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The Network of Emergency Trafficking Services (NETS) Collaborative Southern Region

Award Information

Award #
2004-VT-BX-K005
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2004
Total funding (to date)
$1,099,998

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2004, $499,998)

The purpose of this project, one of several sites under the Services for Trafficking Victims Discretionary Grant Program, is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for persons who have been identified by federal law enforcement as victims of severe forms of human trafficking of persons during the precertification phase. The World Relief Corporation will provide comprehensive services to trafficking victims; build effective community service networks to respond to victims' needs; and provide training to increase the awareness among criminal justice entities, social service providers, and the public of the rights and needs of trafficking victims in Alabama, Arkansas, Northern and Central Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Central Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia over an 18 month award period.

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Date Created: July 16, 2004