To develop, expand or strengthen victim service program for victims of human trafficking, to include enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and other stakeholders to identify victims and provide justice for those victims through the investigation and prosecution of their traffickers.

Department of Justice BJA

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The primary goal of this program is to develop or sustain multidisciplinary task forces to combat human trafficking. Objectives include— 1. developing or sustaining coordination of multidisciplinary human trafficking task force activities; 2. identifying victims of all types of human trafficking; 3. implementing victim-centered, trauma-informed, and collaborative approaches through the development of relevant task force protocols and training; 4. actively involving all task force partners in planning and executing proactive investigations and prosecutions; 5. investigating, referring, and prosecuting both sex and labor trafficking cases at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels; 6. assisting victims of sex trafficking and labor trafficking in achieving increased safety, independence, self-sufficiency, and well-being through the provision of appropriate services; and 7. conducting data collection and ongoing assessment activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives.

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10/1/20-9/30/23

Government Organizations;

This funding announcement requires two separate but coordinated applications from each human trafficking task force seeking funding: one application from a lead state, local, or tribal law enforcement agency (which includes state and local departments of public safety or agencies with public safety missions), and one application from a lead victim service organization (which may be a public agency or a nongovernmental organization). The two applications must be developed in collaboration with each other, and must be submitted as a pair, with each applicant naming the other as the primary partner. Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(2) the following entities are eligible to apply: (1) States and territories (2) Units of local government (3) Indian tribes (4) Nonprofit, nongovernmental victims’ service organizations with the capacity to serve human trafficking victims (defined as an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 and is exempt from taxation under 501(a) of such title). Entities which have received human trafficking grants from the Office for Victims of Crime and the Bureau of Justice Assistance in FY 2018 or FY 2019 to support their participation in multidisciplinary task forces are ineligible to apply unless the new proposed project would differ from or expand the existing funded project(s). EXCEPT, that the five task forces that received partial funding in FY 2019 (Heart of Texas Task Force, Hampton Roads Task Force, Tennessee Human Trafficking Task Force, Tulare County Human Trafficking Task Force, and New Hampshire Task Force) are eligible to apply for joint task force funding for the period 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2023, but, the application budget must justify and detail how a new FY 2020 grant, if awarded, will not duplicate any funds remaining under these previous awards. All recipients and subrecipients must forgo any profit or management fee. 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.

U.S. Territories, State, Local, Tribal

Project Grants

Government Services

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Applicants must register with Grants.gov at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html prior to submitting an application. All applications are due by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on May 18, 2020. To be considered timely, an application must be submitted by the application deadline using Grants.gov, and the applicant must have received a validation message from Grants.gov that indicates successful and timely submission. OJP urges applicants to submit applications at least 72 hours prior to the application due date, to allow time for the applicant to receive validation messages or rejection notifications from Grants.gov, and to correct in a timely fashion any problems that may have caused a rejection notification. An applicant must use the Add Attachment button to attach a file to its application. Do not click the paperclip icon to attach files. This action will not attach the files to the application. After adding an attachment, select the View Attachment button to confirm you attached the correct file. To remove the file, select the Delete Attachment button. OJP encourages all applicants to read this Important Notice: Applying for Grants in Grants.gov. For additional information, see the “How to Apply (Grants.gov)” section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.

Applications that meet basic minimum requirements will be evaluated by peer reviewers using the following review criteria. 1. Statement of the Problem (10%) 2. Project Design and Implementation Plan (40%) 3. Capabilities and Competencies (25%) 4. Plan for Collecting the Data Required for this Solicitation’s Performance Measures (10%) 5. Budget (10%): complete, cost effective, and allowable (e.g., reasonable, allocable, and necessary for project activities). Budget narratives should demonstrate generally how applicants will maximize cost effectiveness of grant expenditures. Budget narratives should demonstrate cost effectiveness in relation to potential alternatives and the goals of the project.6 6. Letters of Intent and MOUs from project partners (5%)

If selected for funding, in addition to implementing the funded project consistent with the OJP-approved application, the recipient must comply with all award conditions, and all applicable requirements of federal statutes and regulations (including applicable requirements referred to in the assurances and certifications executed in connection with award acceptance).

Solicitation Release Date: March 16, 2020 Application Deadline: 11:59 p.m. eastern time on May 18, 2020 Applicants must register with Grants.gov at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html prior to submitting an application. All applications are due by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on May 18, 2020. To be considered timely, an application must be submitted by the application deadline using Grants.gov, and the applicant must have received a validation message from Grants.gov that indicates successful and timely submission. OJP urges applicants to submit applications at least 72 hours prior to the application due date, to allow time for the applicant to receive validation messages or rejection notifications from Grants.gov, and to correct in a timely fashion any problems that may have caused a rejection notification. An applicant must use the Add Attachment button to attach a file to its application. Do not click the paperclip icon to attach files. This action will not attach the files to the application. After adding an attachment, select the View Attachment button to confirm you attached the correct file. To remove the file, select the Delete Attachment button.

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Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(2), this solicitation requires a 25-percent cash or in-kind match. See OJP Grant Application Resource Guide for additional information on this match requirement.

The Period of Performance is 36 months. Funding under this purpose area is intended to help task forces with critical first steps related to starting up a multidisciplinary task force. Successful applicants under Purpose Area 1 will dedicate the first 12–18 months of funding to formalizing task force structure, developing operational procedures, accessing professional development opportunities, delivering training to key stakeholders, and conducting a community assessment to identify potential areas of the community where sex and labor trafficking may be occurring. Task forces that have never received funding under the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force Program and those that received funding prior to FY 2017 but do not meet the definition of an established task force (defined under Purpose Area 2 below) are eligible to apply. 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. Primary Prevention Activities The purpose of this funding is to support multidisciplinary task force operations; therefore, applicants should not propose primary prevention activities under this program. Lobbying, Promoting, or Advocating the Legalization/Regulation of Prostitution Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. § 7110(g), the Federal Government is opposed to prostitution and related activities, which are inherently harmful and dehumanizing and contribute to the phenomenon of trafficking in persons. U.S. nongovernmental organizations and their subgrantees cannot use U.S. Government funds to promote, support, or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution as a legitimate form of work. Foreign nongovernmental organizations and their subgrantees that receive U.S. Government funds to fight trafficking in persons cannot lobby for, promote, or advocate the legalization or regulation of prostitution as a legitimate form of work. It is the responsibility of the primary grantee to ensure these criteria are met by its subgrantees.

Law enforcement applicants will be required to provide the relevant data by submitting quarterly performance metrics through BJA’s online Performance Measurement Tool (PMT), located at bjapmt.ojp.gov. This section should— • state the applicant’s understanding of the performance data reporting requirements for this grant program and describe a plan for collecting all of the performance measures data required by this solicitation; • describe who will be responsible for collecting and reporting the required performance measures and how data will be collected; • list any additional performance metrics that will be used to assess the project’s effectiveness and the process for collecting the information; • discuss what data sources will be used and any legal, policy, or other barriers to gaining access to the data and how those barriers will be addressed; and • where applicable, include a description of how agencies will share and analyze aggregate data reported through the PMT and TIMS to document task force achievements and develop a comprehensive understanding of the problem of human trafficking within the geographic region.

Recipients typically must submit quarterly financial reports, semiannual progress reports, final financial and progress reports, and, if applicable, an annual audit report in accordance with the Part 200 Uniform Requirements or specific award conditions. Future awards and fund drawdowns may be withheld if reports are delinquent. (In appropriate cases, OJP may require additional reports.)

2 CFR Part 200

2020-VT-BX-K031

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Maximum number of awards OJP expects to make: 28 (14 to support law enforcement agencies, and 14 to support victim services provider partners, for a total of 14 task forces) Purpose Area 1: 18 awards (9 task forces) Purpose Area 2: 10 awards (5 task forces) Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award: Purpose Area 1: up to $1.5 million per task force Purpose Area 2: up to $1.5 million per task force Applicants may determine how to allocate the $1.5 million available to each task force between the law enforcement partner and the victim service provider budgets. However, neither partner may submit a budget for more than $900,000. The total budget request from both partners may not exceed $1.5 million. Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation: approximately $22 million Period of Performance start date October 1, 2020 Period of Performance duration 36 months OJP may, in certain cases, provide additional funding in future years to awards made under this solicitation, through continuation awards. OJP will consider, among other factors, OJP’s strategic priorities, a recipient’s overall management of the award, and progress of award-funded work, when making continuation award decisions. OVC may elect to fund applications submitted under this FY 2020 solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on, among other considerations, the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations. All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and to any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law.

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Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking OJP FY 2020 Competitive Grant Solicitation CFDA #16.320 Grants.gov Solicitation Number: OVC-2020-18392

U.S. Department of Justice, BJA

U.S. Department of Justice, BJA

justgrants.gov

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3/16/2020

FY 2021 : $182,772
FY 2022 : $175,021
FY 2023 : $175,021