Deadline: 1-Mar-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications to provide training and technical assistance to victim service providers supporting victims of all forms of human trafficking throughout the United States. This program furthers the Department’s mission by enhancing the field’s response to victims of human trafficking.
This program provides funding for training and technical assistance to service providers developing, strengthening, or expanding programs for victims of human trafficking.
The purpose of this program is to:
- Support OVC’s human trafficking service provider grantees and their partners in meeting award goals and objectives;
- Provide practitioner-driven, evidence-based training and technical assistance on delivering services to victim service providers.
Goals
The primary program goals are to:
- Strengthen and expand the skills, expertise, and capacity of victim service providers to provide trauma-informed services to victims of human trafficking;
- Increase collaboration between service providers, community partners, and other stakeholders to enhance identification, referrals, and service delivery; and
- Support OVC human trafficking grantees in meeting their award goals and objectives.
Objectives
The overall objectives are to provide training and technical assistance and subject matter expertise to victim service providers that are developing, expanding, or strengthening victim service programs for victims of human trafficking. Objectives include:
- Providing intensive training and technical assistance to OVC grantees implementing human trafficking victim service awards;
- Developing and disseminating resources and training on service provision and programmatic effectiveness;
- Increasing service providers’ expertise and specialized skills;
- Collaborating with other OVC human trafficking TTA providers; and
- Supporting data collection and assessment activities.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1;
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $3,000,000.00;
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM;
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36;
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $3,000,000.00.
Deliverables
- Deliverables include the training and technical assistance provided, measured semiannually by TTA requests received, TTA requests delivered, type of TTA provided, number of persons trained, and other key data points.
Eligible Applicants
- Private institutions of higher education.
- For profit organizations other than small businesses.
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
- Small businesses.
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330919
