Project Grant SIN65024GR0095

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, through the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), awarded a $652,681 Cooperative Agreement to Saving Innocence Inc. in Los Angeles, CA. The award will fund a three-year project (10/1/2024 - 9/30/2027) to enhance the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force (LARHTTF). The project aims to: 1) increase identification of victims of all forms of human trafficking; 2) provide effective investigation and prosecution...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $683,811 Cooperative Agreement under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to The Salvation Army Metropolitan Division in Chicago, Illinois. The funding will support a collaborative effort between the Cook County States Attorney Office, the Salvation Army's STOP-IT Program, and the U.S. Attorney's Office to combat human trafficking in Cook County and Northern Illinois. The key activities to be...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $499,959 Project Grant to Samuel Merritt University (SMU) under the Preventing Trafficking of Girls (CFDA 16.035) program. The primary purpose of this 3-year initiative, titled "Value H.E.R. (Hope, Education, and Respect)," is to prevent sex and labor trafficking among Black and Latinx girls in Alameda County, California. The project establishes a partnership between SMU, A Sista's Touch, and Bay Area Women...

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, through the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), awarded a $1,066,671 Project Grant to Restore NYC, Inc. to provide economic empowerment services and wraparound support to survivors of labor and sex trafficking in New York City over a 36-month period. The grant will enable Restore NYC to deliver a holistic, survivor-centered, and trauma-informed approach to economic empowerment, including workforce development and...

This $661,061 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), supports a multi-disciplinary task force approach to combat human trafficking in Cook County, Illinois and Northern Illinois. The primary awardee, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office (CCSAO), collaborates with the Salvation Army's STOP-IT program and the U.S. Attorney's Office to develop, sustain, and...

The Georgia Center For Child Advocacy, Inc. (GACFCA) was awarded a $852,400 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320). The grant will fund the ENVISION Project, which aims to enhance the well-being of trafficking victims in the Atlanta metropolitan area by increasing educational and economic opportunities, safety, independence, and self-sufficiency. Key project activities include developing and...

This $220,000 two-year project grant from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement and Control will provide recovery, basic needs, and mental health support services to at least 60 survivors of sex trafficking and other vulnerable individuals in Nigeria. Funded under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019), Pathfinders Justice Initiative, Inc. will employ the "3 Ps" strategy of preventing trafficking, protecting...

This $900,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320), will support the Stop Human Trafficking Task Force (STOP HTTF) partnership between BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFC HHS) and the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD). The project aims to increase access to services and identification of trafficking survivors, particularly among underserved communities like...

Empower 225 will use a $499,985 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to deliver the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program. The three-year award will support prevention and early intervention services for girls at risk of sex trafficking in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Key services include providing evidence-based trafficking prevention curricula to 300 middle and high school girls; establishing a mentoring program for at-risk...

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...