Thousands of Trafficking Survivors May Lose Services!

Trafficking survivors are losing access to life-saving services.

We need YOUR HELP to save these services!

Over 100 victim services grants from the DOJ Office for Victims of Crime expire on September 30, 2025. OVC has not yet released the grant Notices of Funding (NOFOs) for FY25, which would begin on October 1, 2025.

Without these grants in place or contract extensions for existing grants, at least 3,000 survivors (both US citizens and non-citizens) may lose access to services.

Since it is likely that the NOFOs will not be released before the end of this fiscal year, the services gap may last for months.

How Can You Help?

Join us in this fight by telling the Department of Justice that they must restore survivor services and release the FY25 TVPA funds immediately! Every day counts when survivors' lives are at risk.

For Organizations:

Sign onto the Organizational Sign-On Letter by EOD on September 30th

For Everyone:

Share our calls to action on social media using our Communications Toolkit starting September 24th through October 31st
Sign onto our Campaign Letter with Freedom United to urge the DOJ to restore services

Access our full campaign toolkit!

More in the Guardian:
House panel pushes Trump administration on combating human trafficking

Within hours of the Guardian working with FNUSA and our members to publish an investigation on the cuts to services and the impact of the funding lapse, the House Foreign Affairs Committee acted.

The subcommittee passed a unanimous amendment to the Dept. of State's budget that would require additional congressional oversight of the government's efforts to combat trafficking.

This is a small, but important, win for trafficking survivors.

Read the updated reporting from the Guardian to learn more.

FNUSA Members share how the funding lapse will impact their clients