Cooperative Agreement 2017VTBXK017

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...

The Oklahoma Coalition Against Trafficking (OCAT) will receive $504,088 under a cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to provide services for victims of human trafficking through September 2025. OCAT will formalize its structure and expand victim services in partnership with the Tulsa Police Department and Family Safety Center. Key deliverables include rescuing and protecting victims, providing greater social services, improving data...

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...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded Contra Costa County, California $750,000 under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The County, through its District Attorney's Office and sub-awardee Community Violence Solutions, will utilize the funding to strengthen the Contra Costa Human Trafficking Task Force's collaborative efforts to identify and serve victims of human sex and labor...

This Cooperative Agreement award for $622,510.00 was made 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 funding supports the Lake County Human Trafficking Task Force, which is co-led by the Lake County State's Attorney's Office and the nonprofit organization A Safe Place. The Task Force coordinates county-wide efforts to reduce human trafficking, serve survivors, and investigate and prosecute...

This $3,499,999 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), will fund ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. to implement the OVC Human Trafficking Collective (HTC) program under CFDA 16.320 Services for Trafficking Victims. The HTC program will provide robust training and technical assistance (TTA) to new and existing OVC grantees providing services for victims of human trafficking, including minor victims. ICF will assemble subject matter experts...

The Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OOCJS) was awarded a $1,119,713 Project Grant under the Department of Justice's Domestic Trafficking Victim Program (CFDA 16.834) with an award date of October 1, 2023. The three-year grant will fund a multi-pronged strategy to address gaps in Ohio's child welfare and juvenile justice systems in identifying and serving child victims of labor trafficking. Key objectives include: Providing county-level training across Ohio to juvenile courts,...

The County of Tulare District Attorney's Office in Visalia, California will receive $749,166 in federal funding under a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to support the Tulare County Human Trafficking Task Force. The Task Force, in collaboration with sub-awardee Central California Family Crisis Center Inc., will provide services to victims of human trafficking from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the...

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 Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded a $1 million cooperative agreement to the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office to support the Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force (GNOHTTF) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The GNOHTTF, led by the Orleans Parish District Attorney and Covenant House New Orleans, will expand operations and partnerships, implement a sustainability plan, and assist the Office of Justice Programs in building...