The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is announcing funds for the Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach (DVHT-SO) Program.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/18/2023
Size of the Grant: $300,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
Human trafficking is a crime involving the exploitation of someone to perform labor or commercial sex acts through force, fraud, or coercion. Per section 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, severe forms of trafficking in persons means:
- 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; or
- Labor trafficking in which there is recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
It is a crime when a minor, a person under the age of 18, is asked or made to perform a sex act in exchange for something of value (e.g., shelter, food, money). There does not need to be a third party (e.g., trafficker) or evidence of force, fraud, or coercion for that minor to be identified as a victim of sex trafficking.
Project Objectives
The DVHT-SO Program’s goal is to fund cooperative agreements that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and local capacity to provide direct services, assistance, and referrals to domestic victims of severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the TVPA of 2000, as amended. Domestic refers to a U.S. citizen or Legal Permanent Resident (LPR).
Under the DVHT-SO Program, the following activities are required throughout the project period:
- Provide comprehensive, culturally responsive, and linguistically appropriate case management and victim assistance to domestic individuals who have experienced human trafficking.
- Conduct outreach to increase identification of domestic individuals who have experienced human trafficking.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
- Maximum Award Funding: $300,000
- Minimum Award Funding: $250,000
Project Duration
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
