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The Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (DVHT) Program is a grant program that funds comprehensive case management, direct services, and referrals through community partnerships to U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents who have experienced human trafficking. The DVHT Program empowers organizations and communities to deliver trauma-informed, strength-based, and victim-centered services for domestic individuals who have experienced trafficking. The program encourages innovative collaboration within communities to ensure long-term outcomes.

This infographic shows data from the program for fiscal year 2017. 

The Look Beneath the Surface Regional Anti-Trafficking Program — formerly the Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional Program — served targeted geographic areas and focused on the identification and referral of foreign and domestic victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 .

Activities included:

• Direct outreach to individuals who are experiencing or who have experienced sex or labor trafficking
• Anti-trafficking training and technical assistance to local professionals and organizations or entities that may encounter individuals who are being trafficked
• Active participation in a strong multidisciplinary anti-trafficking coalition or task force
• Strategic public awareness activities

This infographic shows data from the program for fiscal year 2018. 

When working with individuals who have experienced trafficking, decision-making regarding reporting, service provision, safety planning, and other processes may involve ethical dilemmas. This fact sheet describes the ethical principles and the ethics of working with sensitive information.

Ethical Considerations  (PDF)

This page contains resources that summarize the data collection, evaluation, and research efforts of the Office on Trafficking in Persons and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

State and territory profiles, available in English and Spanish, provide an overview of anti-trafficking activities and resources in each U.S. state and territory to help promote collaboration and inform and enhance the response to trafficking. These snapshots of tailored information include statistics from the National Human Trafficking Hotline, including the number of trafficking cases reported, the number of persons trafficked, demographic information about potential victims, and locations of instances of trafficking. The profiles also contain information about state and territorial trafficking laws and public resources, including collaborations, task forces, research, and publications.

The profiles were created by the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center in coordination with the National Human Trafficking Hotline  to complement SOAR to Health and Wellness Training. 

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• Alabama Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Alabama: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Alaska Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Alaska: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• American Samoa Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Arizona Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Arizona: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Arkansas Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Arkansas: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• California Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• California: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Carolina del Norte: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Carolina del Sur: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Colorado Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Colorado: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF))
• Connecticut Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Connecticut: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Dakota del Norte: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Dakota del Sur: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Delaware Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Delaware: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• District of Columbia Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Distrito de Columbia: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Estados Federados de Micronesia: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Federated States of Micronesia Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Florida Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Florida: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Georgia Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Georgia: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Guam Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Guam: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Hawaii Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Hawaii: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Idaho Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Idaho: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Illinois Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Illinois: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Indiana Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Indiana: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Iowa Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Iowa: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Islas Marianas del Norte: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Islas Marshall: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Islas Vírgenes de EE.UU. Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Kansas Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Kansas: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Kentucky Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Kentucky: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Louisiana Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Louisiana: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Maine Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Maine: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Marshall Islands Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Maryland Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Maryland: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Massachusetts Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Massachusetts: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Michigan Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Michigan: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Minnesota Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Minnesota: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Mississippi Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Mississippi: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Missouri Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Missouri: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Montana Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Montana: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Nebraska Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Nebraska: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Nevada Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Nevada: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• New Hampshire Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• New Jersey Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• New Mexico Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• New York Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• North Carolina Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• North Dakota Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Northern Mariana Islands Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Nueva Jersey: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Nueva York: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Nuevo Hampshire: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Nuevo México: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Ohio Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Ohio: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Oklahoma Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Oklahoma: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Oregon Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Oregon: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Pennsylvania Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Pennsylvania: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Puerto Rico Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Puerto Rico: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Republic of Palau Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• República de Palau: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Rhode Island Profile: Efforts to Combat Human TraffickingP  (PDF)
• Rhode Island: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Samoa Americana: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• South Carolina Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• South Dakota Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Tennessee Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Tennessee: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Texas Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Texas: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• U.S. Virgin Islands Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Utah Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Utah: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Vermont Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Vermont: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Virginia Occidental: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Virginia Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Virginia: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Washington Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Washington: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• West Virginia Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Wisconsin Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Wisconsin: Esfuerzos para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)
• Wyoming Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking  (PDF)
• Wyoming: Esfuerzos Para Combatir la Trata de Personas  (PDF)

The Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) funds 12 months of comprehensive case management services for foreign nationals who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing a severe form of trafficking in persons. These services are offered on a per-capita basis within the United States to assist foreign nationals who seek certification from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) so they can re-establish their ability to live independently. The grant program began in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 with a cohort of three grantees who delivered services through a network of local service providers. The second cohort of three grantees began their projects in FY 2016. In FY 2019, one organization received all three regional TVAP grant awards and will support a national network of service providers from FY 2019 to FY 2021. This fact sheet provides data on the work of the four grantees who delivered services in the first two cohorts of TVAP, serving a combined total of 9,152 clients (6,665 victims and 2,487 qualified family members).

The Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (DVHT) Program is a grant program that funds comprehensive case management, direct services, and referrals through community partnerships to U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents who have experienced human trafficking. The DVHT Program empowers organizations and communities to deliver trauma-informed, strength-based, and victim-centered services for domestic individuals who have experienced trafficking. The program encourages innovative collaboration within communities to ensure long-term outcomes.

This infographic shows data from the program for fiscal year 2018. 

The Look Beneath the Surface Regional Anti-Trafficking Program — formerly the Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional Program — served targeted geographic areas and focused on the identification and referral of foreign and domestic victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 .

Activities included:

• Direct outreach to individuals who are experiencing or who have experienced sex or labor trafficking
• Anti-trafficking training and technical assistance to local professionals and organizations or entities that may encounter individuals who are being trafficked
• Active participation in a strong multidisciplinary anti-trafficking coalition or task force
• Strategic public awareness activities

This infographic shows data from the program for fiscal year 2019. 

The Look Beneath the Surface Regional Anti-Trafficking Program — formerly the Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Regional Program — served targeted geographic areas and focused on the identification and referral of foreign and domestic victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 .

Activities included:

• Direct outreach to individuals who are experiencing or who have experienced sex or labor trafficking
• Anti-trafficking training and technical assistance to local professionals and organizations or entities that may encounter individuals who are being trafficked
• Active participation in a strong multidisciplinary anti-trafficking coalition or task force
• Strategic public awareness activities

This infographic shows data from the program for fiscal years 2014-2017. 

Access information and data about Certification for adult victims of human trafficking.