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While finding more resources, and financial resources especially, could arguably be the more effective way for organizations to combat human trafficking, it is also one of the most challenging to accomplish. Funds are scarce for all, and with the economic crisis that has followed the pandemic crisis it seems likely that many nonprofits and human services organizations will continue to struggle. While this current decrease in funding due to a shift in focus to the pandemic and healthcare is understandable, policymakers must not forget about those facing other challenges and, fortunately, there have been some instances in which new funding has become available to those working to combat human trafficking. New opportunities for federal funding in the United States (for example, in spring 2020 the United States Federal Health and Human Services Office on Trafficking in Persons released a new solicitation for competitive grants) have arisen. Similar funding opportunities from state and federal governments across the world would provide crucial, large-​scale support. Such opportunities would also decrease the need for smaller-​scale donation solicitations via fundraising events, and so on, thus decreasing the need for organizations to choose between social distancing and fundraising.