With funding through the OVC 2024 integrated services for minor victims of human trafficking baystate medical center, INC located in springfield, massachusetts proposes a project titled one mission: a…

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, through the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to Baystate Medical Center, Inc. in Springfield, Massachusetts. The grant will fund a 3-year project titled "One Mission: A Comprehensive Service Program for Victims of Human Trafficking". The primary objectives are to: 1) improve trauma-informed screening for human trafficking victims; 2) expand access to evidence-based, trauma-informed therapeutic and case management services; 3) increase community-level engagement through trainings to raise awareness and improve referrals; and 4) enhance outreach and interagency collaborations to deliver a coordinated response. Expected outcomes include a 10% increase in identifying male and LGBTQ+ trafficking victims, serving 100 victims in year 1 and 115 in years 2-3, providing 2,500 service units, offering trauma-informed therapy to 30 victims per year, and conducting 10 trainings per year to educate 1,000 professionals. There are no sub-recipients for this award.

With funding through the OVC 2024 integrated services for minor victims of human trafficking baystate medical center, INC located in springfield, massachusetts proposes a project titled one mission: a comprehensive service program for victims of human trafficking (one mission). The primary purpose is to expand and strengthen trauma-informed victim-centered services that includes comprehensive screening, individualized case management, and evidence-based therapeutic services for human trafficking victims. The primary activities are to 1) improve and increase the trauma-informed screening of human trafficking victim; 2) expand access to evidence-based, trauma-informed therapeutic and case management services; 3) increase community-level engagement through trauma-informed trainings to raise awareness of human trafficking and improve identification and referrals for services; and 4) provide and enhance outreach and interagency collaborations to deliver a coordinated response to meet trafficking victims needs and expand the availability of services. The expected outcomes are an increase in screening practices, resulting in a 10% increase in males and lgbtq+ victims identified; serving 100 victims in year 1 and 115 victims in years 2 and 3; provide 2500 services provision units through ongoing case management, advocacy and accompaniment, explanation of benefits and social service advocacy, information and referrals, education, life skills building, as well as emotional/moral support; trauma-informed therapy offered to all victims in need with a target of serving 30 victims a year through individual therapy/mental health services, crisis intervention, and safety planning; providing 10 trainings a year to educate 1000 professionals over the course of the program; and providing ten outreach activities to increase awareness of services, with a special focus on agencies/organizations that can better support males, lgbtq+, and labor trafficking. The geographic service area is hampden county in the state of massachusetts with a target audience of minor victims of human trafficking ages 0-17, and their families, with focus on specialty populations to include: males and lgbtq+ youth, and labor trafficking. There are no subrecipients for this award.