Project Grant SBH20023GR0194

This $900,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims) will support the STOP Human Trafficking Task Force (STOP HTTF) partnership between BCFS Health and Human Services and the San Antonio Police Department. The project aims to increase access to services and identification of human trafficking survivors, with a focus on engaging underserved communities like...

The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $499,959 Project Grant (CFDA 16.035 - Preventing Trafficking of Girls) to Samuel Merritt University (SMU) to implement the "VALUE H.E.R." (Value Hope Education and Respect) initiative. The primary purpose is to prevent sex and labor trafficking among Black and Latinx girls in Alameda County, California. The key activities include: Expanding prevention education and empowerment programs for Black girls and their...

The HER CTIP Project, funded through a $1.9 million cooperative agreement awarded by the United States Agency for International Development Barbados on April 13, 2022 and set to be completed by April 12, 2024, will build capacity among civil society organizations and agencies in Trinidad and Tobago to facilitate improved access to support services for potential, presumed, and confirmed victims of human trafficking, particularly women and girls. The International Organization for Migration will...

This $600,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims) will support the continued operations of the STOP Human Trafficking Task Force (STOP HTTF) led by BCFS Health and Human Services and the San Antonio Police Department in San Antonio, Texas. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) increase access to services and identification of trafficking survivors,...

The Sanar Wellness Institute was awarded a $1,066,667 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). The grant will fund the Institute's Human Trafficking Healing and Resiliency Program (HT-HARP), which will provide long-term, evidence-based, trauma-specific behavioral health services for victims of all forms of human trafficking in Northern New Jersey. The program will focus on serving...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $499,973 cooperative agreement to Samuel Merritt University (SMU) to implement the "Health Bridge" program. The primary activities of the Health Bridge program include: Educating future healthcare practitioners in culturally responsive and trauma-informed care for victims of gender-based violence and human trafficking, in partnership with MISSSEY and Highland Hospital. Creating custom simulation-based learning...

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) will provide $1,266,639 to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Bidmc) to support the Adelante project. The Adelante project aims to address the unique healthcare access points to assist current and former adult victims of labor and sex trafficking in the Greater Boston and Eastern Massachusetts area. The funding will enable Bidmc, in...

The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime awarded a $800,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims) to the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (MSAHC) in New York City. The grant will fund the implementation of the "Expanding Behavioral Health Services for Human Trafficking Victims at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center" program. Key project activities include training MSAHC mental health clinicians in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT),...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded Baystate Medical Center, Inc. a $927,143.06 cooperative agreement from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2020 under the Services for Victims of Trafficking program (CFDA 16.320). The funding supports ONE MISSION: A COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING (ONE MISSION), which provides victim services to individuals in Springfield, MA. As the overarching goal of the Services for Trafficking...

This $946,152 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) will fund the "Steps to Success" project implemented by Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE) and the Heal Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative (HEAL). The project will provide trauma-informed, person-centered services to 100 Spanish-speaking, foreign-born, labor and sex trafficking survivors aged 15-25 in Maryland. Key services...