Federal grants under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 fund direct services for trafficking survivors — things like shelter, legal help, and case management. Under current law, fixed percentages of those grants are carved off for administration, program oversight, and data collection, totaling roughly 9 percent. This bill would convert those fixed carve-outs into flexible "up to" caps and, more importantly, raise the share that must go directly to victim services from 75 percent to 95 percent. The practical effect would be steering more federal dollars to the nonprofits and shelters that work with survivors day to day, while giving grant administrators more discretion over how the remaining overhead is spent.
Congressional Summary
Supporting Victims of Human Trafficking ActThis bill increases the percentage of the total allocation made available for trafficking victim services grants that may be set aside for research and for training and technical assistance. Specifically, the bill increases from 3% to 7% the amount that may be set aside for research, evaluation, and statistics; and increases from 5% to 10% the amount that may be set aside for training and technical assistance. Further, the bill allows the amount set aside for training and technical assistance to be used for strengthening program administration and budgeting.The bill also increases from 75% to 95% the federal share of project costs.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-02-03
- Date Added
- 2026-04-23
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