Deadline: 28-Jun-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications from individuals interested in participating in the OVC Law Enforcement Human Trafficking Fellow Program.
Goal: The OVC Law Enforcement Human Trafficking Fellowship Program’s goal is to provide policy and programmatic contributions that assist OVC in improving the field’s ability to implement and conduct victim-centered and traumainformed human trafficking investigations and prosecutions.
Objectives
The fellow’s background will enable the fellow to meet the following objectives.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on victim-centered law enforcement human trafficking investigations and prosecutions.
- Identify emerging trends and best practices across investigations and prosecutions of all forms of human trafficking, with a specific emphasis on labor trafficking.
- Build the capacity of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to provide trauma-informed approaches that meet the complex needs of victims.
- Assist OVC with activities designed to assess the technical assistance, training, and capacity building needs of OVC’s Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking program and any new or related initiatives operating during the fellowship.
- Assess OVC training and technical assistance resources and publications (current products and those under development) to determine if products should be improved or updated to be relevant to the field.
- At the request of OVC, participate in internal and external stakeholder meetings, forums, conferences, and international briefings for the purpose of providing subject matter expertise and/or presenting information on OVC’s efforts to address this issue.
- Coordinate with and assist OVC-funded training and technical assistance providers working with ECM task forces and other related programs to support OVC grantees and stakeholders. When appropriate, travel to support the execution of fellowship activities and deliverables.
- Develop written documents on relevant topic areas related to human trafficking investigations and prosecutions.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $400,000.00
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $400,000.00
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Deliverables
The deliverables for the fellowship include:
- Develop a model or a set of victim-centered and trauma-informed investigative strategies and/or practices.
- Prepare detailed reports, policy papers, and talking points at the request of OJP and/or OVC.
- Develop at least three significant articles or publications on topics relevant to victim-centered human trafficking investigative and prosecutorial strategies; these three articles should include varying topics that cover all forms of human trafficking (both sex and labor).
- Train OVC stakeholders and grantees on topics relevant to victim-centered investigative and prosecutorial approaches and working with partners to meet the complex needs of human trafficking victims.
- Monthly reports submitted to the Senior Policy Advisor outlining the activities completed.
- Produce a final summary report of fellowship activities and include recommendations to OVC on advancing the field.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals: with documented experience working as a sworn officer within a state, county, municipality, or tribal law enforcement or a prosecution agency, conducting victim-centered, trauma-informed human trafficking investigations and prosecutions, and demonstrated knowledge of working to combat human trafficking as part of a multidisciplinary approach.
- The successful candidate must demonstrate the administrative and fiscal capacity to manage an agreement and the knowledge and skills to successfully execute the proposed fellowship activities. Subject to change, applicants should be able to be onsite at OVC in Washington, D.C., for a minimum of 36 business days throughout a 36-month project period, with specific dates and schedule to be determined in consultation with OVC. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
- To advance Executive Order Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333524