Opportunity Information: Apply for OVC 2020 18392
The OJP FY 2020 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number OVC 2020 18392) is a discretionary cooperative agreement program led by the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Its core aim is to develop or strengthen multidisciplinary human trafficking task forces that bring together victim services and law enforcement in a coordinated, collaborative structure. The program is designed to support task forces that can both address immediate trafficking-related needs in their communities and improve longer-term systems for identifying victims, delivering services, investigating cases, and pursuing accountability in ways that are victim-centered and coordinated across agencies.
The solicitation is organized into two purpose areas that reflect different stages of task force development. Purpose Area 1 focuses on helping task forces take the critical first steps needed to start up a multidisciplinary task force or solidify early-stage operations. This includes building the foundational partnerships, coordination mechanisms, and operational approaches needed for a functioning task force model. Purpose Area 2 is geared toward more advanced or established task forces seeking to expand operations and partnerships, carry out sustainability plans so the work can continue beyond the grant period, and contribute to the broader field by helping OJP build capacity among other task forces. In practice, PA 2 supports task forces that are ready to scale what is working, formalize durable infrastructure, and share expertise in ways that strengthen national or regional task force practice.
A defining feature of this opportunity is its paired-award structure. Each task force selected for funding receives two separate grants: one award from OVC that goes to the victim service partner, and a second award from BJA that goes to a state, local, or tribal law enforcement agency partner. This approach is intended to ensure that victim services and law enforcement both have dedicated resources, and that the task force is built as a true collaboration rather than a single-agency effort. The cooperative agreement format also signals that the federal awarding agencies may have substantial involvement in program implementation, such as providing guidance, coordinating learning activities, or supporting standardized approaches for task force development and performance.
In terms of funding levels and expected awards, OVC and BJA anticipated up to 28 total awards across both purpose areas. Under Purpose Area 1, they expected to make 18 awards supporting 9 task forces, with funding up to 1.5 million per task force. Under Purpose Area 2, they expected to make up to 10 awards supporting 5 task forces, again with funding up to 1.5 million per task force. The award ceiling listed for the opportunity is 1,500,000, reflecting the maximum amount anticipated per task force structure described in the solicitation. The opportunity is associated with CFDA 16.320 and falls under funding activity categories that include income security and social services as well as law, justice, and legal services, reflecting the program's dual emphasis on survivor support and justice system responses.
Key logistics for applicants include the timeline and applicant support. The opportunity was created on March 16, 2020, with an original application deadline of May 18, 2020. OVC and BJA scheduled a pre-application webinar for Monday, March 30, 2020, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, with registration information provided through the OVC webinars page (www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html). Eligibility is indicated broadly as "Others" with additional clarification expected in the solicitation's eligibility section, but the program description makes clear that successful applications must reflect a partnership that includes, at minimum, a victim service organization (for the OVC award) and a state, local, or tribal law enforcement agency (for the BJA award), working together as a unified task force.
Overall, the grant is structured to accelerate effective, multidisciplinary anti-trafficking responses by resourcing both sides of the collaboration: comprehensive, trauma-informed services for victims and coordinated investigative and enforcement capacity. Whether through starting up a task force under PA 1 or expanding and sustaining a mature model under PA 2, the program emphasizes building durable partnerships, strengthening coordinated operations, and improving the broader field through capacity-building and shared learning among task forces.Apply for OVC 2020 18392
- The Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services, law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJP FY 2020 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.320.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 16, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 18, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 28 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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