The Lake Family Resource Center will use a $772,000 three-year project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Services for Victims of Trafficking program to provide services to victims of human trafficking in Lake County, California. The Center will continue delivering direct supportive services including emergency shelter, psychotherapy, social advocacy, and safety planning. It will also conduct community outreach, train local law...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, through the Preventing Trafficking of Girls Federal Grant Program (CFDA 16.035), awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to North County Lifeline, a non-profit organization in Vista, California. The grant will fund a three-year initiative to prevent and reduce victimization of girls up to age 25 in San Diego County who are vulnerable to sex and/or labor trafficking. The primary activities include significantly expanding Lifeline's human...
The Department of Justice's Victims of Crime division awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Domestic Trafficking Victim Program (CFDA 16.834) to Justice At Last Inc., a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will fund the Strengthening Comprehensive Legal Services to Underserved Trafficking Survivors project. This initiative aims to expand and strengthen trauma-informed, holistic, and comprehensive legal services for survivors of...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $440,000 project grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to the East Bay Asian Youth Center (EBAYC) and Survivors Healing, Advising, and Dedicated to Empowerment (SHADE) in Oakland, California. The project aims to bolster the safety, independence, self-sufficiency, and overall well-being of human trafficking victims by integrating comprehensive, culturally and...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) will fund the North County Lifelines Project Life Housing Assistance Program. This program provides up to 24 months of transitional housing and comprehensive support services for approximately 100 victims of sex and/or labor trafficking in San Diego County, California, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, trafficking...
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...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded $750,000 under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to the Stanislaus Taskforce Against Human Trafficking (STAHT) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. STAHT, a multi-disciplinary task force co-led by Haven Women's Center of Stanislaus and the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office, will provide victim services and conduct investigations and prosecutions related to all forms of...
Covenant House will provide specialized services to combat human trafficking under a $321,483 project grant award from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement. The grant falls under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019), which aims to prevent trafficking in persons, protect and assist victims, and prosecute traffickers. Specifically, Covenant House will combat the rise in human trafficking of children in Mexico by...
This $652,681 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) will support the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force (LARHTTF) led by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Saving Innocence, a non-profit organization. The award will enhance the task force's efforts to: 1) increase identification of victims of all forms of human trafficking; 2) provide effective...
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...