§20708 Grants for Specialized Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance for Service Providers

Summary

The Attorney General may give grants to certain groups so they can train people and help improve care for victims of human trafficking. Eligible groups include State and local governments, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, victim service providers, nonprofit or for‑profit organizations (including tribal ones), national organizations, and colleges or universities (including tribal institutions). "Act of trafficking" means the kind of trafficking described in federal trafficking law. "State" includes U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and other U.S. territories or possessions. A "victim of trafficking" is someone subjected to an act of trafficking. Grants must be used for training and technical help to find and protect trafficking victims, improve the amount and quality of services for survivors, and strengthen partnerships with federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement and other groups. Allowed activities include training law enforcement and prosecutors (including use of federal, State, or local resources and programs funded through the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, such as the Interdiction for the Protection of Children Program), helping develop or use laws against trafficking, giving technical help about available services, creating and sharing best‑practice materials, offering training at conferences or webinars, and building partnerships to access services. Grant recipients may spend up to 5% of a grant on administrative costs and may also seek other funding. Congress authorized $10,000,000 for each fiscal year 2007 through 2011 for these grants.