The federal Project Grant award under the Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth program (CFDA 93.557) provides $149,995.00 to the non-profit organization Empower 225 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The grant, awarded by the Administration on Children Youth and Families, will support the organization's "EMPOWER 225 STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM" over a three-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027. The program delivers...
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...
Alternatives For Girls (AFG) will use a $500,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls federal grant program (CFDA 16.035) to deliver early intervention and prevention services for 135 at-risk and victimized girls ages 14-18 in Detroit, Michigan over three years from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. AFG will enhance its evidence-based trauma-informed curriculum with a new five-hour human...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.035 - Preventing Trafficking of Girls) to Girl Power Rocks, Inc. in Miami, Florida. The grant, titled "Girls Intervention Program Plus (GIPP)," will fund a 3-year project to provide comprehensive direct services and community engagement to support hard-to-serve at-risk girls between the ages of 13-17 who are at greatest potential risk of human trafficking. Key...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $499,935 Project Grant under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls Program (CFDA 16.035) to the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of the North in Minneapolis, MN. The primary purpose of this 3-year grant is to expand the YMCA's existing anti-human trafficking program, "ENOUGH," to increase prevention and early intervention services for girls vulnerable to sex and/or labor trafficking in the 7-county...
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 Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded Community Violence Solutions (CVS) a $500,000 Project Grant under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program (CFDA 16.035) to expand and strengthen early intervention services for girls at risk of or victims of sex trafficking from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. CVS will directly provide identification, assessment, case management, crisis intervention, therapy, prevention workshops, and mentoring/leadership programming to girls...
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:...
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 Motivating Inspiring Supporting & Serving Sexually Exploited Youth Inc. (MISSSEY) received a three-year, $437,911 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls federal grant program (CFDA 16.035). The grant will fund MISSSEY's FREEDOM PATHWAYS program to provide prevention and early intervention services, including mentoring and direct support, to girls at risk of or victims of sex trafficking in...