; (5) the hotline has the capability to engage with individuals using text messages. (c) Best practices The Attorney General shall issue guidance to grant recipients on best practices for implementing the requirements of subsection (b). (d) Preference The Attorney General shall give preference to applicants that demonstrate that they seek to employ individuals to operate the hotline who have been convicted of an offense, or served a term of imprisonment. (e) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 to carry out this section. RR Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2020 14401. Short title This subtitle may be cited as the Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2020 . 14402. Training for prosecutions of traffickers and support for State services for victims of trafficking It is the sense of Congress that a portion of the funds available for training and technical assistance under section 107(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(B)(ii) ) should be devoted to advancing the following goals: (1) Increasing the personal safety of victim service providers, who may face intimidation or retaliation for their activities. (2) Promoting a trauma-informed, evidence-based, and victim-centered approach to the provision of services for victims of trafficking. (3) Ensuring that law enforcement officers and prosecutors make every attempt to determine whether an individual is a victim of human trafficking before arresting the individual for, or charging the individual with, an offense that is a direct result of the victimization of the individual. (4) Effectively prosecuting traffickers and individuals who patronize or solicit children for sex, and facilitating access for child victims of commercial sex trafficking to the services and protections afforded to other victims of sexual violence. (5) Encouraging States to improve efforts to identify and meet the needs of human trafficking