FY 22 PEMS Guidelines for Submitting TIP Office SOIs.pdf

Office to Monitor and Combat

Trafficking in Persons

Guidelines for Submitting TIP Office Statements of Interest

(SOI)

February 8, 2022

Purpose of Guidelines

These guidelines are intended to support organizations in preparing proposed project documents for consideration for funding by the Office to Monitor and

Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office). Applicants should review the funding opportunity, required application templates, and the following guidance on preparing applications. To be considered under this funding announcement, applications must include the following documents in the required templates available in SAMS Domestic:

• Online Forms – Standard Form (SF) 424

• Project Narrative (applicants must type within the template’s grey box)

Applicants are not permitted to submit additional documents. Any additional documents submitted will result in the failure of the technical review process and applications that submitted additional documents will not be reviewed.

Online Form: Standard Form (SF) 424

There is one mandatory application form that must be completed through SAMS

Domestic. This form is the SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance).

When completing the SF-424, please use the below guidance to fill in all fields except where noted as “Leave Blank”.

1. Type of Submission: Application

2. Type of Application: New

3. Date Received: This will be assigned automatically.

4. Applicant Identifier: Leave blank.

5a. Federal Entity Identifier: Leave blank.

5b. Federal Award Identifier: Leave blank.

6. Date Received by State: Leave blank. This will be assigned automatically.

7. State Application Identified: Leave blank. This will be assigned automatically.

8a. Enter the legal name of the applicant organization. Do NOT list abbreviations or acronyms unless they are part of the organization’s legal name.

8b. Employer/Taxpayer ID Number: Non-U.S. organizations enter 44-

4444444

8c. Enter organizational Unique Entity Identifier number (UEI).

Organizations can request a UEI number at: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform.

Enter “0000000000” for organizations that do not yet have a UEI number.

http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform

8d. Enter the headquarters address of the applicant

8e. Enter the name of the primary organizational unit (and department or division) that will undertake the assistance activity as applicable.

8f. Enter the name, title, and all contact information of the person to be contacted on matters involving this application.

9. Select an applicant type (type of organization)

10. Enter: Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

11. Enter: 19.019. This should be automatically entered.

12. Enter the Funding Opportunity Number and title. This number will already be entered on electronic applications.

13. Enter the Competition Identification Number and title. This number will already be entered on electronic applications.

14. Areas Affected by Project: Enter country or region.

15. Enter the title of proposed project: Enter project title.

16a. Congressional District of Applicant: Applicants based in the U.S. should enter congressional district. Foreign applicants should enter “90.”

16b. Congressional District of Program/Project: All applicants should enter

“90.”

17. Enter start date October 1, 2022 and projected end date.

18a. Enter the amount requested for the project described in the full proposal under “Federal.”

18b. Enter any cost-share under “Applicant.” If not proposing cost-share, enter zeros.

19. Select “c.” Program is not covered by E.O 12372.”

20. Select the appropriate box. If the answer is “yes” to this question, provide an explanation.

21. Enter the name, title, and all contact information of the individual authorized to sign for the application on behalf of the applicant organization.

Key Information and Project Narrative

Applicants are required to use the project narrative template on SAMS-Domestic and must type within the template’s grey box.

The project narrative must list the following key information at the beginning of the narrative:

• J/TIP Programming Priority Category

• Country or countries that the project will benefit

• Project Title

• Name of applicant organization

• Name and email address of point of contact for the application (this should be the same contact that is listed on the SF-424 in 8f).

• Funding amount requested in U.S. dollars. If applicant includes a cost share it should also be in U.S. dollars. No other figures are requested at this time.

• Project duration in months.

The remaining area of this section will make up the foundation of the project narrative. The template automatically complies with the character limit (not longer than three (3) pages and black-colored ink, not smaller than 12-point, Times New

Roman font).

1) Problem: Describe how your organization understands the programming priority(ies) and issue(s) it has chosen to address as they exist within the chosen locale(s) and justify why addressing this would be transformational.

Describe the problem(s) the project will address and briefly summarize existing efforts to address it. As appropriate, briefly describe contextual and/or local conditions contributing to the problem(s).

2) Project Description: Describe how your organization will address the problem(s) stated above and provide a justification or rationale for your organization’s plans. Describe the link between the problem and how your project will address it. Explain how the project’s rationale and link to the problem is transformational, with potential for systemic and sustainable results. Describe the population as well as stakeholders you intend to work with and how it will compliment or fill gaps with existing interventions.

Briefly explain how the project will meaningfully engage with individuals with lived experiences in human trafficking during development and implementation, and within the research, and monitoring and evaluation of all projects.

3) Prevalence Reduction: Describe how your project will achieve a measurable reduction of the prevalence of human trafficking in the chosen issue(s) and/or locale(s). Applicants must explain how they will measurably reduce prevalence by establishing quantitative prevalence estimates at the beginning and end of the project. Under some circumstances the use of outcome indicators (aka proxy indicators) will be considered instead of a direct estimation of the prevalence of victims of human trafficking, provided there is a strong justification, and the link is grounded in empirical evidence.

4) Organizational Capacity and Partnerships: Describe the capacities and qualifications that enable your organization to address the problem(s) stated above in the proposed location(s). Briefly describe your organization’s existing partners or ability to develop future partnerships with governments, academia, civil society, the private sector, other funders, and international organizations to advance the goals of the proposed project and improve collaboration on the reduction of the prevalence of human trafficking.

Please also describe any demonstrable experience in administering projects of similar size and scope, and experience administering projects within similar or related subject matter areas.