By Cassie Dickman, Recordnet.com, December 21, 2019
Community Medical Centers is set to receive more than $500,000 in federal funds starting next year to provide services tailored to human trafficking survivors in San Joaquin County.
The three-year grant comes from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime and will enable CMC locations throughout the county to establish safe havens, according to a CMC news release.
CMC began development on the Safe Haven Project in 2017 when it became involved with the San Joaquin County Trafficking Task Force, the release said. The medical centers recognized that trafficking victims existed among its patient base and wanted to create better policies and protocols to give them the care they needed, while also developing deeper relationships with community partners like the Women’s Center Youth and Family Services and Victim-Witness Services.
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