FY 2019 SOI Template.doc

U.S. Department of State

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, International Programs

FY 2019 Funding Opportunity, Statement of Interest (SOI)

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GLOBAL

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Project Duration

Select the FY 2019 TIP Office programming objective(s) that the project intends to meet.

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Raise awareness and provide educational information on human trafficking issues and risk factors to a target population, e.g. first responders, medical professionals, teachers, etc. Awareness-raising mechanisms include – but are not limited to – television or radio broadcasts, magazine or newspaper articles, billboards, posters, social media posts, print materials, and/or performances.

Increase the number of systematized, victim-centered human trafficking investigations and prosecutions by members of law enforcement and prosecutors.

Improve comprehensive services for identified victims of trafficking through the provision of shelter, healthcare, counseling, legal assistance, repatriation, reintegration, and/or education services that lead to victims’ achievement of sustainable livelihoods and/or community and family resilience.

Build effective human trafficking data collection systems, analytics, and reporting mechanisms to track and share information relevant to human trafficking and train stakeholders on existing collection methods. Mechanisms include – but are not limited to– databases containing information on identified victims of trafficking, potential victims of trafficking, cases, and/or potential human trafficking perpetrators.

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Develop new and/or strengthen existing policies, laws, agreements, or mechanisms related to human trafficking that are enforceable by a governing body at the international, national, provincial, and/or local level. This may include – but is not limited to – the development of a National Referral Mechanism to provide a structured framework of outlined procedures for the identification and support of victims of trafficking, the creation of a human trafficking task force, and/or the creation of a National Action Plan.

Create results-driven community, subnational, national, and regional networks empowered to combat human trafficking. Examples include – but are not limited to – the creation of community watch groups, human trafficking survivor networks, and multi-stakeholder initiatives to combat trafficking.

Use the provided area below for the Statement of Interest (SOI) narrative. Please note, SOIs should be no more than 9,000 characters including spaces, which is roughly 3 pages.