With this solicitation, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) seeks to fund a 1- to 3-year fellowship (in-person or virtual, part-time or full-time—to be proposed by applicants) to assist the anti-trafficking field in identifying and promoting culturally responsive service models and activities.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 06/03/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The OVC Human Trafficking Fellowship program’s goal is to assist the anti-trafficking field in identifying and promoting culturally responsive, strength-based service models and activities.
Objectives
Objectives of this fellowship include the following:
- Developing and documenting a systematic, replicable criteria for establishing what constitutes a culturally responsive, strength-based program or approach.
- Documenting culturally specific protective factors that can help victims from underserved communities find healing and justice.
- Identifying and promoting strength-based interventions that center cultural practices and values in their service delivery response among OVC anti-trafficking grantees and the larger anti-trafficking field.
- Speaking to experts in the field and reviewing publicly available media reports and published literature to identify organizations implementing culturally responsive, strength-based approaches.
- Conducting in-person and/or virtual interviews and site visits.
- Identifying barriers and innovative solutions to implementing culturally responsive, strength-based interventions.
- Documenting (to the extent feasible) the results and impact of these interventions.
- Producing a written analysis of the implications of these models on existing funding available for victim services, with a focus on OVC-funded programs and OVC policies.
- Creating and delivering informational awareness materials and trainings for external publication (newsletter, articles, social media, blogs, reports, and presentations).
- At the request of OVC, participating in internal and external stakeholder meetings, forums, conferences, and international briefings to provide subject matter expertise and/or present information on OVC’s efforts to address the focus area issue.
- Delivering regular updates/reports for the OVC Grants Manager outlining the activities completed (frequency to be negotiated with OVC depending on the level of effort proposed).
- Collaborating with OVC internal groups, such as the OVC Human Trafficking Division and the OVC Communities of Color Working Group (COCWG), to highlight ongoing work to increase the capacity and availability of strength-based, culturally responsive interventions and victim services for underserved communities.
- Traveling to support the execution of fellowship activities and deliverables as proposed and/or required by OVC.
- Assisting OVC on other special projects within the scope of the award, at OVC’s direction.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $400,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount per Award: $400,000
Period of Performance
Up to 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals
Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
