34 U.S.C. § 20708 — Grants for specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers

The term “act of trafficking” means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) 1 of section 7102 of title 22.

The term “eligible entity” means—

The term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

The term “victim of trafficking” means a person subjected to an act of trafficking.

provide training to identify and protect victims of trafficking;

improve the quality and quantity of services offered to trafficking survivors; and

improve victim service providers’ partnerships with Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies and other relevant entities.

train law enforcement personnel to identify and protect victims of trafficking, including training such personnel to utilize Federal, State, or local resources to assist victims of trafficking, which may include programs to build law enforcement capacity to identify and respond to human trafficking that are funded through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the Department of Justice, such as the Interdiction for the Protection of Children Program;

train law enforcement or State or local prosecutors to identify, investigate, or prosecute acts of trafficking;

train law enforcement or State or local prosecutors to utilize laws that prohibit acts of trafficking and to assist in the development of State and local laws to prohibit acts of trafficking;

provide technical assistance on the range of services available to victim service providers who serve trafficking victims;

develop and distribute materials, including materials identifying best practices in accordance with Federal law and policies, to support victim service providers working with human trafficking victims;

identify and disseminate other publicly available materials in accordance with Federal law to help build capacity of service providers;

provide training at relevant conferences, through webinars, or through other mechanisms in accordance with Federal law; or

assist service providers in developing additional resources such as partnerships with Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies and other relevant entities in order to access a range of available services in accordance with Federal law.

An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section may use not more than 5 percent of the total amount of such grant for administrative expenses.

Nothing in this section may be construed to restrict the ability of an eligible entity to apply for or obtain funding from any other source to carry out the training described in subsection (c).