Cooperative Agreement SSJTIP20CA0027

This Project Grant award of $498,560 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.035 Preventing Trafficking of Girls) will enable Hoola NA PUA, a non-profit organization in Hawaii, to deliver a comprehensive program to prevent trafficking and support at-risk, sexually exploited, and trafficked girls ages 11-24 on Oahu and Hawaii Island. The primary activities include providing prevention education on trafficking signs and social media recruitment...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded Community Solutions For Children, Families And Individuals $500,000 under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls federal grant program (CFDA 16.035) to provide prevention and early intervention services for female-identifying youth at risk of or experiencing commercial sexual exploitation in Santa Clara County, California from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the grantee will screen...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Victims of Crime awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to North County Lifeline under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls (CFDA 16.035) program. The primary purpose of this 3-year grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, is 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 key activities funded through this award include significantly...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $499,959 Project Grant to Samuel Merritt University (SMU) under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls (CFDA 16.035) program. The primary purpose of this 3-year initiative, titled "Value H.E.R. (Hope, Education, and Respect)," is to prevent sex and labor trafficking among Black and Latinx girls in Alameda County, California. The project establishes a partnership between SMU, A Sista's Touch, and Bay Area Women...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded San Diego Youth Services (SDYS) a $500,000 Project Grant under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program (CFDA 16.035). Over three years, SDYS will provide prevention, early intervention, and support services to 90 girls experiencing homelessness who are at risk of or victims of sex trafficking in San Diego, California. Services will include case management, crisis intervention, expressive arts and prevention...

Hoola NA PUA will provide prevention and early intervention services for at-risk and victimized girls through the HUAKAI MANA "JOURNEY TOWARD POWER" project grant awarded by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime. Funded from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024 with $437,910, this award supports the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program (CFDA 16.035). The purpose of this program is to fund prevention and mentoring services for girls at risk of or...

The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center, Inc. will use a $704,240 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Services for Victims of Trafficking program to expand trauma-informed services for minor victims of human trafficking through its Improving Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Address Child Trafficking (IMPACT) program. Specifically, the IMPACT program will convene a multidisciplinary team to implement the victim response...

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 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.035 Preventing Trafficking of Girls) provides $499,736 to Roca, Inc., a non-profit community development organization based in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The primary purpose is to implement Roca's 4-year, trauma-informed behavior change model to address extreme levels of trauma and victimization experienced by high-risk young women at risk of sex trafficking. Key activities include:...

Empower 225 will use a $499,985 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to deliver the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program. The three-year award will support prevention and early intervention services for girls at risk of sex trafficking in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Key services include providing evidence-based trafficking prevention curricula to 300 middle and high school girls; establishing a mentoring program for at-risk...