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The Lake County Human Trafficking Task Force (The Task Force) was awarded a $686,812 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). The Task Force, co-led by the Lake County State's Attorney's Office and the victim service provider A Safe Place, coordinates strategic county-wide efforts to reduce human trafficking, serve survivors, and investigate and prosecute sex and labor traffickers...

This $661,061 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), supports a multi-disciplinary task force approach to combat human trafficking in Cook County, Illinois and Northern Illinois. The primary awardee, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office (CCSAO), collaborates with the Salvation Army's STOP-IT program and the U.S. Attorney's Office to develop, sustain, and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $683,811 Cooperative Agreement under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to The Salvation Army Metropolitan Division in Chicago, Illinois. The funding will support a collaborative effort between the Cook County States Attorney Office, the Salvation Army's STOP-IT Program, and the U.S. Attorney's Office to combat human trafficking in Cook County and Northern Illinois. The key activities to be...

The Brooklyn Human Trafficking Task Force (BKHTTF), co-led by the Kings County District Attorney's Office (KCDA) and Safe Horizons Anti-Trafficking Program (ATP), has been awarded a $842,999 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims) to support a comprehensive, victim-centered response to human trafficking in New York and across the country. The funding will enable BKHTTF to build capacity for law...

This $1,500,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime division, will establish a comprehensive statewide response to child and youth sex and labor trafficking in Illinois over a three-year period. The Domestic Trafficking Victim Program (CFDA 16.834) funding will be used to develop a statewide strategic plan, protocols and procedures for stakeholder identification and service provision, and improved data collection and information...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Justice's Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) provides $1,000,000 to Tarrant County, Texas to implement an Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking. The project aims to expand and strengthen the Tarrant County Human Trafficking Task Force to better respond to sex and labor trafficking in the region. Key activities include: further developing the task force's leadership structure and...

The U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $750,000 cooperative agreement under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) and Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach (CCDPB) to support the Palm Beach County Human Trafficking Task Force. The 36-month project will fund continued and expanded activities to combat all forms of human trafficking in Palm Beach County, which has a population of 1.51 million and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), provides $721,595 to Miami-Dade County's Police Department and the International Rescue Committee to enhance the operations of the South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force. The goal is to improve victim identification, provide services, and support prosecutions for all forms of human trafficking in Broward, Miami-Dade, and...

The County of Riverside, California was awarded a $749,940 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice's Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to establish an anti-human trafficking task force. The funding will create five key positions, including a task force coordinator, lived experience advisory board, bilingual outreach worker, and response team advocates. The goals are to expand the task force's intelligence network to increase the identification of labor and sex...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, through the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), has awarded a $704,424 Cooperative Agreement to The Connecticut Children's Alliance, Inc. The award will fund the Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce (RHTRT) to identify and serve victims of human trafficking in the greater Hartford, CT region over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September 2027. The RHTRT, co-led by the Connecticut Division of...