The virginia state police (VSP), the lead law enforcement applicant, and samaritans house (SH), the lead victim service provider applicant, are requesting funding under purpose area 2: expansion of…

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $849,592 Cooperative Agreement under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Samaritan House Inc., a domestic shelter and non-profit organization in Virginia Beach, VA. The funding will be used to expand the Hampton Roads Human Trafficking Task Force, which includes law enforcement agencies and victim service providers across the Hampton Roads metropolitan region. The task force will provide comprehensive, trauma-informed services for both sex and labor trafficking victims, such as case management, legal assistance, housing support, mental health counseling, and economic empowerment programs. The 3-year project period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

The virginia state police (VSP), the lead law enforcement applicant, and samaritans house (SH), the lead victim service provider applicant, are requesting funding under purpose area 2: expansion of local or tribal ECM human trafficking task force. Other task force members include VSP, homeland security investigations, the united states attorneys office, transitions family violence services (TFVS), and the police departments and prosecutors from the cities of chesapeake, hampton, newport news, norfolk, portsmouth, williamsburg, and virginia beach. The metropolitan statistical area population of hampton roads is 1.8 million people. This proposal seeks to expand to the sheriffs offices and commonwealth attorneys for the counties of matthews, isle of wight, york, accomack, brunswick, gloucester, greensville, james city, middlesex, northampton, southampton, suffolk, surry, sussex, and york. Agency partnership expansion includes the virginia department of labor and industry, the virginia DMV police, virginia marine resources police, and the virginia ABC police. The task force coverage area includes the U.S.S largest naval base, a large and growing hotel and tourism industry, and a growing agritourism industry