The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks applications for field-generated strategies to end the criminalization of minor victims of sex trafficking and to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs to support victim-centered, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and evidence-based responses to minor victims of sex trafficking.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/16/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to end the criminalization of minor victims of sex trafficking and to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs to support victim-centered, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and evidence-based responses to minor victims of sex trafficking.
To enhance the capacity to identify, assist, and provide services to all victims of human trafficking, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) leads the Nation in supporting victim-centered and trauma-informed programs, policies, and resources that promote justice, access, and empowerment. This program will provide funding for services to victims of human trafficking, as defined by 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11).
Goals
The goal of this field-generated program is to end the criminalization of minor victims of sex trafficking by developing, expanding, or strengthening victim service programs to support victim-centered, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, evidence-based responses to minor victims of sex trafficking.
Objectives
- Purpose Area 1: Field-Generated Program Sites
- Provide services to meet the individualized needs of minor victims of sex trafficking.
- Collaborate with local partners (e.g., service providers, criminal justice and child welfare professionals, members of the judiciary, community- and faith-based organizations) to ensure minor victims of sex trafficking are properly identified, responded to, and provided with appropriate services.
- Collaborate with local and state partners in the development of policies, protocols, and standards that recognize minor victims of sex trafficking as victims and change the practice of arrests, detention, and confinement on prostitution charges or other offenses related to their exploitation.
- Provide other essential services for minor victims of sex trafficking (either directly or through referrals).
- Collect data and participate in assessment activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives.
- Participate in an annual peer-to-peer learning opportunity hosted by the OVC-funded training and technical assistance provider.
- Purpose Area 2: Training and Technical Assistance Provider
- The training and technical assistance (TTA) provider funded under Category 2 of this solicitation will educate anti-trafficking stakeholders and the public about alternatives to the arrest, detention, and confinement of minors identified as sex trafficking victims; the harmful impact of this practice; and promising practices and strategies to help communities eliminate it. The TTA provider will also assist in expanding the skills of staff at the program sites to end the criminalization of minor victims of sex trafficking. This includes the development and provision of victim-centered, trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, evidence-based training and technical assistance to the OVC-funded programs under Purpose Area 1 of this solicitation.
Funding Information
- Purpose Area 1: FieldGenerated Program Sites – $1,000,000.
- Purpose Area 2: Training and Technical Assistance- $1,000,000.
Period of Performance
- 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, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Small businesses, State governments.
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses” and “small businesses” are eligible to apply only for Purpose Area 2 of this solicitation.
- 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.
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