April 2023Monthly Update

Updates

HT-RADAR Filtered Webinars Page is Live

The HT-RADAR webinar database is now filterable by the following topics: Abuse/ Violence; Boys/ Males; Covid; Demand; Direct Service; Health Care; Housing; Intrafamilial; Labor Trafficking; Law Enforcement; Leadership/Social Change; Legal System; LGBTQ+; Minorities/ Racism; Minors/Youth  Policy; Research Resources; Sex Trafficking; Social Media/Technology; Survivors; Trauma. This website change was implemented to facilitate the professional development of our stakeholders through reputable sources.

Explore the Webinar filters here


HT-RADAR March Quarterly Meeting Recap Video 
Dr. Arduizur Carli Richie-Zavaleta and Dr. Sarbinaz Bekmuratova presented on Prevention Model and Core Guiding Principles: Tools for Best Practice and Multidisciplinary Collaboration within the Anti-Trafficking Movement. This presentation enabled the audience to use existing research to inform their practice and encourage narrowing existing gaps in the literature in order to achieve long-term goals of identifying, effectively assisting, and supporting victims/survivors of Human Trafficking (HT). This meeting will have an interactive component after the presentation to encourage collaboration among constituents.

View recording here!

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Community Highlights

Unstranger Danger Screening and Discussion on Child Abuse — One Safe Place

Join the District Attorney’s Office, Palomar Health and survivors to watch an interview-style documentary created by a child abuse detective to educate children and families with a more comprehensive approach to child sexual abuse. The event is FREE and open to the public. It will be on Friday, April 21 from 5:00pm-7:30pm at One Safe Place located at 1050 Los Vallecitos Blvd., San Marcos, CA, 92069.

Find event details here

Truckers Against Trafficking Presents Creating San Diego Partnerships to End Human Trafficking

All are invited to a half-day summit that will bring together key trucking, truck stop and bus industry stakeholders with local, state and federal law enforcement and government agencies to work together to close loopholes to traffickers. Event will be held on May 25, 2023, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Registration is required.

Find event details here

Free to Thrive Founder Highlighted in Portia Project Podcast Episode 101: Jamie Beck  

As Founder of the legal nonprofit Free to Thrive, Jamie Beck advocates for and represents human-trafficking survivors. Today, MC Sungaila talks to her about her non-profit organization and how she got so passionate about solving the issue of human trafficking.

Listen to podcast here

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General Reports, Opportunities & Updates

Implementation of the Recommendations from the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking

The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 established the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking (“the Council”) as a formal platform for individuals with lived experience to provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Operating Group and the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (PITF). As a member of these coordinating bodies, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implements the Council’s agency-specific recommendations and those for PITF agencies at large. This Information Memorandum summarizes the Council’s past recommendations and overviews implementation efforts by the HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The status of each recommendation relating to ACF is available in the Appendix.

View recommendations here

Building Survivor-Informed Organizations — Office on Trafficking in Persons 

The Toolkit for Building Survivor-Informed Organizations is a collection of new and existing resources that builds organizational capacity to meaningfully collaborate with and support staff, volunteers, and consultants with lived experience in human trafficking. The toolkit is a resource for anti-trafficking organizations, coalitions, task forces, volunteer programs, and other community and faith-based organizations that want to improve collaboration with those impacted by human trafficking. This toolkit provides guidance, tools, and resources that support professionally engaging people with lived experience when developing, delivering, and evaluating programs and policies. The 2023 update to this previously published toolkit includes three new chapters with recommendations and resources on survivor leadership engagement; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and wellness.

Access toolkit here

Legal Deserts Report 2.0 – The Avery Center and National Survivor Law Collective

Human trafficking survivors across the United States find themselves in legal deserts without access to trauma-informed legal services. Current efforts to address these legal deserts, while laudable, are but a mirage. These deserts must be watered with resources, funding, professionalism, and initiatives as outlined in this Report in order to change this unjust ecosystem.

Access report here

2023 Human Trafficking Shared Learning Series – Department of Education 

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) is pleased to invite you to join the Human Trafficking Shared Learning Series to connect with other professionals and deepen your skills in preventing and addressing human trafficking of students. Whether you are an administrator, educator, student support professional or other school personnel in a district or school, you will benefit from talking with experts and colleagues across the country about challenges, strategies, and lessons learned.

Dates:
Thursday, May 4, 2023, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT: Recognizing the cues
Thursday, June 8, 2023, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT: Effectively engaging students
Thursday, September 14, 2023, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT: Creating a supportive classroom

Find application details here

The Critical Role of Social Workers in Preventing and Responding to Human Trafficking — Office on Trafficking in Persons

March was National Social Work Month and in recognition, social workers from OTIP’s three divisions—research and policy, prevention, and protection — shared how they use their knowledge and unique perspectives to strengthen anti-trafficking programs.

Read blog here

Foundations to Combat Labor Trafficking – International Rescue Committee Virtual Course

After 2+ years of research, survivor focus groups, piloting, reviews and a lot of heart and soul from the amazing Framework team the “Foundations to Combat Labor Trafficking” eLearning is live. This seven-module self-paced course is designed to increase understanding of labor trafficking and develop a solid foundationto build a response. Throughout the Foundations series, Framework staff and Subject Matter Expert consultants (SMEs), with both lived and professional experience, incorporate verified statistics, the context of trauma and principles of trauma-informed care, and the strength and resourcefulness of victims and survivors.

Access virtual course here

Human Trafficking Fellowship Program – Office for Victims of Crime

The Fellow awarded under this program will work collaboratively with OVC and the anti-trafficking field in identifying and understanding human trafficking issues and evidence-informed practices. The awarded Fellow will focus on one of the three OVC-selected focus areas: Service Provision Program Model Analyses; Analysis of Human Trafficking Diversion Courts for Minors; Forced Criminality Analyses

Find application details here

Culturally Responsive Victim Services Fellowship – Office for Victims of Crime

The Fellow will assist OVC’s work to build the capacity of and increase access to culturally responsive services for victims of crime through— outreach, demonstration initiatives, national-scope programs, national conferences, and the development of culturally specific responses to hate crimes, terrorism, and mass violence, among other issues.

Find application details here

Forensic Interviewing of Children In-Person Training – National Children’s Advocacy Center

Participants will be introduced to the evidence-based literature that supports the National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) Child Forensic Interview Structure. This webinar includes lectures, skill-building activities, guided discussions, reflections, and an interview practicum in a supportive environment with assessment and feedback provided by experienced interviewers.

Register for different dates here: May 1-4June 12-15July 10-13

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Resources

Webinars

HT-RADAR offers information about webinars focused on anti-trafficking work and anti-trafficking research. As the workplace continues to shift, we will continue to offer resources for online educational opportunities, as well as in-person events:
  • OJJDP FY 2023 Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth with Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior Solicitation Webinar
    • Date: April 14, 2023, 11:00 am (PST)
    • Hosted by: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
    • This webinar will assist eligible applicants interested in applying for the OJJDP FY23 Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth With Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior Solicitation. This webinar will provide a general overview of the program, the goals and objectives, a discussion about the application process, and a Q&A opportunity for participants.
  • OVC FY 2023 Anti-Trafficking Funding Opportunities Webinar 3
    • Date: April 20, 2023, 10:00 am (PST)
    • Hosted by: Office for Victims of Crime
    • This webinar is for interested potential applicants focused on the upcoming human trafficking OVC solicitations. Participants will learn about solicitation requirements for each of the solicitations listed above. The event will conclude with a brief question and answer session..
  • Multidisciplinary Team Facilitator Peer Forums
    • Date:  May 2, 2023, 11:00 am (PST)
    • Hosted by: Regional Children’s Advocacy Centers
    • These forums allow multidisciplinary team facilitators to connect with their peers across the country doing similar work. Each forum starts in a large-group format to review a topic related to multidisciplinary team facilitation. Then participants are placed in Zoom breakout rooms for self-facilitated, smaller group discussions and resource sharing. In the end, participants are brought back together in one large group for a question-and-answer session with regional staff. These forums are open nationally to individuals with primary or shared responsibility for facilitating the success of multidisciplinary teams at a children’s advocacy center. Only child abuse professionals who serve in the role of a multidisciplinary team facilitator for a children’s advocacy center are eligible to participate in these forums. 

    SPOG Virtual Public Meeting on Conducting Anti-Trafficking Work Using a Racial Equity Lens

    • Date: May 3, 2023, 10:30 am – 1:00 PM (PST) — (register by April 23)
    • Hosted by: Office on Trafficking in Persons
    • The Department of State, on behalf of the interagency Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG), is hosting a virtual public meeting to hear input about how it can conduct its anti-trafficking work using a racial justice and equity lens and to assist the SPOG and SPOG agencies implementation of Executive Order 13985 (Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government) and Executive Order 14091 (Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government). This public meeting is part of the SPOG’s ongoing efforts to engage and collaborate with diverse communities and develop an implementation plan for integrating racial equity into U.S. government anti-trafficking efforts and is meant to complement the SPOG’s prior request for written information (87 FR 7231) to provide members of the public with another way to share feedback with the U.S. government. The implementation plan will highlight the importance of an intersectional approach, as racism often compounds with other forms of discrimination to affect individuals’ vulnerability to human trafficking. Additionally, it will complement agencies’ individual work to implement Executive Order 14035 (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce) by sharing information and practices for increasing diversity in the federal workforce as an integral way to strengthen agencies’ anti-trafficking work.
  • OVC FY 2023 Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program (Services and Training and Technical Assistance)
    • Recorded
    • Hosted by: Office for Victims of Crime
    • During this webinar, OVC staff will review solicitation requirements and conduct a question and answer session with interested potential applicants. Participation in the webinar is optional, but strongly encouraged. OVC encourages participants to review the solicitation and submit any questions they may have in advance and no later than 2 days prior to the webinar. Submit your questions to askovc@ncjrs.gov with the subject as “Questions for OVC Anti-Human Trafficking Solicitations Webinar.”
  • Human Trafficking Legal Center Holds Expert Panel on Child Forced Labor in the United States
    • Recorded
    • Hosted by: The Human Trafficking Legal Center
    • In January, the Human Trafficking Legal Center’s Survivor Leadership Program teamed up with the D.C. Human Trafficking Task Force Labor Trafficking Subcommittee to hold a panel on child forced labor in the United States. The panel of experts, chaired by Evelyn Chumbow, discussed case studies and debated policy recommendations.Expert panelists Bella Hounakey, Program Management Specialist, Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Kendra Ross, Consultant, the Human Trafficking Legal Center, Kenya K. Davis, Partner, Boies Schiller, and Ima Matul, Subject Matter Expert on Human Trafficking, reflected on challenges faced by trafficking survivors, and pressed participants to shift to a focus on prevention. 
  • Sex Trade 101: Prostitution & Sex Trafficking
    • Recorded
    • Hosted by: World WE Youth
    • Description: Ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation requires a foundational understanding of the sex trade. By focusing on power dynamics, the demand for paid sex and the overrepresentation of marginalized communities, this month’s webinar will introduce young people to the realities of the sex trade. For those who already have a grasp on these topics, we encourage you to invite your friends and peers.Moderated by WorldWE Youth Coalition Onboarding Coordinator, Charlotte Bizup, this special conversation will feature Alisa Bernard, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at Thistle Farms, and Maria Elisa Escobar, Co-Chair of the WorldWE Youth Coalition.
  • Understanding Human Trafficking for Mental Health Professionals – Session 1
    • Recorded
    • Hosted by: Northeast Caribbean MHTTC
    • Many victims of human trafficking come into contact with health care, social service, and mental health professionals. Victims of human trafficking can present a wide range of physical and mental health needs. This 3-part webinar series aims to provide the foundational knowledge of human trafficking and address particular topics that extend to vulnerable populations. Participants will learn to identify and respond appropriately to the mental health needs of victims of human trafficking. These virtual learning sessions will lay the groundwork for a working understanding of human trafficking across sectors and disciplines to support the workforce in creating inclusive and caring environments.
  • Understanding Human Trafficking for Mental Health Professionals – Session 2
    • Recorded
    • Hosted by: Northeast Caribbean MHTTC
    • Many victims of human trafficking come into contact with health care, social service, and mental health professionals. Victims of human trafficking can present a wide range of physical and mental health needs. This 3-part webinar series aims to provide the foundational knowledge of human trafficking and address particular topics that extend to vulnerable populations. Participants will learn to identify and respond appropriately to the mental health needs of victims of human trafficking. These virtual learning sessions will lay the groundwork for a working understanding of human trafficking across sectors and disciplines to support the workforce in creating inclusive and caring environments.
For more information regarding webinars and educational opportunities,
please visit: ht-radar.com.

Conferences

This resource is regularly updated on the ht-radar.com site.  Questions?  Or, know of conferences that you’d like to share with the HT-RADAR network? Contact us!

Submission Opportunities

  • 2024 International Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and the Cycle of Justice – Proposal Requested
    • Hosted by End Violence Against Women International
    • Submission Deadline: May 8, 2023

Attendance Opportunities


Funding Opportunities

  • OJJDP FY 2023 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program 
    • Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
    • With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks applications for funding to improve and expand the development and implementation of training and technical assistance on effective responses to missing and exploited children’s issues for multidisciplinary teams of prosecutors, state and local law enforcement, child protection personnel, medical providers, and other child-serving professionals. Additionally, this program will provide support for the implementation of all National Missing Children’s Day activities.
      Close Date: April 13, 2023
  • OVC FY 2023 Peer-to-Peer Support for Survivors of Crime
    • Source: Office for Victims of Crime
    • With this solicitation, OVC seeks proposals to support a pass-through funding model in which a trauma-informed, survivor-connected technical assistance (TA) provider will provide TA, training, and subgrant funding and financial oversight for at least 10 subgrant sites. The sites will be identified through a request for proposals issued by the TA provider selected under this solicitation and funded at $50,000–$100,000 each. The selected TA provider will assist and support communities across the country by establishing peer-to-peer support for crime survivors and provide capacity building technical assistance for subgrantees.
    • Close Date: April 18, 2023
  • NIJ FY23 W.E.B. Du Bois Program of Research on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System
    • Source: National Institute of Justice
    • With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding for investigator-initiated research examining how observed racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system might be reduced through public policy interventions at any point during the administration of justice from two categories of researchers: W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars & Fellows.
    • Close Date: April 24, 2023
  • OJJDP FY 2023 Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration
    • Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
    • The initiative will support jurisdictions to close youth detention and correctional facilities, assess and respond to the impact of closures on facility staff and the surrounding communities, and reinvest state and local resources to support more effective community-based services and supports for justice-involved youth and their families. It will support the development and implementation of innovative strategies for closing youth detention and correctional facilities and reinvesting cost savings in community-based solutions that promote positive outcomes for youth, increase public safety, and strengthen neighborhoods.
    • Close Date: April 25, 2023
  • OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program – Solicitation 
    • Source:  Office on Violence Against Women
    • This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 10452. The Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program (referred to as the Tribal Governments Program) was authorized to assist tribal governments and authorized designees of tribal governments to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking in their communities.
    • Close Date:  April 25, 2023
  • NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation of Services for Victims of Crime
    • Source: National Institute for Justice
    • In collaboration with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), NIJ seeks applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects in three topical areas: 1) evaluation of programs that provide services for victims of crime; 2) research on supporting victims of community violence; and 3) financial costs of crime victimization. Applicants must submit proposals that address one of the three topic areas.
    • Close Date: April 27, 2023
  • Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Program
    • Source: Administration for Children and Families
    • The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is announcing funds for the Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Program.  The goal of the HTYPE Demonstration Program is to fund local educational agencies (LEA) to develop and implement programs to prevent human trafficking victimization through the provision of skills-based human trafficking training and education for school staff and students as specified in the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018.
    • Close Date: April 27, 2023
  • OVC FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
    • Source:  Office for Victims of Crime
    • 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 victim and social service providers, law enforcement, prosecution personnel, individuals with lived experience, and a range of other governmental and non-governmental partners that work together to provide access to a diverse set of services for trafficking victims and to seek justice on their behalf. Applicants are invited to apply under three program purpose areas: Development of New Local or Tribal Human Trafficking Task Forces; Expansion of Local or Tribal ECM Human Trafficking Task Forces Previously Funded by OJP; Enhanced Support for Statewide Task Forces (New or Previously OJP-funded)
    • Close Date: May 1, 2023
  • NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
    • Source: National Institute of Justice
    • In collaboration with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), NIJ seeks to build upon its research and evaluation efforts to better understand, prevent, and respond to trafficking in persons in the United States. Applicants should propose research and evaluation projects that — first and foremost — have clear implications for criminal justice policy and practice in the United States. NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects addressing the following topical areas: 1) research and evaluation on human trafficking victim assistance and service provision, 2) research on forced criminality, and 3) human trafficking prevalence estimation. Applications proposing projects other than in these three areas will not be considered.
    • Close Date: May 2, 2023
  • OJJDP FY 2023 Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
    • Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
    • With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to support the establishment of a pilot demonstration program to develop, implement, and build replicable treatment models for residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services. The primary population served by such pilot programs will include adolescents and youth transitioning out of foster care who have experienced a history of foster care involvement, child poverty, child abuse or neglect, human trafficking, juvenile justice system involvement, substance use or misuse, or gang involvement. Eligible applicants can provide services to vulnerable and at-risk youth up to and including age 25.
    • Close Date: May 3, 2023
  • Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
    • Source: Office for Victims of Crime
    • The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of human trafficking. Applicants are invited to apply under three program purpose areas: Developing Capacity to Serve Human Trafficking Victims; Enhancing Access to Comprehensive Services for Human Trafficking Victims; Specialized Services for Human Trafficking Victims.
    • Close Date:  May 4, 2023
  • OVC FY 2023 Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • Source: Office for Victims of Crime
    • This program seeks to support OVC’s anti-trafficking grantees and other stakeholders through the provision of training and technical assistance (TTA) and the development of tools and resources. As of January 2023, OVC manages nearly 500 anti-trafficking awards, and the majority of these awards support direct services for trafficking survivors, including case management, housing, legal services, and more.
    • Close Date: May 8, 2023
  • NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
    • Source: National Institute of Justice
    • NIJ strives to support the development of objective and independent knowledge and validated tools to reduce violence against women (VAW), promote justice for victims of crime, and enhance criminal justice responses. For that reason, this solicitation seeks applications for grant funding to conduct research and evaluation projects examining a broad range of topics, including the crimes of domestic (DV) and family violence (FV), homicide and other forms of violent death, intimate partner violence (IPV), rape, sex trafficking, sexual assault, stalking, and teen dating violence (TDV), also known as adolescent relationship abuse (ARA), along with the associated criminal justice system response, procedures, and policies.
    • Close Date: May 10, 2023
  • OVC FY 2023 Preventing Trafficking of Girls Program Sites and Training and Technical Assistance 
    • Source:  Office for Victims of Crime
    • This program supports prevention and early intervention services for girls who are at-risk of, or are victims of, sex and/or labor trafficking. Services may be provided to girls and young women up to and including age 25.
    • Close Date: May 16, 2023
  • OJJDP FY 2023 Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth With Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior
    • Source:  Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
    • With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks applications for funding to provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary continuum of intervention and supervision services for youth with problematic and/or illegal sexual behavior and treatment services for their victims and families/caregivers.
    • Close Date: May 25, 2023
  • OVC FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program
    • Source: Office for Victims of Crime
    • OVC seeks applications to fund training and technical assistance services to support ECM Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking sites throughout the United States. The ECM TTA program will support OVC ECM task force partners develop and sustain a multidisciplinary approach that increases their capacity to identify and support victims, seek justice on their behalf, and hold traffickers accountable.
    • Close Date: May 31, 2023
  • OVC FY 2023 Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program (Services and Training and Technical Assistance)
    • Source: Office for Victims of Crime
    • OVC seeks applications to fund training and technical assistance services to support ECM Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking sites throughout the United States. The ECM TTA program will support OVC ECM task force partners develop and sustain a multidisciplinary approach that increases their capacity to identify and support victims, seek justice on their behalf, and hold traffickers accountable.
    • Close Date: May 31, 2023
  • OVC FY 2023 National Resource Centers for Victim Research, Evaluation, and Reaching Underserved Victims
    • Source: Office for Victims of Crime
    • OVC seeks applications to re-establish National Resource Centers for 1) Reaching Underserved Victims and 2) Victim Research and Evaluation.
    • Close Date: June 1, 2023
  • OJJDP FY 2023 Mentoring Programs for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System 
    • Source: Office for Victims of Crime
    • The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding to implement and deliver mentoring services to youth populations that are involved in the juvenile justice system. This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by supporting mentoring programs to reduce juvenile delinquency, truancy, drug abuse, victimization, and other problem and high-risk behaviors. 
    • Close Date: June 1, 2023
  • OVC FY 2023 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
    • Source: Office for Victims of Crime
    • 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 relevant, 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.
    • Close Date: June 6, 2023
  • Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach (DVHT-SO) Program
    • Source: Department of Health and Human Services
    • The goal of the DVHT-SO Program is to fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and local capacity to deliver services to domestic victims of severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended through victim outreach, identification, case management, direct services, assistance, and referrals.Under the DVHT-SO Program, the following activities are required: 1) comprehensive case management and services to adults and children who have experienced human trafficking; and 2) outreach to increase identification of adults and children who have experienced sex and labor trafficking. The DVHT-SO Program is informed by a whole-family approach that focuses equally and intentionally on services and opportunities for individuals who have experienced human trafficking and their immediate family members living within their households. OTIP encourages community partnerships, meaningful engagement of individuals who have experienced human trafficking, and hiring qualified professionals from the communities being served under the DVHT-SO Program.
    • Close Date: Jun 30, 2023
  • Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities Demonstration (VHT-NC) Program
    • Source: Administration for Children and Families
    • The VHT-NC Demonstration Program’s goal is to directly fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and community capacity to deliver services to Native American adults and minors who have experienced a severe form of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, through the provision of direct services, assistance, and referrals.  Under the VHT-NC Demonstration Program the following activities are required: 1) provision of comprehensive, culturally and linguistically responsive, case management to Native Americans who have experienced sex and labor trafficking; 2) increase identification of Native Americans who have experienced sex and labor trafficking through outreach; and 3) training to service providers and community partners.
    • Close Date: June 30, 2023

Ongoing Opportunities:

  • The Human Services Program (Orange County & Los Angeles)
    • Source: The Marisla Foundation
    • The Human Services Program addresses the needs of women in crisis, primarily focusing on their physical, emotional, and mental health, and financial well-being. Grants support activities and integrated approaches to stable housing, treating addiction, empowering adult and child domestic violence survivors, and vocational training. The geographic limitation is Orange County and Los Angeles, California.
    • Close Date: Ongoing
  • Grants to USA Nonprofits for Projects and Programs to Benefit Children and Families: When Georgia Smiled Grant
    • Source: The Robin McGraw and Dr. Phil Foundation
    • Grants to USA nonprofit organizations for projects and programs to benefit children and families. Funding is intended for activities that address domestic violence, including assault and human trafficking, and organizations that benefit children, especially in the foster care system. The Foundation seeks to support organizations and programs that build awareness, offer solutions and address the needs of children and families to live healthy, safe, and joy-filled lives free of domestic violence and sexual assault.
    • Close Date: Ongoing
  • Wells Fargo Private Foundations
    • Source: Wells Fargo
    • Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services provides a full array of services to private and family foundations across the country. For these foundations, Wells Fargo serves as the sole trustee, co-trustee, or agent. To serve these foundations, we seek to help non-profit organizations identify appropriate grant resources for specific funding needs. To help you find these grants, we provide a wide range of information about these foundations through our search feature.
    • Close Date: Ongoing
  • Neo Philanthropy (Foundation Funding)
    • Source: Neo Philanthropy
    • Through 12 funds, including the Four Freedoms Fund™ and State Infrastructure Fund, NEO has designed and led large-scale collaborative grantmaking funds, connecting donors with aligned values to support work they could not fund as effectively on their own.
    • Close Date: Ongoing
  • Costco Charitable Contributions (Foundation Funding)
    • Source: Costco Charitable Contributions Foundation
    • Costco Wholesale’s primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business. Throughout the year we receive a large number of requests from nonprofit organizations striving to make a positive impact, and we are thankful to be able to provide support to a variety of organizations and causes.
    • Close Date: Ongoing
  • W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Foundation Funding)
    • Source: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
    • The W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society.
    • Close Date: Ongoing

Forecasted Opportunities:

  • Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Program
    • Source: Department of Health and Human Services
    • The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is announcing funds for the Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Program.  The goal of the HTYPE Demonstration Program is to fund local educational agencies (LEA) to develop and implement programs to prevent human trafficking victimization through the provision of skills-based human trafficking training and education for school staff and students as specified in the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018.
    • Estimated Post Date: Jan 17, 2023
  • Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities Demonstration (VHT-NC) Program
  • FY 2023 Street Outreach Program
    • Source: Administration for Children & Families
    • The Street Outreach Program provides street-based services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to or are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse, prostitution, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of human trafficking in persons.  These services, targeted in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist such youth in making healthy choices and providing them access to shelter as well as basic needs, including food, hygiene packages, and information on a range of available services.
    • Estimated Post Date: Apr 21, 2023
  • Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach Program
    • Source: Department of Health and Human Services
    • The goal of the DVHT-SO Program is to fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and local capacity to deliver services to domestic victims of severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended through victim outreach, identification, case management, direct services, assistance, and referrals. Under the DVHT-SO Program, the following activities are required: 1) comprehensive case management and services to adults and children who have experienced human trafficking; and 2) outreach to increase identification of adults and children who have experienced sex and labor trafficking.
    • Estimated Post Date: Apr 21, 2023
For more information regarding funding opportunities,
please visit:  ht-radar.com

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