HHS Responds to ATEST: Legal Assistance Will be an Allowable Expense for Trafficking Victims

Monday 13 February 2012

The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), in a letter of appeal dated July 11, 2011 addressed to the attention of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, requested that the Department reconsider its policy prohibiting the use of HHS funds by grantees to provide legal services to foreign national survivors of human trafficking.

Legal services are essential to the identification,...

ATEST Teams up with SRIs in Support of Federal Business Transparency Legislation

Saturday 11 February 2012

The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is partnering with the socially responsible investor community to advocate for the bipartisan passage of the federal Business Transparency on Slavery and Trafficking Act (H.R. 2759). This law would increase corporate accountability by requiring companies to tell regulators, consumers, and investors what actions they are taking to address slavery within their business...

ATEST Senior Policy Advisor Speaks to Importance of Reauthorizing Federal Anti-Trafficking Legislation

Saturday 11 February 2012

Last week, Senior Policy Advisor to ATEST, Cory Smith, was interviewed in a compelling call to action by TylerPaper.com reporter, Rebecca Hoeffner, who spoke to the need for Congress to reach a compromise to the current political stalemate surrounding efforts to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) for the sake of those it affects most: the victims of this prevalent crime. Cory highlights the significance of the historic bipartisan partnership this issue has generated...

Trader Joe's and CIW Sign Fair Food Agreement

Saturday 11 February 2012

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), one of ATEST's 12 member organizations, has persuaded Trader Joe's supermarket chain to join its Fair Food Program. Trader Joe's will join nine other large food retailers in paying growers a small price premium for the tomatoes purchased from Florida. The premium is then passed on as a monetary bonus to the workers who pick those tomatoes. In addition, Trader Joe's has agreed to buy only from growers who comply with the CIW's Fair Food Code of...

ATEST Seeks Guidance on Continued Presence

Friday 13 January 2012

On August 30, 2010, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) first corresponded with Secretary Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the Department's failure to issue regulations on the expansion of authority to permit Continued Presence in the U.S. as is required by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008.

Continued Presence (CP) is a...

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