THE NEED FOR FUNDING AND REPORT LANGUAGE The Committee recommends the Center for Disease Control’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey be expanded by including questions to identify homeless youth who are at risk of human trafficking. The Committee encourages the CDC to work with human...
Author: ATEST
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery around the world.
HHS Victim Services Strategic Plan FY 2016
THE NEED FOR REPORT LANGUAGE: The Committee understands that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with other federal agencies, will implement a new strategic plan for victim services for human trafficking victims. The Committee believes such work is long...
Department of Education (ED)/McKinney-Vento Act FY 2016
THE NEED FOR FUNDING AND REPORT LANGUAGE: $50,000,000 increase in funding for U.S. Department of Education to implement the McKinney-Vento Act’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth programs (42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.) to increase the capacity of public schools to identify and...
ED Grants to Local Education Agencies FY 2016
THE NEED FOR FUNDING AND REPORT LANGUAGE: $2,000,000 for the Department to fulfill its mandate under the Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States (2013-2017). NEED The Department of Education interfaces with approximately 50...
Department of Labor (DOL)/Department of Wage and Hour FY 2016
THE NEED FOR FUNDING AND REPORT LANGUAGE $5,000,000 for services for victims of trafficking to implement Section 107(b) of the TVPA and report language. Need DOL is oftentimes the initial investigator of human trafficking crimes, including a case involving over 400 victims. The 2016...
DOL/International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) FY 2016
THE NEED FOR FUNDING AND REPORT LANGUAGE: $117,500,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs in the Department of Labor (DOL/ILAB) to implement Section 105(b)(2) of the TVPRA of 2005 (P.L.109-164) and Section 110 of the TVPRA of 2008 (P.L.110-457), as follows: $27,000,000 for...
State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) FY 2016
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) Bureau of International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) Bureau of Democracy, Rights, and Labor (DRL) Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) U.S. Agency for International Development...
ATEST Welcomes United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
For advocates and survivor-advocates of human trafficking, this week marks an important milestone: the first meeting of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking in Washington, D.C. Last month, the Obama Administration announced the formation of this group, composed of...
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) FY 2016
THE FUNDING NEED $12,000,000 for J/TIP to administer international grant programs, support ongoing reporting requirements, and develop stronger prosecution and prevention strategies. $3,000,000 and five full time equivalent (FTE) positions for J/TIP to establish a rapid response...
Bureau of International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) FY 2016
THE FUNDING NEED $35,000,000 for International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) Trafficking in Persons Grants, to be implemented as follows: $30,000,000 under International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) for J/TIP to award grants to fight human trafficking...