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Enhance the law enforcement to identify victims and provide justice for those victims through investigation and prosecution of their traffickers.

Award Information

Award #
2020-VT-BX-K019
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Areas Served
Geographical Areas Served
  • San Diego County
Indicates all geographic areas to which services are provided, excluding states. See States Served.
States Served
CA
Indicates all applicable states in which services are provided.
Location
Congressional District
Status
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
Total funding (to date)
$900,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2020, $900,000)

The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of human trafficking, to include enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and other stakeholders to identify victims and provide justice for those victims through the investigation and prosecution of their traffickers. This award made to the California Department of Justice is funded under FY 2020 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking which the San Diego HTTF will identify and rescue victims and hold their offenders accountable by creating a coordinated law enforcement system to investigate and prosecute offenders; identifying and disrupting emerging trends involving domestic and transnational criminal organizations; providing tools, education and community resources; promoting community awareness; training local law enforcement and communities on human trafficking and labor trafficking indicators and responses; and expanding the exchange of information by creating a mechanism for statewide strategic cooperation. The California Department of Justice and the San Diego HTTF will identify and rescue victims and hold their offenders accountable by creating a coordinated law enforcement system to investigate and prosecute offenders; identifying and disrupting emerging trends involving domestic and transnational criminal organizations; providing tools, education and community resources; promoting community awareness; training local law enforcement and communities on human trafficking and labor trafficking indicators and responses; and expanding the exchange of information by creating a mechanism for statewide strategic cooperation. CA/NCF.

Date Created: September 21, 2020