ABA Enterprise Fund
National Leadership and Training for Civil Legal Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking
Recent Events
National Training Institute on Civil Legal Remedies
for Victims of Human Trafficking
October 2-3, 2008
Washington, D.C.
New! Legal Response to Trafficking Series
The impetus for the creation of these publications came from the many attorneys who contacted the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence seeking information about human trafficking and wanting to ensure that they were providing comprehensive legal assistance to their clients. We hope each will serve as an important and timely resource for you in your practice.
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is one of the most prevalent crimes today involving severe human rights violations. It is a contemporary form of slavery perpetrated by individuals and groups from organized crime rings to family members against women, men, and children of various ages and backgrounds. According to the U.S. State Department, an estimated 800,000 persons are trafficked each year across international boarders, not including the millions trafficked internally; 80% of these are women and 50% are minors. 18,000 to 20,000 people are trafficked into the United States each year, from as many as 48 countries.1 However, multiple estimates of the scope and magnitude of modern-day slavery, some as high as 27 million slaves worldwide.2
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About the Enterprise Fund
The ABA Enterprise Fund (the “Fund”) provides internal grants of seed money to fund innovative, collaborative efforts between ABA entities. In October 2006, the ABA Board of Governors established the Fund to provide collaborative grants to ABA entities for entrepreneurial projects that (1) advance the strategies identified in the ABA Strategic Plan; and (2) promote greater collaboration among the many entities that make up the ABA. Grant recipients are encouraged, but not required, to incorporate into their plans activities that create new products and services for members and increase the national and global effects of the ABA.
The Board created a committee (the “Fund Committee”) appointed by the President to administer the Fund and approved the allocation of funds. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis with any amounts not awarded in the current fiscal year returned to general revenue.
Grants are awarded only for new projects and activities. Support from the Fund will not adversely affect funding for ongoing projects and activities.
The National Leadership and Training for Civil Legal Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking Project was funded in fiscal year 2007 for 12 months in the amount of $100,000 by the ABA Enterprise Fund.
