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OVC Services for Trafficking Victims.

Award Information

Award #
2003-VT-BX-4004
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2005
Total funding (to date)
$828,383
Original Solicitation

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2005, $428,383)

Project Reach, a project of the Justice Resource Institute, is a highly trained team of multidisciplinary trauma specialists who provide episodic, rapid-response services to trafficking victims. OVC funding will enable Project Reach to provide mobile mental health services, including crisis intervention, assessment, and treatment, to trafficking victims identified anywhere in the Eastern Seaboard states or the state of Texas. In addition, Project Reach will provide mental health related training and technical assistance to local victim service providers working with victims of trafficking, thereby building local capacity.

Date Created: September 1, 2005