Final Report of the Subcommittee on Domestic Trafficking

METHODOLOGY Agencies were invited to participate on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Subcommittee</strong> based on suggestions made by<strong>the</strong> Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> State. Atotal <strong>of</strong> 24 agencies and <strong>of</strong>fices were regularly represented at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Subcommittee</strong>’smeetings.The <strong>Subcommittee</strong>’s working agenda was three-fold and corresponded to <strong>the</strong> three parts<strong>of</strong> our mission:1. To identify services that are available to and being accessed by domestic victimsand international victims:Because <strong>of</strong> both <strong>the</strong> tight timeframe under which <strong>the</strong> <strong>Subcommittee</strong> was operating and<strong>the</strong> expansive scope <strong>of</strong> Federal assistance programs, it was decided that compiling anexhaustive inventory <strong>of</strong> services available to victims <strong>of</strong> trafficking would not be useful orpractical for <strong>the</strong> sake <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Subcommittee</strong>’s mission. Ra<strong>the</strong>r, we decided to report on avariety <strong>of</strong> important programs from across <strong>the</strong> Federal Government that we thoughtwould be reflective <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> many services available to victims. However, we believe thatit will be important for Federal agencies to continue efforts to identify additional servicesand programs beyond those reviewed here, as we continue to try and improve our effortsto assist trafficking victims. Participants were tasked with outlining services under <strong>the</strong>iragencies’ purview that are available to <strong>the</strong> different populations <strong>of</strong> trafficking victims.These populations were:For domestic victims:• U.S. citizen and adult;• Resident and adult;• U.S. citizen and minor; and• Resident and minor.Note: <strong>the</strong> term “resident” refers to lawful permanent residents (LPRs) only, not to o<strong>the</strong>rnon-citizens such as refugees.For international victims:• Adult; and• Minor.These outlines were compiled into a report (see Appendix I) and summarized in a chart(see Section I) that formed <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> much <strong>of</strong> our subsequent discussions.2. To identify any differences in services available to domestic and internationalvictims <strong>of</strong> trafficking:3