Opportunity Information: Apply for OVC 2018 14070
The OVC FY 2018 Comprehensive Services for Victims of All Forms of Human Trafficking grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number OVC 2018 14070) was a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), created on May 10, 2018, with an original application deadline of June 25, 2018. It was offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning award recipients would be expected to work closely with OVC and follow substantial federal involvement in key aspects of project planning, implementation, and oversight. The program falls under CFDA 16.320 and is categorized within income security and social services as well as law, justice, and legal services, reflecting its dual focus on trauma-informed victim assistance and coordinated engagement with justice-related systems.
At its core, the solicitation was designed to strengthen community-based, victim-centered responses to human trafficking by expanding access to direct services for people who have experienced any form of trafficking. The opportunity is grounded in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and its later reauthorizations and amendments in 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2013. Those laws establish a national framework aimed at addressing "severe forms" of trafficking through three main strategies: punishing traffickers, protecting victims, and coordinating government action to combat trafficking. OVC framed this funding as part of its role in carrying out the TVPA's victim protection mandate, with a strong emphasis on helping victims obtain the services needed to recover from the harms of trafficking as a form of crime victimization.
A central theme of the grant was inclusivity and equal access to care. The solicitation explicitly recognized that trafficking affects a wide range of people and occurs in many settings, and it emphasized that services should be available regardless of immigration status, gender, age, or the specific type of trafficking involved. It highlighted both sex trafficking and labor trafficking and acknowledged that victims can include foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, adults and minors, and people of all genders and sexual orientations. In practical terms, this framing signals that funded programs were expected to avoid narrow eligibility assumptions and instead build service models capable of responding to varied victim experiences, risks, and barriers to safety and stability.
The funding priority was for organizations that could deliver direct services using a highly collaborative and comprehensive model. "Comprehensive" in this context points to more than offering a single service; it suggests coordinated, wraparound support that draws on multiple community resources to address the complex needs trafficking victims often face. While the solicitation text provided here does not list specific required service types, the stated emphasis on collaboration and comprehensive care implies a model that brings together appropriate partners across a community system of care, potentially including victim service providers, healthcare and behavioral health organizations, housing and shelter resources, legal service providers, culturally specific organizations, and other relevant stakeholders. The goal was to create or strengthen a coordinated local response where victims can access the right help at the right time without being bounced between disconnected agencies.
The anticipated scale of the program was substantial. OVC projected up to 18 awards, with an award ceiling of $925,000 per award. This level of funding suggests OVC was seeking mature or rapidly scalable initiatives with the staffing, partnerships, and operational capacity to deliver meaningful service coverage, manage federal grant requirements, and demonstrate effective coordination among community providers. Eligibility was listed broadly as "Others" with further clarification referenced in the full solicitation, indicating the program was likely open to a range of applicant types (commonly including nonprofit organizations, tribal entities, and other community-based or victim service-focused organizations), as long as they met the detailed eligibility requirements in the complete announcement.
Overall, this FY 2018 OVC opportunity was intended to strengthen frontline service delivery for trafficking survivors by investing in community-based programs that can respond to both sex and labor trafficking and that are prepared to serve diverse victims through an integrated, collaborative, and victim-centered approach. The emphasis was less on isolated activities and more on building a coordinated service network that helps victims stabilize, access supports, and move toward recovery, consistent with the TVPA's victim protection goals.Apply for OVC 2018 14070
- 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 2018 Comprehensive Services for Victims of All Forms of 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 May 10, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 25, 2018. (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 $925,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 18 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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| OVC FY 2018 Specialized Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Apply for OVC 2018 14040 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14040 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $900,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Specialized Services for Victims of Human Trafficking Apply for OVC 2018 14041 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14041 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $700,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Discretionary Training and Technical Assistance Program for VOCA Victim Assistance Grantees Apply for OVC 2018 14200 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14200 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $1,500,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 National Joint Training Conference for VOCA Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Administrators (2019 - 2021) Apply for OVC 2018 14120 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14120 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $600,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Vision 21: Advancing the Use of Technology to Assist Victims of Crime Apply for OVC 2018 14043 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14043 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $2,250,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Building State Technology Capacity Apply for OVC 2018 14022 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14022 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $750,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Enhancing Access to Services Program Apply for OVC 2018 14302 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14302 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $600,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Advancing Hospital-Based Victim Services Apply for OVC 2018 14048 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14048 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $2,000,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims Apply for OVC 2018 14323 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14323 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $2,500,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Victim Assistance Fellowship Program: Translation and Dissemination of Statistical Data Apply for OVC 2018 14280 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14280 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $400,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Law Enforcement-Based Direct Victim Services and TA Program Apply for OVC 2018 14540 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14540 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $2,250,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Initiative to Enhance Crime Victims' Rights Enforcement and Victim Access to Legal Assistance Apply for OVC 2018 14260 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14260 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $6,900,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Tribal Set-Aside Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program Apply for OVC 2018 14659 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14659 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $1,325,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Apply for OVC 2018 14133 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14133 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $900,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Linking Systems of Care for Children and Youth Training and Technical Assistance Apply for OVC 2018 14262 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14262 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $2,000,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Field-Generated Innovations in Addressing Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation Apply for OVC 2018 14340 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14340 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $500,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking Apply for OVC 2018 14044 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14044 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $1,500,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Field-Generated Innovations in Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking Apply for OVC 2018 14122 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14122 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $600,000 |
| OVC FY 2018 Vicarious Trauma Response Initiative: National Scope Training & Technical Assistance Apply for OVC 2018 14440 Funding Number: OVC 2018 14440 Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $600,000 |
| OVW FY 2019 Enhanced Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program Apply for OVW 2019 15583 Funding Number: OVW 2019 15583 Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women Category: Income Security and Social Services, Law, Justice and Legal Services Funding Amount: $400,000 |
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