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OVC seeks to develop and build the capacity of community-based organizations (CBOs) in underserved communities to provide services to adolescent and youth human trafficking victims through the provision of mentorship and training and technical assistance to these organizations. Register for a pre-application webinar on May 8, 2024.
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 under two purpose areas: Purpose Area 1: Developing Capacity to Serve Human Trafficking Victims and Purpose Area 2: Enhancing Scope of Housing Assistance for Human Trafficking Victims.
The goal of this program is to provide training and technical assistance to victim service providers supporting victims of all forms of human trafficking throughout the United States.
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 a range of other governmental and nongovernmental partners that work together to provide access to a diverse set of services for trafficking victims and to seek justice on their behalf.
View an updated guide that provides a roadmap for forming effective partnerships between victim service agencies and workforce development or education programs as they serve survivors of human trafficking.
The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of human trafficking, including those that provide trauma-informed services. Applicants are invited to apply under five purpose areas.
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 responsive, 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.
OVC seeks applications from states or Tribes to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities geared toward improving outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking. This program aims to improve statewide coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration across systems to address human trafficking involving children and youth.
This video series aims to help human trafficking task forces standardize responses, institutionalize knowledge, and tighten collaboration by guiding them through the protocol creation process.