Barriers to Mental Health Services for Trafficking Survivors

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…

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…

The first month of the new Administration has brought immense challenges to providing human trafficking survivors with lifesaving support and preventing exploitation. Survivors depend on a wide array of federally funded services both during and after exploitation. Access to food,…

By Kylie Swinmurn Access to mental health services in the US is already challenging for most people, but these challenges are especially daunting for survivors of human trafficking. These obstacles to care are compounded by complex trauma experienced, systemic issues…