BJA FY 11 Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking

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	Federal Grant Title:	BJA FY 11 Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking
	CFDA Number:	16.320
	CFDA Description:	Services for Trafficking Victims
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Assistance
	Category of Funding Activity:	Law Justice and Legal Services
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	BJA-2011-2873
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 16, 2011
	Creation Date:	Mar 16, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 12, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 12, 2011
	Archive Date:	Jun 11, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	10
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants are limited to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and nonprofit victim service organizations with a demonstrated established relationship and capacity to successfully partner among themselves and key stakeholders to support an enhanced approach to identifying, rescuing, and assisting victims of all forms of human trafficking. Applicants will only be eligible to apply if their application is made in conjunction with an application from a law enforcement agency or a victim service organization. Recipients of awards under this solicitation must be located in the community, jurisdiction, or geographic area specified in the application. Grantees currently receiving human trafficking funding from BJA or OVC are eligible to apply for this funding. (See "Eligibility," page 4, for further information.)
Grant Description: Through this solicitation, BJA and OVC seek to update the DOJ multidisciplinary anti-human trafficking task force model for contemporary relevance and incorporate lessons learned into a new model: the Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking. This FY 2011 program will fund Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force sites that take a comprehensive approach to combating all forms of trafficking sex trafficking and labor trafficking of foreign nationals and U.S. citizens (male and female, adults and minors). Cooperative agreements of up to $500,000 are expected to be awarded. Awards will be made by BJA to support law enforcement agencies to coordinate the goals, objectives, and activities of the entire task force in close collaboration with the local U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) and victim service provider partner. Awards will be made by OVC to support a victim service organization to coordinate the provision of a comprehensive array of culturally and linguistically appropriate services to all trafficking victims identified within the geographic area impacted by the task force. (See "Program-Specific Information," page 5 for more details about the goals and objectives of the new task forces.)
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bja/grant/11bjaovc_humantraffickingsol.pdf
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Similar Government Grants: • OVC FY 2011 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking; • OVC FY 10 Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking; • OVC FY 09 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking; • OVC FY09 Services for Domestic Minor Victims of Human Trafficking; • OVC FY 06 Trafficking Task Forces and Victim Services; • FY 2005 BJA /OVC Joint Call for Human Trafficking Concept Papers; • FY 2004 BJA Law Enforcement Response to Human Trafficking; • FY 2004 OVW Comprehensive Services for Trafficking Victims