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2018-VO-GX-K002
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Funding First Awarded
2020
$750,000

About the Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center

October 2020

Learn how the Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center can help your organization or Tribe start, sustain, or grow its anti-trafficking work. The Center offers coaching, mentoring, and a resource library on financial management, community partnerships, delivery of victim services, and more. All the Center’s services are free and available to every organization and Tribe working to support victims of human trafficking.

Bill Woolf Announces the Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center Website Launch

October 2020

As part of our recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, Bill Woolf, Senior Advisor for Victim Services and Human Trafficking Program Director, announces the launch of the Human Trafficking Capacity Building Center website. The Center seeks to strengthen human trafficking victim services in the United States by delivering free coaching and mentoring to organizations and federally recognized Tribes looking to start, sustain, or grow their anti-trafficking work.

Register for Virtual Consultation on the Fiscal Year 2021 Crime Victims Fund Tribal Set-Aside Formula Program

The Office for Victims of Crime invites Tribal leaders, representatives, and stakeholders to participate in the Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund for Fiscal Year 2021. Attendees will discuss the FY 2021 Crime Victims Fund Tribal Set-Aside and potential revisions to the interim formula and application process used in 2020. The Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program provides support to Tribal communities...

Attorney General Barr Announces Funding to Improve Public Safety and Serve Crime Victims in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

The Department of Justice has a long-standing commitment to improve public safety in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. During a visit to the Cherokee Nation on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, Attorney General Barr announced over $295 million in funding, of which approximately $118 million will be awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime.

“I am grateful to this Administration and the Department of...

Message from OVC Director Jessica E. Hart on New Tribal Division

August 2020

This Office for Victims of Crime video message from Director Jessica E. Hart describes efforts by the Office for Victims of Crime to support American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including the establishment of a new Tribal Division. The new division ensures the Office for Victims of Crime is appropriately staffed to serve Tribal communities by streamlining the distribution and management of the Tribal grant awards.