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OVC FY 2026 Specialized Human Trafficking Assistance: Task Forces and Legal Services

Agency: Office for Victims of Crime

Assistance Listings: 16.320 -- Services for Trafficking Victims

Last Updated: October 6, 2026

Description

This opportunity will assist OVC-funded multidisciplinary anti-trafficking task forces and teams (MDTs) and legal service providers by offering specialized training to ensure successful outcomes for victims of human trafficking, as defined by 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11). Applicants should propose approaches that strengthen Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) task forces, MDTs, and legal service providers’ capacity to identify and serve victims, conduct victim-centered investigations, and successfully prosecute traffickers.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Education

  • Public and state institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education

Business

  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses
  • Small businesses

Additional information

Limit on Number of Applications: If a project will be carried out by two or more entities (project partners), only one entity may submit the application. The other entities (project partners) must be proposed as subrecipients rather than co-applicants. An entity may be proposed as a subrecipient in more than one application. For additional information regarding subawards, see the Application Resource Guide. Nonprofit organizations that hold money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in 26 U.S.C. § 511(a) are not eligible to apply.

Grantor contact information

Description

For assistance with the requirements of this funding opportunity, contact AskOVC@usdoj.gov AskOVC@usdoj.gov

Email

OVC Response Assitance

AskOVC@usdoj.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

Funding Opportunity

Closing: December 1, 2026

Application process

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Award

$5,000,000

Program Funding

2

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$3,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

O-OVC-2026-172790

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Income security and social services

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Posted date:

October 6, 2026

Archive date:

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