34 USC 20708 - Grants for specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 20708.

Grants for specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers

(a)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

Act of trafficking

(2)

Eligible entity

The term “eligible entity” means—

(A)

a State or unit of local government;

(B)

a federally recognized Indian tribal government, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior;

(C)

a victim service provider;

(D)

a nonprofit or for-profit organization (including a tribal nonprofit or for-profit organization);

(E)

a national organization; or

(F)

an institution of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education).

(3)

State

(4)

Victim of trafficking

(b)

Grants authorized

The Attorney General may award grants to eligible entities to—

(1)

provide training to identify and protect victims of trafficking;

(2)

improve the quality and quantity of services offered to trafficking survivors; and

(3)

improve victim service providers’ partnerships with Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies and other relevant entities.

(c)

Use of funds

A grant awarded under this section shall be used to—

(1)

train law enforcement personnel to identify and protect victims of trafficking, including training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, or local resources to assist victims of trafficking, which may include programs to build law enforcement capacity to identify and respond to human trafficking that are funded through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice, such as the Interdiction for the Protection of Children Program;

(2)

train law enforcement or State or local prosecutors to identify, investigate, or prosecute acts of trafficking;

(3)

train law enforcement or State or local prosecutors to utilize laws that prohibit acts of trafficking and to assist in the development of State and local laws to prohibit acts of trafficking;

(4)

provide technical assistance on the range of services available to victim service providers who serve trafficking victims;

(5)

develop and distribute materials, including materials identifying best practices in accordance with Federal law and policies, to support victim service providers working with human trafficking victims;

(6)

identify and disseminate other publicly available materials in accordance with Federal law to help build capacity of service providers;

(7)

provide training at relevant conferences, through webinars, or through other mechanisms in accordance with Federal law; or

(8)

assist service providers in developing additional resources such as partnerships with Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies and other relevant entities in order to access a range of available services in accordance with Federal law.

(d)

Restrictions

(1)

Administrative expenses

(2)

Nonexclusivity

(e)

Authorization of appropriations

(Pub. L. 109–164, title II, § 208, formerly Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 111, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2984; Pub. L. 113–4, title XII, § 1212(b)(2)(D), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 115–392, § 10(a), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5254; renumbered § 208 of Pub. L. 109–164 and amended Pub. L. 117–347, title I, §§ 101(a), 106(a), Jan. 5, 2023, 136 Stat. 6200, 6204.)

cite as: 34 USC 20708