OVC FY 17 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking: A Statewide Approach | OVC 2017 11572

Opportunity Information: Apply for OVC 2017 11572

The OVC FY 17 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking: A Statewide Approach grant opportunity is a discretionary, cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). It is designed to help states strengthen how they respond to child and youth victims of both sex trafficking and labor trafficking by supporting work that is coordinated at a statewide level rather than fragmented across individual agencies or local jurisdictions. The core idea is to push states to take an honest look at where their systems are falling short for trafficked children and youth, then use that assessment to build a practical statewide strategy that improves identification, protection, services, and long-term outcomes.

The solicitation focuses on developing, enhancing, and coordinating programs and activities that directly affect outcomes for victims. That typically implies work such as improving cross-agency collaboration, aligning policies and protocols, strengthening referral pathways, and making sure victim services and justice system responses are trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate for children and adolescents. Because it is framed as a statewide approach, the grant is aimed at system-level improvements and coordinated planning, not isolated program expansions. A key emphasis is identifying each state’s biggest challenges in addressing trafficking of children and youth and then using that information to drive a cohesive strategy that can be implemented and sustained.

This opportunity was released under Funding Opportunity Number OVC 2017 11572 and is associated with CFDA 16.320. The funding instrument type is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates a closer working relationship with the federal agency than a standard grant, often including substantial involvement by OVC in areas like project planning, implementation support, performance monitoring, and coordination. The activity categories linked to the program include Income Security and Social Services as well as Law, Justice, and Legal Services, reflecting that the intended work spans both victim support systems and the criminal and juvenile justice responses that often intersect with trafficking cases involving minors.

In terms of scale and competitiveness, the program anticipated making 2 awards, with an award ceiling of $1,500,000 per award. That structure suggests OVC expected a small number of states to receive sizable awards to support robust statewide planning and coordination efforts. The opportunity was created on December 12, 2016, with an original application closing date of February 13, 2017. Eligibility is listed broadly as “Others,” with clarification referenced in the solicitation’s eligibility section, but the description makes clear that applications were sought from states, indicating the primary applicants were likely state-level entities or designated statewide leads capable of coordinating across agencies and jurisdictions.

Overall, the grant is best understood as an initiative to help states move from piecemeal trafficking responses to an organized statewide framework that improves the consistency and quality of services and system responses for child and youth victims. The funding supports not just direct services, but the underlying coordination, strategy development, and system improvements needed to ensure victims are identified earlier, connected to appropriate supports faster, and served through approaches that account for safety, trauma, and the complex legal and social needs that trafficking survivors often face.

• 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 "OVC FY 17 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking: A Statewide Approach" 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 Dec 12, 2016.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 13, 2017. (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 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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