OpportunityTitle: OVC FY 15 Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking Competitive Solicitation
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: By statute, grants under this program may be awarded to states, units of local government (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments, as determined 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, territory, or federally recognized Indian tribal government.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.This funding announcement requires two separate but coordinated applications from every human trafficking task force seeking funding: one application from a lead state, local, or tribal law enforcement agency and one application from a lead victim service organization. The two applications must be developed in close collaboration with each other and must be submitted as a pair, with each applicant naming the other as the primary partner.
Description: OVC and BJA will award between $600,000 and $900,000 to law enforcement agencies and victim service providers to work collaboratively to develop and enhance multidisciplinary human trafficking task forces that combat sex and labor trafficking of foreign nationals and U.S. citizens of all sexes and ages. Eligible applicants are law enforcement agencies and victim service providers who submit separate but coordinated proposals that outline how this funding will be used to implement the human trafficking task force specified within the application. Those applying are urged to begin in advance of the May 11, 2015, deadline.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Victim Justice Program Specialist
GrantorContactText: Mary Atlas-Terry, Victim Justice Program Specialist, at 202-353-8473.