Letter to HHS about Polaris Project

Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., requesting information about the HHS’s responses to complaints about Polaris Project’s management of the National Human Trafficking Hotline under a federal grant. The letter cites letters from 2023 and 2025 from a bipartisan group of attorneys general raising concerns about Polaris’ alleged failures to report certain trafficking tips to state law enforcement. It also asks about apparent conflicts of interest between Polaris and its co-founder, Katherine Chon, who is a senior adviser at HHS and HHS’ director of the Office on Trafficking in Persons.