OpportunityTitle: OVC FY09 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: By statute, grants under this program may be awarded to states, Indian tribes, units of local government, tribal governments, and nonprofit, nongovernmental 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, including local courts, law enforcement agencies, prosecutor&#146;s offices, and public shelters. Applicants must demonstrate that they have the expertise and organizational capacity to successfully undertake an initiative that involves significant collaboration with local, state, and federal law enforcement, as well as local public agencies, victim service providers, and nonprofit and faith-based organizations that serve youth, in order to develop, enhance, or expand a comprehensive model of service delivery to minors who have been subjected to sex or labor trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000.
Description: Two cooperative agreements of up to $800,000 each will be awarded to identify promising practices in the delivery of comprehensive services to victims of sex and labor trafficking who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents under the age of 18. Each demonstration site will provide comprehensive services to domestic minor victims of human trafficking; develop, enhance, or expand the community response to domestic minor victims; participate in a process evaluation funded through the National Institute of Justice (NIJ); and produce a final report that may be disseminated through OVC to the victim&#146;s field.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: For Programmatic Questions
GrantorContactText: Mary Atlas-Terry &lt;br/&gt;Victim Justice Program Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-353-8473 &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: All applicants must register in the Grants Management System at https://grants.ojp.usdoj.gov/ to apply online for the funding opportunity titled &#147;OVC FY09 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking.&#148; The deadline to register is 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 13, 2009. Applicants should begin the registration process a few weeks prior to the GMS registration deadline, especially if this is the first time they have used the system.