With this solicitation, the Office for Victims of Crime will support programs to enhance the availability, quality, and delivery of services tailored to the developmental stages and needs of young (minor) victims of human trafficking.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/24/2026
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The goal of this program is to support minor victims of human trafficking to improve the quality and accessibility of services delivered by funding national, state, and local victim service organizations.
Objectives
- Increase the availability, type, and quality of programs available to serve minor victims of sex and labor trafficking.
- Train individuals to respond to minor victims of sex and labor trafficking.
- Develop protocols and procedures, as needed, to address the sex and labor trafficking of minors.
OVC anticipates that funding through this initiative will include the following activities:
- Providing services to meet the needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking.
- Providing outreach and education to local partners (e.g., service providers, criminal and juvenile justice and child welfare professionals, community- and faith-based organizations, survivors) to ensure minor victims of sex and labor trafficking are properly identified, responded to, and provided with services.
- Establishing community-based interventions with local partners to develop a continuum of care tailored to the specific needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking.
- Providing essential services (either directly or through referrals), including emergency aid (e.g. provision of food, clothing, drop-in shelters, and other direct services that address the immediate needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking) and longerterm support (i.e., education, job training, behavioral health treatment, and other direct services).
- Collecting data and participate in assessment activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $10,000,000
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: Up to $950,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
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)
- Educational Organizations
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Public Housing Organizations
- Public housing authorities o Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
- Other
- Other units of local government
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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