Reauthorizing Anti-Trafficking Programs: Education, Survivor Support, and Diplomatic Worker Protection.
This Act reauthorizes and expands federal programs to combat human trafficking both domestically and globally. It establishes a comprehensive support system for survivors, offering education, job training, and assistance with criminal record expungement to help them achieve self-sufficiency. The law also significantly increases funding for prevention education in schools and the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
Key points
New Frederick Douglass Grants focus on K-12 prevention education, targeting child labor and sexual exploitation, especially risks transmitted through technology and social media.
A new Human Trafficking Survivors Employment and Education Program provides up to five years of services, including vocational training, life skills, and assistance with expunging nonviolent criminal records resulting from victimization.
Enhanced protection for domestic workers of diplomats (A-3/G-5 visas), requiring mandatory rights briefings and annual wage reporting by employers to prevent exploitation.
Increased authorized funding for anti-trafficking efforts and the National Human Trafficking Hotline for fiscal years 2024 through 2028.
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