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Transitional housing

Enhancing Housing Services for Human Trafficking Victims

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Geographical Areas Served
  • Fairfield County
Indicates all geographic areas to which services are provided, excluding states. See States Served.
States Served
CT
Indicates all applicable states in which services are provided.
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$1,009,223

Rapid Rehousing for Human Trafficking Victims

15POVC-24-GG-01551-HT
Geographical Areas Served
  • Brooklyn
Indicates all geographic areas to which services are provided, excluding states. See States Served.
States Served
NY
Indicates all applicable states in which services are provided.
Open
Funding First Awarded
2024
$600,000

OVC FY 2021 Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking

Closing Date

The goal of this program is to provide safe, stable housing and appropriate services to victims of human trafficking.

The program will support—

  1. transitional housing, including funding for the operating expenses of a newly developed or existing transitional housing program; and
  2. short-term housing assistance, including rental or utilities payment assistance and assistance with related expenses.

Projects must also include support services designed to enable victims...

White House Announces More Than $35 Million in Office for Victims of Crime Funding to Provide Housing to Victims of Human Trafficking

Attorney General William P. Barr, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katie Sullivan, and Office for Victims of Crime Director Jessica Hart announced $35,104,338 in funding to 73 organizations in 34 states to provide safe, stable housing and appropriate services to victims of human trafficking.  Attorney General Barr made the announcement during a roundtable at which grantees and survivors highlighted the...

Human Trafficking

View available OVC resources, awareness materials, and services for victims of labor and sex trafficking and victim service providers.

Polaris Project

Polaris Project's comprehensive approach to combating human trafficking includes conducting direct outreach and victim identification, providing social services and transitional housing to victims, operating the National Human Trafficking Hotline, advocating for state and Federal anti-trafficking legislation, and engaging community members in local and national grassroots efforts.