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Apply for Funding to Enhance Services for Victims of Human Trafficking


OVC is seeking applicants for the following funding opportunities. Find information about these open solicitations and others planned below.

OVC FY 2023 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking

This program intends to improve outcomes for children and youth who are victims of human trafficking by integrating human trafficking policy and programming at the state or Tribal level and encouraging coordinated, multidisciplinary, and statewide approaches to serving trafficked youth.

  • Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Thursday, April 6, 2023
  • Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Thursday, April 13, 2023

OVC FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking

The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen a multidisciplinary approach to better respond to human trafficking.

This collaborative approach must include victim and social service providers, law enforcement, prosecution personnel, individuals with lived experience, and a range of other governmental and non-governmental partners that work together to provide access to a diverse set of services for trafficking victims and to seek justice on their behalf.

  • Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, May 1, 2023
  • Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, May 8, 2023

OVC FY 2023 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking

The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of human trafficking under three purpose areas.

  1. Developing Capacity to Serve Human Trafficking Victims
  2. Enhancing Access to Comprehensive Services for Human Trafficking Victims
  3. Specialized Services for Human Trafficking Victims
  • Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Thursday, May 4, 2023
  • Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Thursday, May 11, 2023

OVC FY 2023 Human Trafficking Fellowship Program

The Fellow awarded under this program will work collaboratively with OVC and the anti-trafficking field in identifying and understanding human trafficking issues and evidence-informed practices.

  • Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, May 8, 2023
  • Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, May 15, 2023

OVC FY 2023 Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Program

This program seeks to support OVC’s anti-trafficking grantees and other stakeholders through the provision of training and technical assistance and the development of tools and resources.

  • Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, May 8, 2023
  • Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, May 15, 2023

OVC FY 2023 Preventing Trafficking of Girls Program Sites and Training and Technical Assistance

This program supports prevention and early intervention services for girls who are at-risk of, or are victims of, sex and/or labor trafficking under two categories 1) Program Sites and 2) Training and Technical Assistance Provider.

  • Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, May 16, 2023
  • Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Planned OVC FY 2023 Anti-Trafficking Funding Opportunities

Learn about other planned OVC FY 2023 anti-trafficking funding opportunities by viewing the Department of Justice Grants Program Plan.

Pre-Application Webinars

OVC FY 2023 Anti-Trafficking Funding Opportunities Webinar 2

Join OVC’s Human Trafficking Division for a webinar that will provide an overview of our office and planned FY 2023 anti-trafficking funding opportunities offering direct services, multidisciplinary task forces, youth-focused initiatives, a fellowship, and training and technical assistance.

Participants will learn about resources and tools to help successfully prepare for this year’s anti-trafficking grant solicitations.

Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m., eastern time

Register now

Note: the OVC FY 2023 Anti-Trafficking Funding Opportunities Webinar scheduled for March 1, 2023, has been cancelled.

OVC FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Pre-Application Webinar

During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question-and-answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged.

Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m., eastern time

Register now

OVC encourages participants to review the solicitation and submit any questions they may have in advance and no later than 2 days prior to the webinar. Submit your questions to [email protected] with the subject as “Questions for OVC Anti-Human Trafficking Solicitations Webinar.”

Recorded Webinars

We also encourage you to review the recordings of the anti-trafficking funding opportunities webinar, held in February 2023, and the four-part webinar series from 2022 to help you prepare your application(s).

Application Process

All applications will be submitted to the Department of Justice in a two-step process.

In step 1, applicants must submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL by the Grants.gov deadline when they register in Grants.gov. In Section 8F of the SF-424, include the name and contact information of the individual who will complete application materials in JustGrants.

In step 2, the individual who was identified in Section 8F will be notified to submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants. To be considered timely, the full application must be submitted in JustGrants by the JustGrants application deadline. Review the “How to Apply” section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide and the JustGrants website for more information, resources, and training.

Date Published: March 24, 2023