Deadline: 14 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 training and technical assistance (TTA) on housing for service providers who serve victims of all forms of human trafficking throughout the United States.
The primary goal of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of human trafficking, including programs that provide trauma-informed services, by providing specialized TTA to organizations providing housing services to victims of human trafficking.
The selected applicant will work with victim service providers assisting trafficking victims, with priority support given to OVC human trafficking grantees, to identify challenges and opportunities to better meet the full range of housing needs of survivors of human trafficking. The selected applicant must be able to assist service providers on a national scale in leveraging existing federal, state, local, and private housing programs and initiatives that trafficking survivors may qualify for, and should demonstrate partnerships with relevant housing stakeholders.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
- The following entities are eligible to apply:
- 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.
- Nonprofit organizations that hold money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in 26 U.S.C. § 511(a) are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325492