CFDA#
16.320
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
Summary
The purpose of the Specialized Services for Victims of Human Trafficking 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. Please see the Eligible Applicants section for the eligibility criteria.
- 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.
OJP is committed to advancing work that furthers DOJ's mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis.
History of Funding
29,300,000 was available in FY 2023, with an expected 35 awards.
27,000,000 was available in FY 2022, with an expected 33 awards.
Additional Information
Applicants seeking priority consideration should specify in the proposal narrative (and in the budget detail form, if applicable) which of the following goal(s) the project is intended to advance and how it will do so:
- Directly supporting law enforcement operations (including immigration law enforcement operations);
- Combatting violent crime;
- Supporting services for American citizens;
- Protecting American children; and
- Supporting American victims of trafficking and sexual assault.
Note: Addressing these priority areas is one of many factors that OJP considers in making funding decisions. Receiving priority consideration for one or more priority areas does not guarantee a funding award.
Program Goals and Objectives
Goal: To increase the quality and availability of services available to support victims of human trafficking (as defined in 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11)) by funding national, state, and local victim service organizations.
- Objective 1: Increase the types of programs available to serve various types of human trafficking victims.
- Objective 2: Expand the types of services provided.
- Objective 3: Train individuals to respond to human trafficking.
- Objective 4: Develop protocols and procedures to address sex and labor trafficking.
- Objective 5: Enhance the capacity of the field to provide quality victim services.
OJP anticipates that funding through this initiative will support the development, expansion, or strengthening of victim service programs for victims of human trafficking. Specific objectives include:
- providing comprehensive services to meet the individualized needs of victims of trafficking,
- collaborating with and providing training for local partners to ensure that trafficking victims are properly identified and referred for appropriate services, and
- assisting with or referring human trafficking victims to other essential services.
Specialized services supported under this program must be trauma-informed and culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate. Applicants and any partners must have in place policies and procedures promoting cultural competence and culturally and linguistically relevant services, including the accessibility of services for program participants with limited English proficiency.
Unallowable Costs
The following activities cannot be supported with grant funds.
- Holding Beds: Grantees may not hold beds” in a housing facility by charging their cost to the grant and keeping them empty until a victim needs the bed, when other victims need access to the beds, as this would be considered an unallowable contingency payment (see C.F.R. 200.433 (c)).
- Stipends/Incentives to Participate in Services: Neither cash nor non-cash stipends or incentives may be paid to victims to encourage their participation in services. Nominal cash or non-cash stipends (e.g., taxi or ride share vouchers; public transportation tickets or tokens; money to pay for childcare; or gift cards for meals that are necessary when participants receive services) are allowable.
- Primary Prevention Activities: Per 22 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(2), the purpose of this funding is to support victim service programs: therefore, applicants should not propose primary prevention activities under this program.
- Cash Assistance: Grantees may not provide direct cash assistance to victims of human trafficking. Limited and controlled use of gift cards to meet the urgent and short-term needs of victims of human trafficking is allowable.
- Purchase of vehicles.
Eligibility Details
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.
Deadline Details
Applications are to be submitted to Grants.gov by March 11, 2026, 11:59 pm EST, and applications are to be submitted to Justgrants by March 18, 2026, 8:59 pm Eastern. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.
Award Details
Up to $29,300,000 is available in FY 2025 for maximum awards up to $950,000 each. An expected 32 awards are to be granted. Project periods may extend up to 36-months, beginning on July 1, 2026. Cost sharing/matching of 25% is required.
Applicants are invited to apply under three program purpose areas.
- Category 1: Developing Capacity To Serve Human Trafficking Victims expects to make up to 5 awards of up to $440,000 each.
- Category 2: Services for Human Trafficking Victims expects to make up to 27 awards of up to $950,000 each.
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