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 support innovative training and technical assistance (TTA) initiatives to support jurisdictions throughout the country that are engaged in identifying victims of human trafficking and investigating and prosecuting human trafficking and related crimes.
This program furthers the Department’s mission by improving
- State and local jurisdictions’ capacities to respond more effectively to human trafficking, and
- The functioning of the criminal justice system through the investigation and prosecution of these complex cases.
OVC seeks to assist state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in more effectively responding to and combatting all forms of human trafficking, as defined by 22 USC 7102, by collaborating with the field to identify, develop, and build a set of innovative training and technical assistance (TTA) resources that can be used to address gaps in knowledge and training, strengthen programming, build capacity, solve problems, and model new approaches.
Goal
- Develop TTA to improve the ability of state, local, and tribal law enforcement to identify victims of human trafficking and related offenses and to investigate and prosecute such offenses.
Objectives
- Develop and/or implement innovative and/or strategic approaches, tools, and resources to assist law enforcement in meeting the goal above.
- Provide TTA to state, local, and tribal jurisdictions to assist law enforcement in meeting the goal above. Applicants may propose law enforcement and/or prosecution TTA resource, strategy, approach, or model to test or implement at the local, state, or tribal level, that has the potential to be applicable at a national level. Examples could include but are not limited to, complex case investigations, model community assessments, law enforcement organizational structure, and other field-generated needs. OVC encourages applicants to propose projects that address emerging and pressing challenges related to the stated goal.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 4;
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $500,000.00;
- 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: $2,000,000.00.
Deliverables
- Applicants must clearly identify any tangible deliverables such as type and quantity of training, a resource for task forces, model, policy, or other deliverables that may be produced by the grant end date that will assist the delivery of the innovative TTA approach (e.g., curricula, written or video/media products, websites).
- All successful applicants must produce a final summary report of the project describing project activities, lessons learned, and, where applicable, an assessment of project effectiveness and impact (i.e., any pilot or implementation efforts).
Eligible Applicants
- Private institutions of higher education;
- Small businesses;
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized);
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education;
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education;
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330940