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
- enhancing coordinated, multidisciplinary, and statewide approaches to serving trafficked youth.
Category 1: Statewide or Tribal Jurisdiction-wide Response
OVC seeks applications under Category 1 for 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 jurisdiction-wide strategy to address these challenges.
Under Category 1, OVC expects to make up to three awards of up to $1.5 million each for a 36-month period of performance to begin on October 1, 2022.
Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)
OVC seeks applications under Category 2 to provide TTA to states and Tribes (both those that are funded under the OVC Improving Outcomes program and those that are not) in strengthening their cross-systems coordinated responses for child and youth victims of trafficking.
Under Category 2, OVC expects to make one award of up to $1 million for a 36-month period of performance to begin on October 1, 2022.
Pre-Application Webinar
During a pre-application webinar on Thursday, May 26, 2022, OVC staff reviewed solicitation requirements and conducted a question and answer session with interested potential applicants.
Awards
Number of Awards: 4
Total Amount Awarded: $5,474,716
Maryland’s Strategic Plan for Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking
Minnesota’s Safe Harbor Expansion to Improve Outcomes for Trafficked Children and Youth Project
OVC FY 2022 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking: Training and Technical Assistance Program
- National