Cooperative Agreement SSJTIP19CA0031

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) program. Through this award, three organizations will develop and test tools to eradicate forced labor in Brazil's coffee sector. Specifically, Stanford University will develop a decision support tool for use by...

This $2.32 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement will support Innovations For Poverty Action to establish an embedded evidence lab in Nigeria from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The evidence lab will equip the Nigerian government to develop and deliver more effective, evidence-based policies and programs to combat sex trafficking under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019)....

This $220,000 two-year project grant from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement and Control will provide recovery, basic needs, and mental health support services to at least 60 survivors of sex trafficking and other vulnerable individuals in Nigeria. Funded under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019), Pathfinders Justice Initiative, Inc. will employ the "3 Ps" strategy of preventing trafficking, protecting...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.89 million Project Grant to the International Labor Organization through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to accelerate efforts to eradicate descent-based slavery and slavery-based discrimination in Mauritania and Niger and promote decent work for victims. The grant, awarded on September 23, 2022 and set to be completed by September 30,...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,325,000 project grant to Stichting "The Commission For International Justice And Accountability" to enable criminal investigations into ongoing conflict crimes and human trafficking offenses perpetrated in Libya. The grant funding will support the awardee's work from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024 under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking federal grant program (CFDA...

This $2 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) aims to empower persons with lived experience (PLE) of labor exploitation in the Philippines to actively collaborate with the government in addressing labor exploitation and improving labor conditions. The project focuses on organizing, training, and mobilizing PLE into networks to facilitate their meaningful...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement provides $1.3 million to the International Labor Organization (ILO) to expand the WhatsApp-based labor trafficking grievance mechanism and worker voice tool, "Nossa Voz," which was previously developed under a PEMS (Program to End Modern Slavery) award. The project, funded under the Department of State's International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA...

The Freedom Fund received a $390,250 project grant award from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) federal grant program. The award period is from March 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 to intervene on behalf of 1,100 children exploited in India due to COVID and work with police to increase trafficking in persons (TIP) prosecutions. The grant will support the Freedom Fund's efforts to...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,650,000 project grant to the International Labor Rights Forum under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) federal grant program. The grant will support efforts from March 2023 through March 2026 to highlight trafficking in the Gulf region and encourage corporations and governments to address trafficking in persons (TIP). The International Labor Rights Forum will work from...

This $950,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims program), will enable the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) to enhance services for victims of human trafficking in Los Angeles County, California over a 3-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. CAST will provide comprehensive, individualized services to victims including emergency response,...