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Hampton Roads Human Trafficking Task Force Continuation and Expansion

Award Information

Award #
2020-VT-BX-K032
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Areas Served
Geographical Areas Served
  • Accomack County
  • Mathews County
  • Northampton County
Indicates all geographic areas to which services are provided, excluding states. See States Served.
States Served
VA
Indicates all applicable states in which services are provided.
Location
Congressional District
Status
Open
Funding First Awarded
2020
Total funding (to date)
$525,352

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2020, $525,352)

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 Transitions Family Violence Services is funded under FY 2020 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking which is designed to expand geographically the work of the Task Force to include funding for Mathews County, located on the Middle Peninsula, and the Counties of Accomack and Northampton on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Also, to increase labor trafficking investigations, and continue with the adult and minor trafficking victim multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) that will strengthen service coordination, address service gaps, and collate and promote best practices in service provision to adult and minor trafficking victims. CA/NCF.

Date Created: September 21, 2020