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Heartland Human Care Services - Enhanced Services for Human Trafficking Victims

Award Information

Awardee
HEARTLAND HUMAN CARE SERVICES, INC.
Award #
15POVC-22-GG-03712-HT
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Areas Served
Geographical Areas Served
  • Cook County
  • Will County
  • DuPage County
  • Lake County
Indicates all geographic areas to which services are provided, excluding states. See States Served.
States Served
IL
Indicates all applicable states in which services are provided.
Location

CHICAGO, IL

Awardee County
Cook
Congressional District
7
Status
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
Total funding (to date)
$800,000
Original Solicitation
OVC FY 2022 Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2022, $800,000)

Heartland Human Care Services (HHCS)  will provide trauma-informed, survivor-centered housing assistance through two main components: 2 emergency housing units and 11 transitional housing units for foreign-born and domestic survivors of human trafficking. These services will be provided in Cook, Will, DuPage, and Lake Counties in Illinois. HHCS is a subcontracted agency administering the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) National Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program with USCRI (Washington, DC) —providing and coordinating comprehensive case management services to foreign national survivors of human trafficking.

Date Created: September 27, 2022