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Trump admin abruptly delays funding for human trafficking victims: report
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/463917-trump-admin-abruptly-delays-funding-to-house-human-trafficking?__twitter_impression=true
BY JUSTINE COLEMAN - 10/01/19 05:56 PM EDT
The Trump administration has unexpectedly postponed $13.5 million in grant funding intended to house human trafficking victims, NBC News reported on Tuesday.
Five days after the administration updated the funding on Sept. 4 so that it also would help noncitizens, the federal government's grant website said the funding was canceled and not accepting applications, according to NBC.
The grant was expected to provide housing and supportive services for victims of sex and labor trafficking, according to the notice of funding availability.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was supposed to take the lead on handing out the grant money, with help from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to NBC News.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department told NBC News the grant had been "postponed," not canceled, and that the DOJ would be taking over responsibilities for the grant.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter to both the DOJ and HUD denouncing the departments for the delay in funding with "little explanation or official notice to the public."
"This is unacceptable and will have real consequences for organizations working with trafficking survivors," he wrote.
"A decision to postpone these housing and services grants into oblivion will be a decision to waste anti-trafficking resources already on the table," he added.
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BY JUSTINE COLEMAN - 10/01/19 05:56 PM EDT
The Trump administration has unexpectedly postponed $13.5 million in grant funding intended to house human trafficking victims, NBC News reported on Tuesday.
Five days after the administration updated the funding on Sept. 4 so that it also would help noncitizens, the federal government's grant website said the funding was canceled and not accepting applications, according to NBC.
The grant was expected to provide housing and supportive services for victims of sex and labor trafficking, according to the notice of funding availability.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was supposed to take the lead on handing out the grant money, with help from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to NBC News.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department told NBC News the grant had been "postponed," not canceled, and that the DOJ would be taking over responsibilities for the grant.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter to both the DOJ and HUD denouncing the departments for the delay in funding with "little explanation or official notice to the public."
"This is unacceptable and will have real consequences for organizations working with trafficking survivors," he wrote.
"A decision to postpone these housing and services grants into oblivion will be a decision to waste anti-trafficking resources already on the table," he added.
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WTF???
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