The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support programs for children and transition-age youth through age 24 who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and support their healing through immediate and long-term services.
Donor Name: Capital Area Council of Governments
State: Texas
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/09/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
These programs include:
- emergency residential placements for children and transition-age youth (including programs that build placement capacity within existing residential programs);
- long-term residential placements for children and transition-age youth (including programs that build capacity within existing residential programs);
- drop-in centers including street outreach for children and transition-age youth;
- specialized trauma-responsive behavioral health community services; and
- innovative services that advance recovery of, and support healing for, survivors.
Projects seeking to provide the above programs for children and transition-age youth who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation or sex trafficking should apply under this Request for Application.
Projects seeking to provide Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth (CSEY) Advocacy services must apply under the Specialized Advocacy for Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth Request for Application. Projects seeking to provide services to adults who have been victimized by human trafficking should apply under the General Victims Services Request for Application.
Funding Information
- Minimum: $10,000
- Projects selected for funding must begin on or after 10/1/2023 and expire on or before 9/30/2024. Projects may not exceed a 12-month project period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications may be submitted by state agencies, public and private non-profit institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Native American tribes, non-profit corporations (including hospitals and faith-based organizations) and units of local government, which are defined as a non- statewide governmental body with the authority to establish a budget and impose taxes (includes hospital districts). Other local governmental agencies should apply through an associated unit of local government.
- Additional eligibility requirements for grant applicants for all service types include: A) a track record of successful operations of the same or similar services for which funding is being pursued and, B) a positive history with, or the absence of a negative history with, OOG grants performance and management.
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