FY24 OVC Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking

The Virginia State Police (VSP), the lead law enforcement applicant, and Samaritan’s House (SH), the lead victim service provider applicant, are requesting funding under Purpose Area 2: Expansion of Local or Tribal ECM Human Trafficking Task Force. Other Task Force members include VSP, Homeland Security Investigations, the United States Attorney’s Office, Transitions Family Violence Services (TFVS), and the police departments and prosecutors from the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Williamsburg, and Virginia Beach. The Metropolitan Statistical Area population of Hampton Roads is 1.8 million people.

This proposal seeks to expand to the Sheriff’s Offices and Commonwealth Attorneys for the counties of Matthews, Isle of Wight, York, Accomack, Brunswick, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Middlesex, Northampton, Southampton, Suffolk, Surry, Sussex, and York. Agency partnership expansion includes the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, the Virginia DMV Police, Virginia Marine Resources Police, and the Virginia ABC Police.

The Task Force coverage area includes the U.S.’s largest naval base, a large and growing hotel and tourism industry, and a growing agritourism industry.