The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, through the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), has awarded a $704,424 Cooperative Agreement to The Connecticut Children's Alliance, Inc. The award will fund the Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce (RHTRT) to identify and serve victims of human trafficking in the greater Hartford, CT region over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September 2027. The RHTRT, co-led by the Connecticut Division of...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $619,225 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims) will fund the Regionalized Human Trafficking Recovery Taskforce (RHTRT) led by the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice and Connecticut Children's Alliance, Inc. Over the 3-year award period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, the RHTRT will continue to identify and serve victims of human trafficking, build competency in...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs awarded a $440,000 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to The Undergroundne, Inc. in Bloomfield, CT. The grant will fund a 4-phase model of emergency assistance and peer/ally mentoring services for adult survivors of human trafficking in Connecticut, with a focus on expanding services in the Greater Hartford area. Services will include temporary housing, food security, medical care, technology...
This $797,827 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims), will enable Empower Her Network Inc., a non-profit organization in New London, Connecticut, to expand its gender-inclusive employment, education, and economic empowerment program for survivors of labor and/or sex trafficking who are over 18 years old in the state of Washington. The program will provide individualized support, including funding for...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $1,009,223 Project Grant to Global Peht Corp (dba Partnership to End Human Trafficking - PEHT) under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). The grant will support PEHT's efforts to continue and expand transitional and short-term/rapid re-housing assistance, as well as support services to improve survivors' overall health, provide stability, and reduce the possibility of re-victimization in...
The U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $1,240,218 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Global Peht Corp, a woman-owned non-profit organization, for the period of October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. This grant will enable Global Peht Corp to provide a range of trauma-informed services to survivors of sex and labor trafficking in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Key activities include offering emotional support, safety and...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Volunteers of America-Greater New York (VOA-GNY), in partnership with Safe Horizons, to provide emergency shelter and rapid rehousing services for immigrant victims of labor and sex trafficking in Brooklyn, New York. The 3-year grant, which began on Oct 1, 2024, will fund bilingual case management,...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Victims of Crime awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to Survivor Ventures, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). The funding will enable Survivor Ventures to strengthen and expand its Survivors to Entrepreneurs (S2E) program, which provides a 24-month curriculum of wage subsidies, job coaching, entrepreneur mentorship, specialized skills training, vetted...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $799,778 Services for Trafficking Victims (CFDA 16.320) grant to Lotus Legal Clinic, Inc. to implement culturally responsive legal services for human trafficking victims. The project aims to: 1) collaborate with community partners and survivors to identify inequities in legal remedies and support services for trafficking victims; 2) increase access to culturally responsive and victim-centered civil legal services; 3)...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, through the Domestic Trafficking Victim Program (CFDA 16.834), awarded a $800,000 project grant to Justicematters Inc., a non-profit organization located in Durham, North Carolina. The purpose of this 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, is to expand and strengthen trauma-informed legal services, case management, and client support for victims of human trafficking. Key project activities include: 1) providing immigration legal...