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ALERT helps victims of human trafficking by providing: food and shelter; medical care; mental health counseling; immigration assistance; legal assistance; language interpretation; case management; and other culturally appropriate services throughout the state of Arizona. Through education, outreach and a variety of programs and services, ALERT ...
On September 23, 2020, the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom signed executive order N-80-20 allowing local health officers and public health officials access to the state's Safe at Home program, due to their being "subject to threats and other harassment, including threats and harassment targeted at their places of residence, which threatens ...
The Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018 (AVAA) (Pub. L. 115–299 (text)) is a United States federal law that changes how federal courts determine the amount of restitution victims of child pornography offenses receive. [1]
Arizona has a state safety net — local victim compensation programs — for victims of violent attacks like Martinez. Program officials told Martinez she could reapply if she got current with a ...
The Justice Department proposed changes Monday to rules governing state-run programs that provide financial assistance to violent crime victims in order to address racial disparities and curb the ...
The 114th Congress quickly and vigorously took up the issue of human trafficking, generating twelve bills in the first couple weeks of the new session. [2] The JVTA incorporates provisions from ten of those twelve bills: H.R. 159 (Stop Exploitation of Trafficking Act of 2015), [3] H.R. 181 (Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015), [4] H.R. 246 (To improve the response to victims of ...
Most victim advocacy programs focus on either DV (domestic violence) or SA (sexual assault). Survivors also advocate for improved court procedures and legal assistance for victims. [2] Many crime victims are unfamiliar with the criminal justice system, due to recent immigration, language barriers, or ignorance. In the same article written by ...
A 2015 study by Arizona State University looked at sex trafficking among adults on probation in Maricopa county. They found that 38% of adult probation officers had a sex trafficking victim on their case load and 25.6% had a sex trafficker. Of the victims of sex trafficking, 39.3% were currently being trafficked and 92.9% were female. [10]