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Trump Admin Supports Victims of Human Trafficking with $35 Million Grant

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The Trump administration is awarding more than $35 million in Justice Department grants to organizations that provide safe housing for survivors of human trafficking.

The grants are being announced Tuesday at a White House event attended by Attorney General William Barr, presidential adviser Ivanka Trump, other administration officials, survivors of human trafficking and organizations that serve them.

The $35 million in Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking is being provided by the Office for Victims of Crime within the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs to provide housing and services to human trafficking survivors.

The grants will be shared by 73 organizations in 33 states to provide anywhere from six to 24 months of transitional or short-term housing assistance to survivors, the White House said.

The money can also be used to help victims find permanent housing, get a job and receive occupational training and counseling.

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Ivanka Trump, a daughter of President Donald Trump, said many survivors have had to live with their traffickers during stay-at-home orders around the country.

“The administration has heard these concerns and is responding by awarding leading nonprofit organizations the necessary funding to ensure that survivors have a stable place to live,” Ivanka Trump said in a statement.

Among organizations sharing the grants are Camillus House Inc. in Miami, Alternatives for Girls in Detroit and the Jordan Community Resource Center in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

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President Trump has sought to crack down on human trafficking since taking office. In January, he appointed a special adviser for the issue.

His daughter has also made human trafficking one of her areas of focus.

During a trip to Atlanta in January to visit nonprofit groups that help victims, Ivanka Trump called trafficking to “modern-day slavery” and said the White House is committed to ending it.


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