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ATEST has formally submitted 21 funding requests across seven federal agencies to congressional appropriations subcommittees. The letters ask Congress to increase funding in several programs for FY2025, while holding the line on others.
Four congressional subcommittees control the bulk of federal spending on human trafficking programs, including grants to civil society groups at home and abroad. The ATEST letters:
- Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Department of Homeland Security
“Congress can provide resources critical to ensuring the U.S. government takes a comprehensive, victim-centered approach,” the letters note. “Our recommendations are based on levels of programming that can substantively address labor and sex trafficking and support survivors’ paths to self-sufficiency.
“We understand the fiscal challenges our nation faces. However, we cannot lose sight of the human tragedies occurring every day within and beyond our borders. Trafficking is an economic, national security, criminal justice, civil rights, and human rights issue. We can eradicate it only by dedicating the necessary resources.”
Contact: ATEST Director Terry FitzPatrick | terry.fitzpatrick@ATEST-US.org
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The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking has pressed Congress to increase funding for critical anti-trafficking programs both at home and overseas. Coalition member organizations worked together to determine a comprehensive package of the most crucial funding requests to improve U.S. government responses to trafficking related to the protection of victims and survivors, prevention of... Read more »
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ATEST is recommending increases in many federal programs for Fiscal Year 2022 in light of the increases in vulnerability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our requests to the White House Office of Management and Budget were presented this month. Recommendations include spending requests for the Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Health and... Read more »
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Good news on the Senate’s commitment funding the fight against human trafficking! While the appropriations process is far from over, ATEST is pleased that the Senate Appropriations Committee has reported increased funding and strengthened report language on two appropriations bills that are very important to our work. Easier Pathway to Services for Runaway and Homeless... Read more »
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Human trafficking is a $32 billion industry. However, for every $32 a trafficker earns, the U.S. Government spends only 10 cents to combat this crime. We need your support to ensure greater U.S. investment in programs that are critical to preventing human trafficking, punishing offenders, and providing support and services to victims. On March 26,... Read more »
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