Human trafficking looks different in every community and to be effective local level responses must integrate an array of community sectors and key stakeholders. This panel will explore the critical role local county government can play in combatting child trafficking through community-anchored prevention efforts that rely on the expertise of local stakeholders including survivors and youth. Drawing from the work of the Pasco County Commission on Human Trafficking (PCCHT), this session will demonstrate how formalized local structures—particularly county commissions—can identify, elevate, support, and fund youth-centered and survivor-driven prevention campaigns. Presenters will walk attendees through successful initiatives launched under the PCCHT umbrella and hear directly from a youth representative about how the PCCHT supported her high school club’s efforts to educate their peers about the dangers of grooming. The PHCCHT’s survivor representative will share her role on the Commission, talk about the prevention initiatives she has led for the PHCCHT, and address the importance of integrating survivor voices to ensure that interventions were not only evidence-based but grounded in lived experience. Panelists will highlight how county commissions—unlike task forces or informal community collaboratives—can provide unique institutional support including: funding, access to decision makers and crucial resources, opportunities for strategic collaborations with other vested community partners not in the anti-trafficking space, policy influence, and long-term sustainability. The session will conclude with discussion on how other counties can replicate this model by leveraging cross-sector collaboration, local governance infrastructure, and survivor-informed practices to build a scalable and sustainable response to child trafficking in their communities. Local government officials, school district administrators, nonprofit leaders, law enforcement, child welfare professionals, and anti-trafficking advocates seeking to build infrastructure for community-led prevention efforts will benefit from attending this session.