Program Evaluation

The overall purpose of this project is to support the Children’s Bureau in its efforts to identify and better assist the children and youth served by its programs who are victims of human trafficking or who are at risk of exploitation in the form of human trafficking.

Evaluation of grantee policies, practices, and services – including a focus on access to long-term housing options, substance abuse treatment, and integration of survivor-informed services.

Evaluation of activities, procedures, organization, customer service, and immediate outcomes of the National Human Trafficking Hotline.

Cross-site process evaluations of two cohorts of grantees assisting victims of human trafficking in Salt Lake City; New York City; the metropolitan areas of Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Multnomah County (Portland), Oregon; six counties in North Dakota as well as Clay County, Minnesota; and Yellowstone County (Billings), Montana.

Access the two reports available from this project:

• Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Demonstration Projects: Service Models of the First Cohort of Projects

• Evaluation of Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Demonstration Projects: Final Report from the First Cohort of Projects

This program assessment aims to address the following goals:

1. Gain in-depth knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the current per capita funding allocation method
2. Gain in-depth knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the current regional grant structure
3. Determine if efficiencies can be gained through improved coordination of services and/or merger of different federal trafficking programs
4. Identify potential alternative funding or grant structure strategies that would address the needs of the target population (i.e., foreign national victims of human trafficking)

Qualitative data (i.e., key informant interviews and focus groups) will be used to address the first, second, and fourth goals of the study. The qualitative component of the assessment will involve (1) key informant interviews with a sample of fiscal year (FY) 2016 TVAP grantees and subrecipients (e.g., grant administrators, case managers, and service referral contacts) and (2) focus groups with a sample of TVAP subrecipients with extensive knowledge of trafficking-related grants or funding allocation models. This project will also include focus groups with select federal stakeholders.