The Human Trafficking Grant Program seeks to improve the Commonwealth’s response to human trafficking, which by its nature requires a wide range of community members to understand what trafficking is and to be able to identify trafficking situations and/or victims in any setting.
Human Trafficking Grant Program providers leverage their knowledge and experience, including lived experience or input from individuals with lived experience with human trafficking, to prevent future trafficking victimization and mitigate the impact of current or past victimization.
Providers offer programming that increases widespread recognition of trafficking and steps to take when trafficking situations are identified; provides necessary services to trafficking victims; and/or provides accountability for individuals creating a demand for trafficking activity by purchasing or benefitting from trafficking in people.
Services overview
Programming includes a range of activities that aim to:
- increase victim identification to connect individuals who have experienced trafficking to trauma-informed services
- prevent future victimization by focusing approaches on groups at higher risk of trafficking and strengthening the short- and long-term health and well-being of survivors
- address the root causes that put individuals, families, and communities at risk for trafficking.
Education and Awareness Programming: These programs are designed to increase widespread recognition of trafficking and steps to take when trafficking situations or victims are identified.
Response Programs: These programs improve the state’s trafficking response by providing necessary services to trafficking victims or provide accountability for individuals creating a demand.
For more information about human trafficking, visit the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
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