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                            Funding & Awards
 Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking
Award Information
Awardee
              THE URBAN INSTITUTE
Award #
              2017-VF-GX-0004
Funding Category
              Competitive Discretionary
Location
                    WASHINGTON, DC
Congressional District
              98
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2017
Total funding (to date)
              $679,988
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2017, $679,988)
Both the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provide funding for the Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM); the ECM include task forces responsible for identifying and assisting victims of sex and labor trafficking, and investigating and prosecuting of human trafficking cases in the communities that they serve. The study will examine differences across task forces in terms of their size, scope, organization, leadership structure, specialized investigative units, and other characteristics to determine which features contribute to task force effectiveness and lead to successful outcomes. The goals of this project include: employ a multi-method approach to assess the impact of the ECM in identifying and assisting human trafficking victims and investigating and prosecuting those crimes; the second goal of the project is to analyze differences in various task force implementation models to understand which model and which particular features contribute to the most successful outcomes. There are three main research questions that will guide this study: 1) what is the impact of the ECM on addressing human trafficking (in terms of sex and labor trafficking victims identified and assisted, and cases investigated and prosecuted); 2) what types of ECMs perform well and why; which elements are associated with effective and well-functioning task forces; 3) what characteristics of human trafficking predict successful case outcomes?
Note: this project contains a research and/or development component, as defined in applicable law,  and complies with Part 200, Uniform Requirements - 2 CFR, 200.210 (a) (14). CA/NCF



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Collaboration and Challenges in Antitrafficking Task Forces: Lessons Learned from the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Forces to Combat Human Trafficking
                  Recommendations for Practitioners Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Forces to Combat Human Trafficking
                  Federally Backed Human Trafficking Task Force Model Yields Progress, Opportunities for Continued Growth
                  Findings from an Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Forces to Combat Human Trafficking
                  Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking, Technical Report

  
Date Created: September 30, 2017
    
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