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| An example of FTA's human trafficking awareness campaign |
HART is pleased to announce the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded HART with a Human Trafficking Awareness & Public Safety Initiative Grant totaling $100,240. The grant will be used to conduct a public awareness campaign about human trafficking leading up to Super Bowl LV being held in Tampa in 2021.
The
public awareness campaign will include educational materials for the public and
provide critical training for HART employees in recognizing and reporting human
trafficking.
"Human trafficking is an unfortunate
reality of society today," said Carolyn House Stewart, Interim HART CEO.
"HART looks forward to utilizing this grant to train our employees, many
of whom interact with hundreds of people daily, to help recognize the signs of
human trafficking and create more awareness about the issue."
Human
trafficking is modern-day slavery, affecting millions of adults and children in
the United States and worldwide. Traffickers move their victims on all modes of
transportation, and sometimes use public transit due to its low cost, greater
anonymity in buying fare cards, and less direct interaction with government or
transit officials.
In
total, $5.4 million in grants were selected as part of FTA's Human Trafficking
Awareness and Public Safety Initiative.
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