OVC Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Direct Services to Support Victims of Human Trafficking June 14, 2019 The webinar will being shortly.
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OVC Presenters Doresa Payton Mary Atlas-Terry Ivette Estrada Victim Justice Program Specialist Victim Justice Program Specialist Victim Justice Program Specialist Office for Victims of Crime Office for Victims of Crime Office for Victims of Crime
Agenda • OVC Mission • Solicitation Purpose • Eligibility • Overarching Program Goals • Purpose and Focus Areas • Federal Award Information • Grant vs. Cooperative Agreement • Objectives and Deliverables • Program Requirements Note : Have a copy of the solicitation • How To Apply available to follow along and take • Critical Application Elements notes. • Q & A
OVC Mission Statement OVC is committed to enhancing the Nation’s capacity to assist crime victims and to providing leadership in changing policies and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims of crime.
Solicitation Purpose (Pg. 5) • FY 2019 solicitation replaces multiple solicitations for OVC’s human trafficking direct services programs released separately in previous years. • Purpose Areas/Focus Areas in this solicitation align with the names of previously distinct program solicitations.
Eligibility (Pg. 1) • States, territories, local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations (including tribal nonprofits). • Grantees funded in FYs 2017 or 2018 under the Comprehensive Services for All Victims of Human Trafficking, Specialized Services for Victims of Human Trafficking , or the Enhanced Collaborative Model Human Trafficking Task Force solicitations are not eligible to apply for funding under Purpose Areas 1 and 2 of this program, unless the new proposal outlines new services, cost items, or a distinct geographic scope not included in the FY 2017 or 2018 award.
Eligibility (cont.) (Pg. 1) • Applicants may apply for more than one purpose and focus area under this solicitation, as long as they meet the eligibility requirements for each purpose area. • OVC welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees).
Human Trafficking as defined by the TVPA Under this program, a victim of trafficking is defined as a person who has been subjected to a “severe form of trafficking in persons” which is defined in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 22 U.S.C. 7102(9). See pages 5 and 6.
Overarching Program Goals (Pgs. 8, 5) • Enhance the quality and quantity of services available to assist victims of human trafficking in achieving their individual goals, which may include increased independence and self-sufficiency, and increased feelings of safety and well-being. • Provide funding for direct services to victims of sex and labor trafficking, and for efforts to increase the capacity of communities to respond to human trafficking through the development of interagency partnerships, professional training, and public awareness activities.
Purpose and Focus Areas (Pgs. 2-3) Purpose Area Program Point of Contact Competition ID Purpose Area 1: Comprehensive Services for Victims of All (OVC-2019-15590) Forms of Human Trafficking (choose a focus area) Doresa Payton, Victim Justice Focus Area 1: Building Capacity to Provide Comprehensive Services Program Specialist Focus Area 2: Sustaining Capacity to Provide Services to Victims of Doresa Payton, Victim Justice Human Trafficking Program Specialist Focus Area 3: Comprehensive Services and Partnership With Enhanced Collaborative Model Human Mary Atlas-Terry, Victim Justice Trafficking Task Forces Program Specialist Ivette Estrada, Victim Justice Purpose Area 2: Specialized Services (OVC-2019-15591) Program Specialist
Federal Award Information (Pg. 17) Purpose Area 1 (up to 40 awards) • Focus Area 1: Grant awards for up to $550,000, 36-month performance period beginning on 1/1/2020 • Focus Area 2: Grant awards for up to $925,000, 36-month performance period beginning on 1/1/2020 • Focus Area 3: Cooperative Agreement awards for up to $900,000, 36-month performance period beginning on 10/1/2019 Purpose Area 2 (up to 30 awards) • Grant awards of up to $650,000, 36-month performance period beginning on 1/1/2020
Grant vs. Cooperative Agreement (Pg. 17) • Grants (Purpose Area 1, Focus Areas 1 and 2; Purpose Area 2 ) • Legal instrument of financial assistance • Awarding agency maintains an oversight and monitoring role • Without substantial involvement with awarding agency • Cooperative Agreements (Purpose Area 1, Focus Area 3: ECM): • Substantial involvement between awarding agency and recipient during the performance period • Awarding agency closely participates in the performance of the program
Purpose Area 1 - Focus Areas 1 & 2
Purpose Area 1- Focus Areas 1 & 2: Comprehensive Services (Appendix B, Pg. 9) Must ensure a comprehensive array of services are provided to victims of all forms of human trafficking. • Sex Trafficking/Labor Trafficking • U.S. Citizens/Foreign Nationals • Males/Females • Adults/Minors
Purpose Area 1- Focus Areas 1 & 2: Comprehensive Services (Pg. 51) See Appendix B for the list of services that the comprehensive service provider should provide in-house or through project partners. • Employment Readiness and Assistance • Case Management • Family Support/Reunification • Childcare • Interpreter/Translator Services • Client Intake • Legal Services/Advocacy • Client Orientation/Life Skills • Medical/Dental • Clothing/Food/Basic Necessities • Mental Health Counseling/Treatment • Crisis Intervention • Shelter/Housing • Documentation Assistance • Substance Abuse Treatment • Education/Job Training • Transportation
Purpose Area 1, Focus Area 1 (Pg. 6) • Purpose Area 1: Comprehensive Services for Victims of All Forms of Human Trafficking – Focus Area 1: Building Capacity to Provide Comprehensive Services – The first year of the grant project period will be used to plan and strategically develop organizational capacity to provide comprehensive services in-house and through community partnerships to victims of human trafficking. – In years two and three of the grant project period, grantees will provide comprehensive services to victims of human trafficking and will be required to submit MOUs from partnering organizations.
Purpose Area 1, Focus Area 2 (Pg. 6) • Purpose Area 1: Comprehensive Services for Victims of All Forms of Human Trafficking – Focus Area 2: Sustaining Capacity to Provide Services to Victims of Human Trafficking – will fund experienced service providers to offer comprehensive services outlined within the Comprehensive Services Model (Appendix B).
Objectives & Deliverables (Pgs. 8-9) • Develop referral plans for comprehensive services that are not provided in-house but through community partnerships. • Work in collaboration with federal, state and local law enforcement, local service providers and community and faith- based organizations to develop comprehensive response protocols.
Objectives & Deliverables (Pg. 9) • Conduct training and public awareness activities for professionals and community members to improve their knowledge and their ability to identify and respond to victims. • Conduct data collection and action research activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives.
Objectives & Deliverables (Pg. 9) • Submission of a comprehensive final report for the entire project is required at the end of the performance period.
Purpose Area 1 – Focus Area 3
Purpose Area 1 - Focus Area 3: Comprehensive Services & Partnership with ECM Task Forces (Pg. 11) Goal: Support the provision of a comprehensive array of services to victims of sex trafficking and labor trafficking identified in geographic regions where multidisciplinary human trafficking task forces are operating.
Purpose Area 1 - Focus Area 3 (Pgs. 11-12) • For service providers working as a partner within a multidisciplinary Human Trafficking Task Force. • Must have demonstrated experience serving victims of human trafficking. • Must submit at the time of application an MOU with a law enforcement agency who is seeking funding from BJA.
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