Deadline: 27 February 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) are seeking applications for funding under a joint solicitation to support the enhancement of multidisciplinary human trafficking task forces within the United States—sex trafficking and labor trafficking—of foreign nationals and U.S. citizens (of all sexes and ages).
This program furthers the Department’s mission by enhancing the law enforcement and social service field’s response to victims of human trafficking. It intends to enhance the effectiveness of multidisciplinary task forces that are implementing victim-centered and coordinated approaches to identify victims of all types of human trafficking, address the individualized needs of victims through quality services, and investigate and prosecute sex and labor trafficking cases at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels.
Goals
The goal of this program is to enhance a multidisciplinary human trafficking task force that implements victim-centered, collaborative, and sustainable approaches to:
- identify victims of all types of human trafficking within specific geographic areas;
- investigate and prosecute sex trafficking and labor trafficking cases at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels;
- address the individualized needs of victims through the provision of a comprehensive array of quality services.
Funding Information
The estimated total program funding is$15,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $900,000
- Award Floor: $600,000
Objectives
- The human trafficking task force will establish and sustain effective leadership and a structure that will engage the necessary resources to support the successful identification of victims of all forms of human trafficking, delivery of victim services, and investigation and prosecution of trafficking perpetrators.
- The human trafficking task force will make data-driven decisions based on a shared understanding of the prevalence, scope, and nature of human trafficking within the target geographic area.
- The human trafficking task force will identify victims of all types of human trafficking through the use of coordinated training, public awareness and outreach efforts, and trauma-informed screening and interview techniques.
- The human trafficking task force will conduct proactive investigations of sex trafficking and labor trafficking with the goal of successful prosecution of human trafficking cases at the state or federal level.
- The task force will ensure that a comprehensive array of services are readily available to meet the individualized needs of all victims of human trafficking, including foreign nationals and U.S. citizens of all ages and sexes.
Eligibility Criteria
- By statute, grants under this program may be awarded to states, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as recognized by the Secretary of the Interior), and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations (including tribal nonprofit and nongovernment organizations).
- For the purposes of this program, a unit of local government is any city, county, township, town borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state, or territory.
- Eligible applicants are law enforcement agencies and victim service providers located and operating within the community, jurisdiction, or geographic area of the human trafficking task force specified within the application.
- Eligible applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are members of a human trafficking task force that has been operating for at least one year prior to this application.
- The application must include a signed human trafficking task force Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that documents the formal partnerships involved in the task force and a commitment to combating all forms of trafficking (sex and labor) within the geographic area covered by the task force.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can access the application package via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit grants.gov.