Community against sexual harm (cash) will implement a comprehensive services for survivors program with OVC FY 2023 services for victims of human trafficking funding

The Community Against Sexual Harm (CASH) organization received a $440,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs under the FY 2023 Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). Over the 3-year grant period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, CASH will use the funding to develop its capacity to provide evidence-based, survivor-led services and programming for survivors of sex and labor trafficking in the Sacramento, CA region. Key activities include creating operating standards, formalizing community partnerships, organizing a community of practice to improve survivor identification, and developing a crisis response program. Expected outcomes are a responsive anti-trafficking organization, a crisis response system meeting local needs, and improved access to healthcare addressing survivor trauma.

In addition to the DOJ grant, CASH has also received multiple sub-awards from the Office of Emergency Services to provide emergency shelter and services for domestic violence victims, elderly victims, and homeless youth in high-need urban areas.

The purpose of this project is to develop the capacity of cash to provide evidence-based programming to survivors of SEX and labor trafficking in the sacramento region through accessible services and community collaboration. Project activities include creating operating standards and protocols for evidence-based services using a survivor led model, formalizing partnerships, organizing a community of practice to improve the regions ability to identify survivors, and developing a crisis response program that meets the needs of all survivors and community partners. Expected outcomes include a responsive and sustainable survivor led anti-human trafficking organization in the sacramento region, a crisis response system that meets local needs, and improved access to immediate physical and mental health care capable of addressing trauma. Survivors of human trafficking in the sacramento region are the intended beneficiaries of the project.