Human Trafficking Survivor-Informed Services

OVC awards fellowships to individuals to work with OVC on specific topics or purpose areas to enhance the efforts of OVC to facilitate the understanding, development, or enhancement of innovative programs, models, practices, and protocols that serve crime victims. Fellowships also foster the professional development of practitioners in the victim assistance field by providing them an opportunity to work closely with federal staff, contractors, grantees, and a myriad of public and private organizations in Washington, DC, and throughout the Nation. The purpose of the Human Trafficking Survivor-Informed Services Fellowship is to help OVC to promote “survivor-informed” services for victims of human trafficking. In the second year of this fellowship, Ms. Cho will develop, finalize, and when needed, deliver training and technical assistance materials on best practices and different models in survivor-informed services.

NCA/NCF

OVC awards fellowships to individuals to work with OVC on specific topics or purpose areas to enhance the efforts of OVC to facilitate the understanding, development, or enhancement of innovative programs, models, practices, and protocols that serve crime victims. Fellowships also foster the professional development of practitioners in the victim assistance field by providing them an opportunity to work closely with federal staff, contractors, grantees, and a myriad of public and private organizations in Washington, DC, and throughout the Nation.

The goal of the fellowship is to promote “survivor-informed” services for victims of human trafficking. During the third and final year of the fellowship, the fellow will work to plan and carry out this goal and facilitate collaboration among stakeholders and practitioners in the field. The fellow will also enhance the utility of OVC resources for governmental agencies and the victim assistance field; support and promote the dissemination of OVC resources and tools to improve the victim services field's ability to address crime victims' needs; and work with OVC as well as OVC training and technical assistance staff to identify practical ways to enhance OVC efforts through evidence-based or evidence-informed practices, innovative approaches, and address gaps and challenges in serving crime victims. NCA/NCF