Project Grant SMX53019GR0100

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (a division of the U.S. Department of State) under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) provides $1,300,000.00 to the International Labor Organization (ILO) to expand the WhatsApp-based labor trafficking grievance mechanism and worker voice tool "Nossa Voz", which was previously developed under a prior PEMS award. The project will run from October 1, 2024...

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 federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) program, will provide $551,000.00 in funding to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) from October 1, 2024 to October 1, 2027. The purpose of this award is to provide technical assistance focused on establishing survivor leadership and survivor partnership structures,...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $307,000 project grant under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) federal grant program to Stichting Terre DES Hommes Nederland. The grant will support activities from December 2021 through November 2023 to provide community members in Keranigaj Upazila, Bangladesh access to reliable information, safe reporting, and referral services to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 on...

Covenant House will provide specialized services to combat human trafficking under a $321,483 project grant award from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement. The grant falls under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019), which aims to prevent trafficking in persons, protect and assist victims, and prosecute traffickers. Specifically, Covenant House will combat the rise in human trafficking of children in Mexico by...

This $2.32 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement will support Innovations For Poverty Action to establish an embedded evidence lab in Nigeria from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The evidence lab will equip the Nigerian government to develop and deliver more effective, evidence-based policies and programs to combat sex trafficking under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019)....

This Cooperative Agreement award of $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.320 - Services for Trafficking Victims program) will support the STOP Human Trafficking Task Force (STOP HTTF) in San Antonio, Texas. The task force, led by BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS) and the San Antonio Police Department, aims to increase access to services and identification of trafficking survivors, especially among underserved...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award provides $553,946 to Northeastern University to develop novel analytical decision models to more effectively combat human trafficking. The project aims to: Develop multi-path network evasion interdiction models to optimize collaboration among multiple interdictors and minimize the probability of traffickers evading detection. Create explainable policies to schedule survivors to support services more...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $950,000 three-year Project Grant to World Vision Inc. under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) program. The grant will support efforts to identify and protect victims of human trafficking in Armenia through developing standard operating procedures with local partners and training curricula. A sub-award of $50,000 was provided to the Association of Audio Visual Reporters to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $100,000.00 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop a plan for building and sustaining the "Human-Centered Action Research to Disrupt Trafficking (HART)" research center. The center will bring together a diverse team of researchers, human trafficking survivor-leaders, and other stakeholders to create a national-level action...