The Kent County Sheriff's Office and Safe Haven Ministries received a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs' Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). The award will fund the implementation of the West Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force, which will develop, expand, and strengthen the local infrastructure for a multidisciplinary approach to human trafficking identification and response in Kent County, Michigan. Key activities will include building area protocols, creating specialized teams of victim services and law enforcement, increasing local awareness and capacity to identify and report trafficking, and providing technical assistance and resources to partner organizations. The task force will engage surrounding communities to build a coordinated regional response, and plans to contract services with Migrant Legal Aid, a Kent County-based migrant rights organization. The project period runs from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027.
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