Robert J. Higdon Jr., Human Trafficking, North Carolina 2020

North Carolina is grappling with the scourge of human trafficking, a crime that poses a dire threat to public safety and has become a top domestic priority for the Administration.

According to Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, more than $65 million in grants is available to help communities combat human trafficking and serve adults and children who are victimized in trafficking operations.

‘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,’ said Katharine T. Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs.

‘The trafficking of human beings is one of the most outrageous and shocking crimes committed. The victims are often terrorized day after day after day – manipulated through violence, drugs, emotional abuse, and by depriving them of any independent means of support. Sadly, there are many of these cases and we are committed to aggressive investigation and prosecution wherever we find them, but we need the public’s assistance,’ stated United States Attorney Higdon.

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. OJP’s programs support a wide array of activities and services, including programs that support 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 include the Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program, the Multidisciplinary Task Force Program to Combat Human Trafficking, and the Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons program, among others.

For more information regarding all OJP funding opportunities, visit https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities

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