Deadline: 18 May 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications to support services for minor victims of labor trafficking throughout the United States. This program furthers the Department’s mission by enhancing the field’s response to victims of human trafficking.
The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for minor victims of labor trafficking, whose victimization occurred when they were under the age of 18. Organizations funded under this program will provide (directly and through partnerships) services that minor victims of labor trafficking often require to address their needs for safety, security, and healing.
Under the TVPA, a victim of trafficking is defined as a person who has been subjected to a “severe form of trafficking in persons,” which, as defined (in relevant part) in 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11), means—
- the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
The primary goal of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for minor victims of labor trafficking, including programs that provide trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate services.
The objective in providing these services is to achieve increased safety, self-sufficiency, and well-being for victims of human trafficking.
Objectives include:
- provision of services to meet the individualized needs of minor victims of labor trafficking;
- collaboration with, and training for, local partners (e.g., service providers, criminal justice professionals, members of the judiciary, community- and faithbased organizations) to ensure minor victims of labor trafficking are properly identified and referred for appropriate services;
- assistance or referrals to other essential services for minor victims of labor trafficking;
- data collection and participation in evaluation activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives.
The deliverable to be provided is services, measured quarterly by service-hour or units delivered, type of service, number of new and continuing victims served, and other key data points.
Funding Information
- Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award: $666,667
- Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation: up to $2 million
- Period of Performance duration: 36 months
- Period of Performance start date: October 1, 2020
Eligibility Criteria
- Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(2) the following entities are eligible to apply:
- States and territories
- Units of local government
- Indian tribes
- Nonprofit, nongovernmental victims’ service organizations with the capacity to serve human trafficking victims (defined as an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 and is exempt from taxation under 501(a) of such title)
- All recipients and subrecipients must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325490
