Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities Demonstration Program (US)

Deadline: 25-Jun-22

The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is announcing funds for the Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Demonstration Program.

Program Details

Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or
Labor trafficking in which there is recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.

Objectives

The VHT-NC Program's goal is to fund cooperative agreements that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and local capacity to provide direct services, assistance, and referrals for Native Americans (i.e., American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and/or Pacific Islanders) who have experienced severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the TVPA of 2000, as amended.
Under the VHT-NC Program, the following activities are required throughout the project period:
- Provide comprehensive, culturally responsive, and linguistically appropriate case management and victim assistance to Native Americans who have experienced human trafficking.
- Conduct outreach to increase the identification of Native Americans who have experienced sex and/or labor trafficking.
- Deliver training for service providers and community partners on effective and traumainformed identification, referral, assessment, and service delivery strategies.

Funding Information

Funding Instrument Type: CA (Cooperative Agreement)
Estimated Total Funding: $1,000,000
Expected Number of Awards: 3
Award Ceiling: $333,333 Per Budget Period
Award Floor: $300,000 Per Budget Period
Average Projected Award Amount: $316,666 Per Budget Period
Anticipated Project Start Date: 09/30/2022
Length of Project Periods: 60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods

Eligibility Criteria

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others
City or township governments
County governments
Special district governments
State governments
Eligible entities according to 22 U.S.C. 7105(f)(3)(A) are states, Indian tribes, units of local government, and nonprofit, nongovernmental victim service organizations.
OTIP defines victim service organizations as those that, by nature of their current operations, serve victims of sexual assault, sexual violence, domestic violence, human trafficking, and youth homelessness.
Victim service organizations may also include faith-based organizations, non-profit federally qualified health centers, and other non-profit health care facilities that serve or plan to serve victims of human trafficking.