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FNUSA Denounces the Erasure of LGBTQ+ and Immigrant Survivors in the 2025 TIP Report
After months of advocacy from anti-trafficking organizations and Congress, the US Department of State finally released the 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on September 30, 2025, three months after its legal deadline had passed. While the report includes most…
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FNUSA’s Statement on DOJ Cutting Off Funding for Services for 5,000+ Survivors
Today, on October 1, 2025, the US Department of Justice allowed over 100 trafficking victim services grants to expire without new grants in place to fill the gap. For FY25, Congress appropriated $88,000,000 to the DOJ to provide victim services,…
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Why FNUSA Prioritizes Non-Carceral Approaches to Addressing Human Trafficking
At FNUSA, we are committed to building a transformative approach to human trafficking, grounded in anti-racism and anti-oppression. In recent years, we have grappled with the impacts of the anti-trafficking movement being so closely tied to law enforcement, as survivors…
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FNUSA Condemns Attempts to Restrict Immigrant Survivors’ Access to Critical Legal Services
This week, on August 18, 2025, the Office of Justice Programs at the US Department of Justice sent a notice to some of its grantees that implies a portion of its grantees can no longer provide certain legal services to…
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FNUSA’s Statement on Funding Cuts to Lifesaving Victim Services Programs
This week, the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs cancelled numerous grants that serve survivors of crime without notice. These programs are essential to ensuring victims of trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, and hate crimes can access…
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Where We’re Headed: How Federal Policy Changes are Threatening Survivors Lives
Almost three months into the second Trump Administration, one thing is very clear: survivors are not a priority for this government. Policy changes, drastic cuts to lifesaving programs, and threats to anti-trafficking services since the beginning of the Administration have…
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Interview with Kate Mogulescu About Landmark Decision
The following is an interview with one of our members Kate Mogulescu who was involved in a landmark decision to free a human trafficking survivor under a new New York State Law. *Thank you to Patrice Smith for giving us…
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FNUSA Starts Emergency Survivor Relief Fund
In May 2020, Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) established a fund to help human trafficking survivors in the time of COVID. The FNUSA Human Trafficking Survivor Relief Fund provides emergency financial assistance to survivors who have been negatively impacted by…
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FNUSA Submits Feedback to Protect Trafficked Children
FNUSA submitted comments today in response to a request for feedback from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Trafficking in Persons (OTIP). The agency is attempting to revise the form that must be submitted for children who…
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FNUSA Congressional Briefing Addresses Prevention and Services for Survivors
Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) hosted its first congressional briefing on Tuesday April 3rd in Washington, DC. The briefing, sponsored by Representative Don Beyer of Virginia, focused on a comprehensive approach to addressing human trafficking in the United States. FNUSA Executive Director,…
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Database Established: Legal Advocacy Resources for Human Trafficking Victims
Freedom Network member organization Advocating Opportunity has aligned with various expert organizations in justice and law to form the national Vacatur & Expungement Database. Advocating Opportunity provides legal services and whole person advocacy for human trafficking victims. The database provides…
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FN Member Org Safe Horizon Contributes to Huff Post
Ariel Zwang, the CEO of Freedom Network member organization Safe Horizon, has become a regular contributor to the HuffPost media site, sharing her expertise on human trafficking initiatives. Her most recently published article is entitled In Counting the Homeless This…
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FN Co-Chair publishes an op-ed in honor of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Freedom Network Co-Chair, Ivy Suriyopas, shared some of her thoughts on ways that everyone can help in the fight against human trafficking. In an op-ed recently published by truth-out.org, she outlines six key areas that are directly related to some…
