The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications for funding to support the FY 2023 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $925,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to enhance the quality and quantity of services available to assist minor victims of human trafficking. It will provide funding for services to victims of severe forms of human trafficking, as defined in 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11):
- Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age.
- 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.
Goals
The goal of this program is to provide services that address the needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking through a continuum of trauma-informed, culturally relevant, and gender responsive services to ensure their safety, security, and healing and to prevent them from being directed to or involved in the justice system. Objectives The objectives of this program include the following:
- Provide services to meet the individualized needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking.
- Collaborate with local partners (e.g., service providers, criminal and juvenile justice and child welfare professionals, members of the judiciary, community- and faith-based organizations) to ensure minor victims of sex and labor trafficking are properly identified, responded to, and provided with appropriate services.
- Establish community-based interventions (i.e., engage stakeholders, including community-based agencies, health care providers, families and/or caregivers, experts with lived experience, advocates, public defenders, and prosecutors) through community outreach and education to develop a continuum of care that addresses the specific needs of each victim.
- Provide other essential services for minor victims of sex and labor trafficking (either directly or through referrals), including emergency interventions (i.e., provision of food, clothing, drop-in shelters, health care, and other direct services that address the immediate needs of minor victims of trafficking) and long-term interventions (i.e., job training, life skills, education, and other direct services that are victim-centered, survivor-led, and culturally relevant).
- Collect data and participate in assessment activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $950,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
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