The primary goal 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 (TVPA) of 2000, as amended. This solicitation
will provide funding to victim service organizations with a demonstrated
history of providing specialized services for victims of human
trafficking. Applicants will have the opportunity to apply for funding
to support the following types of services for victims of human
trafficking: 1.) Housing/Shelter; 2.) Job Training, Education &
Employment; 3.) Legal Assistance 4.) Health, Mental Health, &
Substance Abuse Services. In addition to the provision of direct
services, funding will also support efforts to increase the capacity of
communities to respond to human trafficking victims through the
development of interagency partnerships, professional training, and
public awareness activities.
By statute, grants under this program may be
awarded to states, units of local government, federally recognized
Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the
Interior), and nonprofit (defined as an organization that is described
in section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 and is exempt from from taxation under
501 (a) of such title), nongovernmental organizations (including tribal
nonprofits). For the purposes of this program, a unit of local
government is any city, county, township, town, borough, parish,
village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state,
territory, or federally recognized Indian tribal government.
Organizations with a demonstrated history of providing victim
assistance, social services, legal services, shelter, or mental health
services for victims of human trafficking are eligible to apply.
Tribal
governments, tribal nonprofits, and organizations that specialize in
serving American Indian and Alaska Native victims of human trafficking
are also eligible to apply.
FY 2016 Specialized Services, FY 2016 Comprehensive Services, and FY
2016 Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking grantees
are not eligible to apply for funding under this solicitation, unless
the new proposal outlines new services and cost items that were not
included in the FY 2016 application.
Nonprofit organizations that hold money in offshore accounts for the
purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in 26 U.S.C. § 511(a) are
not eligible to apply.
OVC welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry
out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant.
Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (“subgrantees"). The
applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for
carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing
the entire project.
OVC welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry
out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant.
Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (“subgrantees"). The
applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for
carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing
the entire project.
Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular
applicant entity will be considered.
An entity may, however, be proposed
as a subrecipient (“subgrantee”) in more than one application.
OVC may elect to fund applications submitted under this FY 2017
solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on, among other
considerations, the merit of the applications and on the availability of
appropriations.