The Department of Justice awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Camillus House, Inc. in Miami, Florida. The 3-year grant will fund transitional housing and rapid re-housing services for approximately 40 trafficking victims annually. The grant will provide 16 transitional housing beds with victim-oriented, trauma-informed support services for up to 6 months. After transitional housing, clients will receive 6 months of short-term...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251), will fund $1,000,000.00 in economic development and community development activities to be carried out by the non-profit organization Kristi House, Inc. based in Miami, Florida. The grant, awarded on August 13, 2024,...
This $800,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims program), will allow Colorado Legal Services (CLS) and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) to provide comprehensive legal services to human trafficking victims in Colorado. Services will include advocacy within the criminal justice system, civil litigation, immigration petition preparation, family reunification, protective order...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) provides $931,377 in funding to the International Rescue Committee, Inc. (IRC) to enhance multidisciplinary collaboration and victim support services through the South Florida Human Trafficking Task Force (SFHTTF). The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) develop and strengthen the task...
The Family Crisis Center will receive $800,000 through a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Services for Trafficking Victims federal grant program (CFDA 16.320). The Center will enhance its existing human trafficking program and integrate rapid re-housing scattered site transitional housing and services to benefit victims in Los Angeles County, California. Key products and services will include 24-hour crisis...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Victims of Crime (OVC) agency awarded a $500,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.035 Preventing Trafficking of Girls) to Girl Power Rocks, Inc. (operating as Girl Power) in Miami, Florida. The grant, effective October 2024 through September 2027, will fund the "Girls Intervention Program Plus (GIPP)." The primary purpose of GIPP is to provide comprehensive direct services and community engagement to support hard-to-serve, at-risk...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), aims to support a sustainable, multidisciplinary task force approach to improve and increase victim identification of all forms of human trafficking, provide victims with access to services, and seek justice on their behalf. The award of $721,595 was granted to Miami-Dade County Police...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), will fund the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Phoenix, Arizona to provide housing and trauma-informed support services to 45 survivors of human trafficking, including labor trafficking victims and foreign nationals, over a 36-month grant period. The $1,600,040 award will enable IRC to operate a specialized housing program...
The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to First Fruit Ministries, a Wilmington, NC-based non-profit organization. The three-year grant will enable First Fruit Ministries to provide transitional and rapid rehousing, as well as comprehensive case management, housing navigation, primary healthcare, substance use treatment, dental care, and trauma therapy...
The Project Grant award of $740,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime under the Services for Victims of Trafficking program (CFDA 16.320) will enable Community Works, Inc., a non-profit organization in Medford, Oregon, to implement a comprehensive program to provide services to victims of both labor and sex trafficking in Jackson County. The project activities will include crisis intervention, long-term advocacy, and a 24/7 victim hotline and shelter....