$65M for Human Trafficking, Wisconsin 2020

Wisconsin Human Trafficking Ring Busted: $65M in Funding to Combat Crime

United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin has made a shocking announcement: over $65 million in grant funding is now available to combat human trafficking and assist victims in the state.

Human traffickers pose a dire threat to public safety, and the federal government is stepping in to combat this scourge. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan stated, "Our nation is facing difficult challenges, none more pressing than the scourge of human trafficking. Human traffickers pose a dire threat to public safety and countering this threat remains one of the Administration’s top domestic priorities."

The funding is available through the Office of Justice Programs, the federal government’s leading source of public safety funding and crime victim assistance in state, local and tribal jurisdictions. The programs supported by OJP include human trafficking task forces and services for human trafficking survivors.

A number of funding opportunities are currently open, with several more opening in the near future. These opportunities include:

• Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program (Deadline: 4/6/2020)

• Multidisciplinary Task Force Program to Combat Human Trafficking (Opened: 3/16/2020)

• Preventing Trafficking of Girls (Opened: 3/16/2020)

• Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons (Deadline: 4/20/2020)

• Services for Victims of Human Trafficking (Opened: 3/16/2020)

• Specialized Training and Technical Assistance on Housing for Victims of Human Trafficking (Opened: 3/16/2020)

• Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Program (Opened: 3/16/2020)

• Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking (Opened: 3/16/2020)

• Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Labor Trafficking (Opened: 3/16/2020)

For more information on these funding opportunities, visit https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities

Contact Public Information Officer Kenneth Gales at 414-297-1700 for additional information.

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