Nevada U.S. Attorney Announces More Than $65 Million Available To Fight Human Trafficking And Help Trafficking Victims

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada today announced that more than $65 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities combat human trafficking and serve victims of trafficking operations.

“Our nation is facing difficult challenges, none more pressing than the scourge of human trafficking. Human traffickers pose a dire threat to public safety and countering this threat remains one of the Administration’s top domestic priorities,” said Katharine T. Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs. “The Department of Justice is front and center in the fight against this insidious crime. OJP is making historic amounts of grant funding available to ensure that our communities have access to innovative and diverse solutions.”

“On behalf of the District of Nevada, we are grateful for the Department of Justice’s support in bringing human traffickers to justice and helping victims in our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Trutanich. “Together with our law enforcement partners, the U.S. Attorney’s Office looks forward to effectively and creatively deploying the resources possible through this new grant funding.”

The funding is available through OJP, the federal government’s leading source of public safety funding and crime victim assistance in state, local and tribal jurisdictions. OJP’s programs support a wide array of activities and services, including programs that support human trafficking task forces and services for human trafficking survivors. 

A number of funding opportunities are currently open, with several more opportunities opening this week. 

• Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program

https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/ojjdp-2020-17351

Total Available: $1.8 million                            Deadline: 4/6/2020

• Multidisciplinary Task Force Program to Combat Human Trafficking

Total Available: $22 million                             Opens week of 3/16/2020

• Preventing Trafficking of Girls

Total Available: $1.7 million                            Opens week of 3/16/2020

• Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons

https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/nij-2020-17324

Total Available: $2.5 million                             Deadline: 4/20/2020

• Services for Victims of Human Trafficking

Total Available: $16.5 million                           Opens week of 3/16/2020

• Specialized Training and Technical Assistance on Housing for Victims of Human Trafficking

Total Available: $2 million                                Opens week of 3/16/2020

• Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Program

Total Available: $5 million                                Opens week of 3/16/2020

• Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking  

Total Available: $6 million                                Opens week of 3/16/2020

• Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Labor Trafficking

Total Available: $8 million                                Opens week of 3/16/2020

For more information regarding all OJP funding opportunities, please visit https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities

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