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Labor trafficking

August 2024 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about resources for supporting victims of labor trafficking, training and technical assistance opportunities, and OVC resources to help victims.

July 2024 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about the National Crime Victims’ Service Awards, the special July edition of From the Director’s Desk, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, and the Back to Basics Microlearning Video Series.

OVC FY24 Pilot Program for Community Based Organizations in Underserved Communities to Build Capacity and Serve Adolescent and Youth Victims of Trafficking

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OVC seeks to develop and build the capacity of community-based organizations (CBOs) in underserved communities to provide services to adolescent and youth human trafficking victims through the provision of mentorship and training and technical assistance to these organizations.

OVC FY24 Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program

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The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, and/or strengthen funded organizations so they can provide housing and associated support services to victims of human trafficking under two purpose areas: Purpose Area 1: Developing Capacity to Serve Human Trafficking Victims and Purpose Area 2: Enhancing Scope of Housing Assistance for Human Trafficking Victims.

OVC FY24 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking

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The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen a multidisciplinary approach to better respond to human trafficking. This collaborative approach must include a range of other governmental and nongovernmental partners that work together to provide access to a diverse set of services for trafficking victims and to seek justice on their behalf.

OVC FY24 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking

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The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of human trafficking, including those that provide trauma-informed services. Applicants are invited to apply under five purpose areas.

OVC FY24 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking

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The goal of this program is to provide services that address the needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking through a continuum of trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and gender-responsive services to ensure their safety, security, and healing and to prevent them from being directed to or involved in the justice system.

OVC FY24 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking

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OVC seeks applications from states or Tribes to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities geared toward improving outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking. This program aims to improve statewide coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration across systems to address human trafficking involving children and youth.

Confronting Labor Trafficking Through a Victim-Centered Approach

February 2024

Brecht Donoghue, Director, OVC Human Trafficking Division, led this National Human Trafficking Prevention Month webinar to spotlight labor trafficking and resources available to survivors. Learn about labor trafficking victim needs and resources available through the re-launch of Framework, an OVC-funded, labor trafficking-specific training and technical assistance project.

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Sergio’s Story: A Journey Through (and Beyond) the Legal System - Full Video

January 2024
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Sergio's Story: A Journey Through (and Beyond) the Legal System
Sergio’s Story describes the experience of a young boy who was a victim of labor trafficking and is part of a federal case. This video been developed from the graphic novel and the accompanying audiobook and is a compilation of all videos in the Sergio’s Story playlist.

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