Curb recording artist and current Gospel Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year Natalie Grant helped announce the formation of the Nashville Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Coalition, at a formal launch July 17.

The local group has joined a national network of 18 coalitions intended to provide outreach and training to those most likely to encounter victims of human trafficking. Speaking at the launch, Grant told of her personal involvement with the human trafficking issue and discussed the importance of raising awareness of the problem within the local community.

Since traveling to India three years ago to learn firsthand about the sexual exploitation of children, Grant has worked to help combat human trafficking, creating the Home Foundation, which raises money and awareness for various human trafficking relief efforts.