President Trump has made it a priority to leverage every resource of the Federal Government to end the scourge of human trafficking.

• The Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need.
  • The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases and provided 14,419 referrals to services between October 2017 and March 2019. 
• DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims – serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.
• The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping ensure that victims have the proper resources and support.
• The Department of Transportation has announced $4 million in grants to transit agencies to address public safety, including human trafficking. 
• The Federal Government continues to provide awareness training to first-responders to detect and respond to trafficking and to prepare all citizens to identify and report it.

 The hotline can be reached:

• By phone: 1-888-373-7888
• By email: help@humantraffickinghotline.org
• By text: text HELP to 233733 (BEFREE)
• Online chat: www.humantraffickinghotline.org