The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is announcing funds for the Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Program.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/17/2022
Grants Size: $500,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The goal of the HTYPE Demonstration Program is to fund local educational agencies (LEA) to develop and implement programs to prevent human trafficking victimization through the provision of skills-based human trafficking training and education for school staff and students as specified in the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018.
Opportunities for project contribution include, but are not limited to:
- Identifying community resources and service providers.
- Developing strategies for project implementation.
- Developing strategies to identify risk and protective factors.
- Developing, reviewing, and updating curricula.
- Developing the HTSSP.
- Collaborating with law enforcement regarding safety and security considerations.
Activities
The following activities are required under the HTYPE Demonstration Program:
- Provide human trafficking education that equips educators and other staff to identify and respond to signs that students are at high risk of or are currently experiencing human trafficking.
- Deliver student human trafficking prevention education that is designed to build student resilience to labor trafficking and sex trafficking by strengthening student knowledge and skills.
- Train qualified individuals to implement and replicate project activities throughout the school district or identified target area(s).
- Establish and implement a Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol (HTSSP).
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Award Floor: $400,000
- Length of Project Periods: 60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods
Eligibility Criteria
- LEAs may apply on their own or as the lead applicant for a consortium of LEAs.
- A consortium is a project carried out by a lead applicant and one or more other organizations that are separate eligible legal entities.
- LEAs must partner with a nonprofit or NGO to be eligible.
- The nonprofit or NGO partner must either be located within the geographic area of the proposed project or have a national scope and experience in implementing similar projects in multiple geographic locations.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
