The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is accepting applications for its Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Program.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/11/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This NOFO will support jurisdictions to develop and expand a multidisciplinary, collaborative task force approach to better respond to human trafficking through increased victim identification, service provision, and case investigations.
Goals
The ECM Program goal is to support a sustainable, multidisciplinary, co-led task force approach to improve and increase victim identification of all forms of human trafficking, provide victims with services, and seek justice on their behalf (which can include investigating and prosecuting traffickers at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels).
- Increase multidisciplinary partners engaged in task force activities and the number of individuals trained to respond to human trafficking.
- Engage in strategic planning and launch anti-trafficking initiatives to combat trafficking
- Develop and improve procedures to address sex and labor trafficking.
- Increase the number of victims identified and provided services.
- Seek justice on behalf of human trafficking victims through the investigation and prosecution of human traffickers
Categories
- Category 1: Development of New Local or Tribal Human Trafficking Task Forces
- Category 1 funding will help new task forces with starting a multidisciplinary task force and establishing a strong foundation of task force co-leadership structure, clear roles and responsibilities, and internal processes and protocols. Post-award, successful applicants will dedicate the first 12–18 months of the project period to formalize task force structure, develop operational procedures, identify professional development opportunities, conduct strategic planning activities to guide and outline outreach and training efforts, deliver training for key stakeholders, and conduct an assessment to identify potential areas where sex and labor trafficking may be occurring.
- Category 2: Expansion of Local or Tribal ECM Human Trafficking Task Forces Previously Funded by OJP
- Category 2 funding will help previously funded local or Tribal ECM task forces that can demonstrate clear task force co-leadership roles and structure, regular use of data to inform and assess task force effectiveness and increased victim identification of sex and labor trafficking victims, service provision, and prosecution of traffickers. This funding will support expanded task force partnerships, refinement and implementation of existing and new protocols, peer mentoring, meaningful survivor engagement, and continued commitment to implement a set of strategic approaches that are victim-centered and trauma– and survivor-informed.
- Category 3: Enhanced Support for Statewide Task Forces (New or Previously OJP funded)
- Category 3 funding is available to those applicants who intend to provide support across all areas of the state.
Funding Information
- Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $22,000,000.
- Category 1: Development of New Local or Tribal Human Trafficking Task Forces
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: $700,000 maximum per applicant ($1,200,000 maximum per task force)
- Category 2: Expansion of Local or Tribal ECM Human Trafficking Task Forces Previously Funded by OJP
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: $900,000 maximum per applicant ($1,500,000 maximum per task force)
- Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 36 months
- Category 3: Enhanced Support for Statewide Task Forces (New or Previously OJP-funded)
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 maximum per applicant ($2,000,000 maximum per task force)
Period of Performance
36 months
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Government Entities
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
State Government Entities: For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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