The Ventura County Human Trafficking Task Force (VCHTTF) will receive $750,000 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to expand victim identification and service provision from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The VCHTTF, co-led by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office and Interface Children & Family Services, will enhance its multidisciplinary collaboration and protocols to identify...
Heartland Human Care Services, Inc. will provide trauma-informed housing assistance and case management services to survivors of human trafficking through a $800,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). Specifically, the funding will support two emergency housing units and 11 transitional housing units for foreign-born and domestic survivors of human trafficking in Cook, Will,...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $1,199,532 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Healing Action Network, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization based in St. Louis, Missouri. The grant will fund the organization's efforts to provide transitional housing and enhance its holistic, trauma-informed support services for survivors of sex and labor trafficking in...
This $500,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will fund services for victims of trafficking under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2020. Heartland Human Care Services will provide direct services to 90 survivors of sex and labor trafficking in Peoria and Kankakee counties in Illinois through $750,000 in subawards over 3 years to the Center for Prevention of Abuse and...
The Family Crisis Center will receive $800,000 through a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Services for Trafficking Victims federal grant program (CFDA 16.320). The Center will enhance its existing human trafficking program and integrate rapid re-housing scattered site transitional housing and services to benefit victims in Los Angeles County, California. Key products and services will include 24-hour crisis...
The International Rescue Committee, Inc. (IRC) received a $439,998 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking program in the South Bay area of California. Over a 3-year period, the project will enable IRC San Jose to provide outreach, training for local partners, public awareness events, and comprehensive case management services for 30 survivors of human...
This $800,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims program), will allow Colorado Legal Services (CLS) and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) to provide comprehensive legal services to human trafficking victims in Colorado. Services will include advocacy within the criminal justice system, civil litigation, immigration petition preparation, family reunification, protective order...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded Commonspirit Health $800,000 under the Services for Victims of Trafficking federal grant program (CFDA 16.320) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The grant funds the Medical Safe Haven Program for Survivors of Human Trafficking, which will provide victim services for survivors of human trafficking in Chicago, Illinois. The overarching goal of the Services for Victims of Trafficking program is to develop,...
The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime has awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) in Chicago, Illinois. Through its Legal Aid Society (LAS), MFS will provide comprehensive, trauma-informed legal services and social services for survivors of human trafficking. Key objectives are to: 1) deliver victim-centered legal services, 2) collaborate with and train law enforcement and service...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims) will enable Volunteers of America-Greater New York (VOA-GNY), in partnership with Safe Horizons, to provide emergency shelter and rapid rehousing services to address the needs of immigrant victims of labor and sex trafficking in Brooklyn, New York. The funding will support bilingual staff specializing in housing navigation, case management, and...