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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session
antihuman trafficking grant fund; appropriation
Purpose
Establishes the Antihuman Trafficking Grant Fund (Fund) and appropriates $10,000,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2025 for programs to reduce human trafficking.
Background
The Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family is a cabinet-level agency that administers state and federal grant programs relating to workforce development, substance abuse prevention, human trafficking, sexual and domestic violence, juvenile justice, aging and child well-being (GOYFF).
SB 1676 appropriates $10,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to the Fund.
Provisions
1. Establishes the Fund consisting of appropriated monies and specifies that Fund monies are continuously appropriated.
2. Requires the Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family to administer the Fund and distribute Fund monies to programs to reduce human trafficking in Arizona.
3. Stipulates, for an antihuman trafficking program to be eligible to receive grant monies, that the program:
a) work to reduce human trafficking by providing assistance and analytical services to law enforcement agencies; or
b) provide services to victims and training to law enforcement agencies, prosecutorial agencies and the public on preventing and identifying human trafficking.
4. Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2025 to the Fund.
5. Requires the Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family to allocate the appropriation as follows:
a) $500,000 to administer the Fund; and
b) $9,500,000 to award grants to municipal and county law enforcement agencies, capped at $500,000 per agency, for programs that reduce human trafficking.
6. Declares the Legislature's intent for the appropriation to be considered ongoing.
7. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.
8. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2024
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