H.R. 1144 is a bipartisan effort to reauthorize and modernize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 with robust investments in prevention, survivor service, and international cooperation. Building on decades of anti-trafficking leadership, it prioritizes education in high-risk communities, survivor employment and empowerment, and strategic global engagement. Specifically, H.R. 1144:

• Prevention with equity and access: creates Frederick Douglass Human Trafficking Prevention Education Grants that emphasize trauma-informed education for students, educators, and caregivers in areas with high rates of child trafficking and exploitation. 
• Survivor success and self-sufficiency: The bill establishes a long-term survivor employment and education program to help adult survivors achieve economic stability and life goals — including job training, education, and record expungement. 
• Strengthening global leadership: International provisions reinforce anti-trafficking foreign aid strategies, improve country monitoring and reporting standards, and ensure that U.S. assistance does not inadvertently increase vulnerability to trafficking. 
• Increased investment: The bill expands authorized funding for trafficking victim services, prevention education, national hotlines, and survivor housing supports. 

Tell Congress to support the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 1144)