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Human trafficking

OVC FY 2018 Non-competitive Comprehensive Services for Victims of All Forms of Human Trafficking Invitation to Apply

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The primary goal of this invitation to apply is to enhance the quality and quantity of services available to assist victims of all forms of human trafficking, as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, by enhancing interagency collaboration and the coordinated community response to victims of human trafficking, and through the provision of high-quality services that address the individual...

OVC FY 2018 Non-Competitive Human Trafficking Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Invitation to Apply

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administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and OVC. Each applicant was eligible to apply for between $600,000 and $900,000 with a combined level of federal funding for each task force not to exceed $1.5 million. In FY 2016, OVC made 22 grant awards to victim service organizations, and BJA made 22 awards to corresponding law enforcement partner agencies that demonstrated a history of...

OVC FY 2018 Fellowship Program Invitation to Apply

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The purpose of this program is to recommend six invited applications for third and final year continuation funding under the Office for Victims of Crime Fiscal Year 2018 Fellowship Program. The invitation for continuation funding is being made available only to the following: Erin Albright (Purpose Area - Human Trafficking Task Forces) 2016-VF-GX-K014 up to $150,000. Kristy Hana Cho (Purpose Area - Human Trafficking Survivor-Informed...

OVC FY 2018 Field-Generated Innovations in Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking

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OVC seeks applications to develop or enhance promising practices, models, and programs, or apply them in innovative ways, to build the capacity of victim service providers to assist victims of human trafficking in two purpose areas. Funding under Purpose Area 1 will support the identification of promising practices and the delivery of evidence-based, trauma-informed clinical, mental health, and substance abuse services within a system of...

OVC FY 2018 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking

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Under Category 1 of this solicitation, OVC seeks applications from state or tribal jurisdictions to identify the state or tribe’s greatest barriers to identifying and assisting child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking and/or to investigating and prosecuting these cases, and to develop a statewide or tribal jurisdictionwide strategy to address these challenges. The applicant funded under Category 2 will provide training and...

OVC FY 2018 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking

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OVC and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) will make awards to support law enforcement and victim service provider efforts within human trafficking task forces under the following purpose areas (PAs). PA 1: Funding is intended to help task forces with critical first steps related to starting up a multidisciplinary task force. PA 2: Eligible applicants are task forces that were funded in FY15 under...

OVC FY 2018 Specialized Services for Victims of Human Trafficking

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Revised 6/1/18. The purpose of this program is to enhance the quality and quantity of specialized services available to assist victims of human trafficking, as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended. OVC is interested in supporting programs that focus on one or more of these priority areas: 1) housing services, 2) economic and leadership empowerment and/or education services, 3) mental...

OVC FY 2018 Specialized Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance

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Revised 6/1/18. Successful applicants for this solicitation will provide specialized training and technical assistance to service providers and court personnel in one of three purpose areas (PAs): PA 1: comprehensive legal services, PA 2: trauma-informed responses and services, and PA 3: increased identification, referrals, and assistance of human trafficking in court settings. OVC expects to make up to three awards (one per purpose area) of...