This bill establishes a comprehensive federal strategy to combat child sex trafficking through multiple coordinated efforts. It creates an interagency task force led by the Attorney General that includes officials from Health and Human Services, Treasury, Labor, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Homeland Security to collaborate on prevention, awareness, and victim services. The legislation authorizes grant programs for schools and foster care agencies to educate children about trafficking risks, for law enforcement to train officers and establish diversion programs for victims, for nonprofits to provide job training for survivors, and for organizations to offer long-term mental health services and housing to trafficking victims. The bill also requires the Attorney General and Health and Human Services Secretary to complete a comprehensive study on child trafficking within three years, examining how children enter the trade, profiling traffickers and vulnerable populations, and analyzing trafficking trends around large events. No specific funding amounts are mentioned in the legislation, leaving appropriation details to future budget decisions.
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