Deadline: 2-Mar-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is seeking applications for funding for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Enhancing Juvenile and Family Court Responses to Human Trafficking program.
Goal: The goals of this project are to develop or enhance programs to provide direct services and diversion programs for youth in contact with the juvenile and family court systems who are victims of sex and/or labor trafficking or at risk for human trafficking due to past or current crime victimization, including child abuse and neglect. Through the use of screening and assessment protocols/processes, project sites will identify and provide services to youth victims of human trafficking, and potential victims of this crime, who come into contact with the juvenile and family court due to delinquency, abuse and neglect, divorce, child custody, and other matters under court jurisdiction.
This program supports the efforts of juvenile and family courts to develop, expand, or enhance programs through multi-agency collaborations in order to (1) increase the identification of youth victims of human trafficking crimes (sex and/or labor trafficking) or youth who are at risk for human trafficking due to past or current crime victimization, including child abuse and neglect; (2) provide comprehensive, trauma-informed, supportive direct services for these youth; and (3) reduce the incidence of human trafficking re-victimization or other associated crimes. This program also seeks to increase awareness and identification of sex and labor trafficking involving youth by educating court stakeholders and through community outreach efforts.
Successful applicants to Category 1: Project Sites will identify children and youth in contact with juvenile or family court who are victims of sex trafficking and/or labor trafficking or who are at risk for human trafficking due to past or current crime victimization and will develop or expand intervention models to provide direct services and/or diversion programs for these youth. The successful applicant to Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) will implement TTA that supports the application of best practices, enhances collaboration, and improves outcomes for Category 1 program sites.
Funding Information
- Project Sites: $450,000.00
- Training and Technical Assistance: $600,000.00
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $2,400,000.00
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses, State governments, Other
- Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements at 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2). For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=330977