{"id":17395,"date":"2024-08-06T19:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T19:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/?p=17395"},"modified":"2024-08-12T17:52:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T17:52:56","slug":"ahla-foundation-awards-1-million-in-support-of-trafficking-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/ahla-foundation-awards-1-million-in-support-of-trafficking-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"AHLA Foundation Awards $1 million in Support of Trafficking Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published in <a href=\"https:\/\/philanthropynewsdigest.org\/news\/ahla-foundation-awards-1-million-in-support-of-trafficking-survivors\">Philanthropy News Digest <\/a><\/strong>     |      <strong>August 6, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahlafoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>American Hotel and Lodging Association<\/strong> (<strong>AHLA<\/strong>)<strong> Foundation<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has announced the 2024-25\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahlafoundation.org\/nrft\/\"><strong>No Room for Trafficking<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<strong>NRFT<\/strong>) <strong>Survivor Fund<\/strong> grantees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight community-based organizations that provide services and resources to help support human trafficking survivors will receive grants totaling $1 million. This year\u2019s recipients include<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.3strandsglobalfoundation.org\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3 Strands Global<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empowerednetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Empowered Network<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newfriendsnewlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Friends New Life<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccabenderinitiative.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rebecca Bender Initiative<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/restorenyc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Restore NYC<\/strong><\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umdsafecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>University of Maryland SAFE Center<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the foundation awarded microgrants to 10 organizations that support the development, empowerment, and economic independence of survivors. In one year, the NRFT Survivor Fund supported nearly 650 survivors with workforce training, employment preparedness, and emergency exit services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe No Room for Trafficking Survivor Fund is a first for our industry, and already, it\u2019s a powerful example of collective impact and what we can achieve when the industry comes together,\u201d said AHLA Foundation president Anna Blue. \u201cThis year, we were able to double the total awarded funds from $500,000 in 2023 to $1 million in 2024 and invite over 40 community-based organizations to apply.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAFE Center named a 2024-2025 No Room for Trafficking Survivor Fund grantee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":14490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,11,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-in-the-press","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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