The Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Program will support the development, expansion, and strengthening of victim service programs for individuals affected by all forms of human trafficking throughout the United States and its territories.
Donor Name: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/11/2026
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This program provides funding for comprehensive and specialized services for victims of all forms of human trafficking and is intended for victim services programs serving adults or a combination of adults and minors/youth.
Categories
- Category 1: Developing Capacity To Serve Human Trafficking Victims
- Category 1 will support victim service organizations that have limited or no prior experience in serving victims of human trafficking and/or victim service organizations that have limited or no prior experience in receiving direct federal funding to serve victims of human trafficking.
- Category 2: Services for Human Trafficking Victims
- Category 2 will support victim service organizations with a demonstrated history of serving human trafficking victims with either a comprehensive range of direct services or specialized services targeted at the unique needs of human trafficking victims. The purpose of these awards is to enhance availability of services that victims of labor and sex trafficking often require to address their needs.
The goal of this program is to increase the quality and availability of services available to support victims of human trafficking by funding national, state, and local victim service organizations.
Objectives
- Increase the types of programs available to serve various types of human trafficking victims.
- Expand the types of services provided.
- Train individuals to respond to human trafficking.
- Develop protocols and procedures to address sex and labor trafficking.
- Enhance the capacity of the field to provide quality victim services.
Funding Information
- Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $27,700,000
- Category 1: Developing Capacity To Serve Human Trafficking Victims
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: Up to $440,000
- Category 2: Services for Human Trafficking Victims
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: Up to $950,000
Period of Performance
36 months
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
- 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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