Goodwill gets federal funding to combat human trafficking
September 30, 2020 - Goodwill Industries-Suncoast is one of six organizations that will share $2.9 million in federal funding to combat human trafficking in central Florida. The award is from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and its Office of Victims of Crime. Goodwill Industries-Suncoast will receive $349,895, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. Other organizations receiving funding include Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice ($500,000); Citrus Health Network ($499,995); United Way of Pasco County ($498,000); Latisha's Home Foundaton Florida ($350,000); and Living Above the Noise ($681,966). The awards will help the organizations rescue, recover and assisting victims of human trafficking, U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez said in the news release.