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Office on Trafficking in Persons

The Office on Trafficking in Persons develops anti-trafficking strategies, policies, and programs to prevent human trafficking; builds health and human service capacity to respond to human trafficking; increases victim identification and access to services; and strengthens health and well-being outcomes for survivors of human trafficking.

Child Eligibility Letters
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families, Office on Trafficking in Persons (2020)
Describes how foreign national minors in the United States who have been subjected to severe forms of trafficking are eligible for certain benefits and services under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. HHS Interim Assistance and Eligibility Letters allow minors who may have or have experienced human trafficking, and meet certain eligibility rules, apply for the same benefits and services as refugees.

Grants
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office on Trafficking in Persons (2020)
Provides information about grants funded by the Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons within the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

HHS Health and Human Trafficking Symposium Panel Materials and Final Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office on Trafficking in Persons (2019)
Provides presentation materials and resources from the 2018 national symposium focused on the needs of human trafficking victims, how the human service response to human trafficking has evolved over the last 10 years, emerging issues in the field, and interagency anti-trafficking efforts. Information on panel sessions and a link to the final report are also included.

Human Trafficking Data Collection Project
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office on Trafficking in Persons (2019)
Examines current data-collection practices, data standards, and technologies used for human trafficking data collection for the purposes of understanding human trafficking victimization and service needs.

Look Beneath the Surface Campaign
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office on Trafficking in Persons (2020)
Partners with grantees and stakeholders to raise awareness of human trafficking and the factors that make certain populations more at risk. The campaign also empowers the public to help identify and connect victims with services by calling the National Human Trafficking Hotline.

Myths and Facts About Human Trafficking
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office on Trafficking in Persons (2019)
Shares eight common myths about human trafficking, with information on why they are false and facts on the issue.

National Human Trafficking Hotline
Offers a hotline for victims, survivors, and concerned community members. The hotline is available by phone at 1-888-373-7888, through text messaging (text 233733), and through online chat 24 hours a day in multiple languages. Since 2007, the Hotline has received reports of over 35,000 cases of potential trafficking across the United States and its territories and connected survivors to critical services.

SOAR to Health and Wellness Training
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office on Trafficking in Persons (2019)
Provides information and resources on the SOAR training, which seeks to build the capacity of communities to identify and respond to the complex needs of individuals who have experienced trafficking and understand the root causes that make individuals, families, and communities vulnerable to trafficking.

Victim Assistance Grants
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families, Office on Trafficking in Persons (2019)
Describes a program that provides funding for time-limited, comprehensive case management services on a per capita basis to foreign victims of trafficking and potential victims seeking HHS certification in any location in the United States.

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