OVC is seeking applicants for the following funding opportunities. Find information about these open solicitations.
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 Monday, April 10, 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.
- Developing Capacity to Serve Human Trafficking Victims
- Enhancing Access to Comprehensive Services for Human Trafficking Victims
- 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 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
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 Tuesday, May 23, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, May 30, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program (Services and Training and Technical Assistance)
The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, and/or strengthen funded organizations so they can provide housing and associated support services to victims of human trafficking.
Applicants are invited to apply under three program purpose areas: (1) Developing Capacity to Provide Housing Assistance to Human Trafficking Victims, (2) Enhancing Access to Housing Assistance for Human Trafficking Victims, and (3) Housing Training and Technical Assistance.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, May 30, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Monday, June 5, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program
OVC seeks applications to fund training and technical assistance services to support ECM Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking sites throughout the United States. The ECM TTA program will support OVC ECM task force partners develop and sustain a multidisciplinary approach that increases their capacity to identify and support victims, seek justice on their behalf, and hold traffickers accountable.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Wednesday, May 31, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Wednesday, June 7, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
The goal of this program is to provide services that address the needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking through a continuum of trauma-informed, culturally relevant, and gender responsive services to ensure their safety, security, and healing and to prevent them from being directed to or involved in the justice system.
- Grants.gov Deadline: 11:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, June 6, 2023
- Application JustGrants Deadline: 8:59 p.m., eastern time on Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Recorded Pre-Application Webinars
We also encourage you to review the recordings of the anti-trafficking funding opportunities webinars, and a 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.