Some of the other ways in which the Department is working to combat human trafficking include:
- To date, DOT has awarded over $12 million in grants through its Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to support state counter-trafficking efforts through driver’s license standards and programs. The Federal Transit Administration awarded $5.4 million in transit grants to address human trafficking as a public safety issue alongside other transit innovations.
- The Secretary of Transportation continues to serve as a member of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, a Cabinet-level entity chaired by the Secretary of State to coordinate Federal counter-trafficking efforts. DOT continues to fulfill its commitments under the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking while applying the latest resources, policies, and best practices from the field in Department-wide counter-trafficking efforts.
- DOT’s bilingual, multimodal TLAHT Awareness Campaign now includes a training, poster series, pocket cards, visor cards, and social media graphics that reflect the latest best practices and insights from both multimodal partners and lived experience experts.
- DOT’s TLAHT initiative continues to maximize its collective impact in combating human trafficking through more than 600 transportation and travel industry partners representing all modes of transportation. Transportation-related organizations can join the multimodal, nationwide effort by signing the TLAHT pledge and accessing mode-specific counter-trafficking resources.
For more information about the Department’s efforts to address human trafficking, click here. To report suspect instances of human trafficking, tips can be reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline by calling 1-888-373-7888 or texting “HELP” to 233733 (BEFREE).
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Original article published by U.S. Department of Transportation