Where are the Victims? Perspectives on U.S. Anti-Trafficking Policy: Funding & Practice

Authors

Johnny McGaha, Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFollow

Date of this Version

11-2009

Comments

Presented at the First Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 29-31, 2009.

Abstract

There is a major problem in the domestic sex trafficking of minors and sufficient funds should be reallocated to address this issue.

Barriers between funding for foreign victims and domestic victims need to be removed. A victim is a victim.

The current BJA/OVC/DHH grants should allowed to end until a sound TIP policy developed along with a sound implementation strategy based on real documented assessments with built in external accountability. We should not be leaving this to GAO/IG otherwise the whole movement will lose credibility along with funding.

Will the baby will be thrown out with the bath water unless we begin to based HT efforts truth and facts not antidotes and passion