Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025

Key Points

• This bill reauthorizes and expands the nation's main laws for fighting human trafficking through 2029. It provides over $30 million each year to fund prevention efforts, the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and public education campaigns to help people identify and report trafficking.
• The policy creates new grants for schools to teach students, teachers, and parents how to spot the signs of trafficking. Schools in high-risk areas will get priority, and the training will specifically cover modern dangers like online grooming and exploitation on social media and other technology.
• A new program will help adult survivors of trafficking get back on their feet and avoid being exploited again. It offers services like job training, help finishing high school or college, financial coaching, and legal help to clear criminal records for nonviolent crimes that were committed while the person was being trafficked.
• The bill authorizes $35 million each year specifically for housing assistance. This ensures that survivors have a safe place to live while they work through recovery and participate in education or job training programs.
• To ensure the programs are working, the government will track how many people are trained and how many victims are identified. They will also use surveys to see if students and teachers actually feel more prepared to handle trafficking situations after receiving the training.