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Project Name: Human Trafficking Victim Services – Eastern Missouri

Applicant: International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis
Applicant Type: NonProfit
Application Number: 2012-40215-MO-VT
Funding Request: $400,000
Focus: Victims and Victimization, Crime Victimization
Location: MO
Areas Covered: Eastern District, MO

Summary: Overall Project Goal: Provide timely, high quality services to all victims of human trafficking identified in the eastern district of MO, and enhance interagency coordination and collaboration.

Objective 1: Identify victims of all forms of human trafficking and provide a comprehensive array of restorative services to meet each victim’s individual needs.

  • Strategy 1.A: 100% of domestic and pre-certified immigrant of foreign national survivors living in MO’s Eastern District will receive timely, high quality and comprehensive client-centered services.
  • Strategy 1.B: 100% of pre-certified immigrant and domestic victims of trafficking referred from outside MO’s Eastern District will receive services from IISTL and its contractual partners.

Objective 2: Collaborate with federal, state and local law enforcement, and other entities to enhance or expand service delivery.

  • Strategy 2.A: Interdisciplinary collaboration for coordinated community response between victim services and law enforcement, as evidenced by at least 5 protocols to ensure effective coordination.
  • Strategy 2.B: Interagency collaboration for coordinated community response will be achieved, as evidenced by 40 MOUs, and technical assistance to 15 agencies.

Objective 3: Conduct training and public awareness and outreach activities to improve community response to victims of human trafficking.

  • Strategy 3.A: 200 service providers will enhance their human trafficking knowledge and be better equipped to provde services, as evidenced by collaborating on cases identified and served.
  • Strategy 3.B: The larger community will be educated about human trafficking through traditional and social media and a website, as evidenced by distribution lists, Facebook "likes" and website statistics.

For Further Information:
Suzanne LeLaurin
Senior Vice-President
3654 S Grand
St. Louis, MO 63118
lelaurins@iistl.org
(314) 773-9090 x150

Application Submitted in Response to Solicitation: Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Program
Grants.gov Assigned Number: OVC-2012-3192