enforcement efforts to combat illicit drug trafficking. The overarching goal is to substantially reduce opioid abuse in Nebraska.

This document, a review of the Nebraska Human Trafficking Task Force (NHTTF), outlines its strategic direction for 2020 and beyond. The overarching mission is to end human trafficking in Nebraska. Key strategic goals include finding human trafficking through targeted investigations and data analysis, stopping traffickers through arrest, prosecution, and dismantling enterprises, and recognizing each victim with a trauma-informed approach and referrals to client-centered services. The plan emphasizes building on past momentum, maintaining a trauma-informed approach, and streamlining efforts to combat human trafficking effectively.

The meeting focused on the establishment of subcommittees, including Sentencing Reform, Criminal Justice System Resource Allocation and Recidivism Reduction, Public Safety, and Data Collection. Members discussed the merit and distinctiveness of each committee. The Task Force also discussed proposed action items, future meetings, and the statutory requirement of submitting a first annual report to the Legislature.