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This awardee has received supplemental funding. This award detail page includes information about both the original award and supplemental awards.
Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2005, $295,000)
The purpose of this award, one of several projects under the Services for Trafficking Victims Discretionary Grant Program, is to allow the Refugee Services of Texas to expand victim service programs for persons who have been identified by federal law enforcement as victims of a severe form of trafficking during the pre-certification period. The Refugee of Services of Texas will provide comprehensive services to trafficking victims in the central Texas area; build effective community service networks to respond to victims' needs; and provide training to increase awareness among criminal justice entities, social service providers, and the public of the rights and needs of trafficking victims over a 18-month period.
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