OVC FY 15 Training and Technical Assistance on Comprehensive Legal Services for Human Trafficking Victims

The summary for the OVC FY 15 Training and Technical Assistance on Comprehensive Legal Services for Human Trafficking Victims grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Office for Victims of Crime, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

OVC FY 15 Training and Technical Assistance on Comprehensive Legal Services for Human Trafficking Victims: OVC will make up to two awards of up to $500,000 to expand access to comprehensive legal services for victims of human trafficking through training and technical assistance. Trafficking victims face an array of legal challenges including: immigration, family law, employment law, victims’ rights enforcement, civil actions, criminal restitution, and criminal records expungement/vacatur. Access to trained legal counsel assists victims in increasing their safety, financial security, independence, and self-sufficiency. Through TTA, this program seeks to expand the capacity of the existing legal services network to meet these critical needs. Those applying are urged to begin in advance of the June 18, 2015 deadline.

Federal Grant Title:	OVC FY 15 Training and Technical Assistance on Comprehensive Legal Services for Human Trafficking Victims
Federal Agency Name:	Office for Victims of Crime
Grant Categories:	Income Security and Social Services Law Justice and Legal Services
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	OVC-2015-4230
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	16.320
CFDA Descriptions:	Services for Trafficking Victims
Current Application Deadline:	Jun 18, 2015
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 18, 2015
Posted Date:	Apr 17, 2015
Creation Date:	Apr 17, 2015
Archive Date:	Jul 18, 2015
Total Program Funding:	$1,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	2
Cost Sharing or Matching:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: By statute, grants under this program may be awarded to states, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, units of local government, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations (including tribal nonprofit and nongovernment organizations). For the purposes of this program, a unit of local government is any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a state, territory, or federally recognized Indian tribal government.
OVC welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients.The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire project. Applicants may submit more than one application, and may be included as subrecipients in multiple proposals.
OVC may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.
For additional eligibility information, see Section C. Eligibility Information.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: OVC Funding Opportunity
Grant Announcement Contact: For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Laura Ivkovich, Policy Analyst, by telephone at 202-616-3576.
OVC Policy Analyst

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