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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 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 $500,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime will fund services for victims of trafficking under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2020. Heartland Human Care Services will provide direct services to 90 survivors of sex and labor trafficking in Peoria and Kankakee counties in Illinois through $750,000 in subawards over 3 years to the Center for Prevention of Abuse and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $849,592 Cooperative Agreement under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Samaritan House Inc., a domestic shelter and non-profit organization in Virginia Beach, VA. The funding will be used to expand the Hampton Roads Human Trafficking Task Force, which includes law enforcement agencies and victim service providers across the Hampton Roads metropolitan region. The task force will provide...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Wisconsin Department of Justice to improve victim-centered and trauma-informed responses and investigations related to human trafficking across the state. The award will fund a multi-disciplinary task force, labor trafficking victim services network, and joint subcommittee with Project RESPECT as the lead victim service provider. Key objectives include...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs awarded a $1,066,713 Project Grant to the Capital District Women's Bar Association Legal Project to provide trauma-informed, victim-centered civil legal services to labor and sex trafficking victims in New York's Capital Region under CFDA 16.320 Services for Trafficking Victims. The 3-year grant, awarded effective October 1, 2023, will fund legal consultations, ongoing legal representation, outreach to community organizations,...

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 International Rescue Committee, Inc. (IRC) received a $439,998 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking program in the South Bay area of California. Over a 3-year period, the project will enable IRC San Jose to provide outreach, training for local partners, public awareness events, and comprehensive case management services for 30 survivors of human...

The U.S. Department of Justice, through the Domestic Trafficking Victim Program (CFDA 16.834), has awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) to implement the Surviving Trauma and Reaching Success (STARS) program. This program will provide culturally responsive and trauma-informed case management and legal immigration services to foreign-national victims of human trafficking in the Austin, TX area and nearby regions. Key activities include outreach...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to Sanctuary For Families Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York City. The grant will provide 624 months of short-term housing assistance and supportive services, including legal assistance, to help sex and labor trafficking victims in the New York City metropolitan area transition into permanent affordable housing....