PKG00294026.pdf

OMB No. 1121-0329

Approval Expires 02/28/2027

OVC FY 2026 Improving

Outcomes for Child and Youth

Victims of Human Trafficking

Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: O-OVC-2026-172695

Application Deadlines in Eastern Time (ET):

1. Complete SF-424 and Submit in Grants.gov: October 14, 2026, by 11:59 p.m. ET

2. Submit full application in JustGrants: October 21, 2026, by 8:59 p.m. ET

OVC FY 2026 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking

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Contents

1. Basic Information

2. Eligibility

3. Program Description

4. Application Contents and Format

5. Submission Requirements and Deadlines

6. Application Review information

7. Award Notices

8. Post-Award Requirements & Administration

9. Questions?

10. Appendix A

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1. BASIC INFORMATION

Purpose of the Funding

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the

U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) mission to keep our country safe and secure and uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of American citizens. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis.

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY 2026 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking. The purpose of this program is to improve outcomes for children and youth who are victims of human trafficking by integrating human trafficking policy and programming at the state or Tribal level and enhancing coordinated, multidisciplinary, and statewide approaches to all forms of trafficking as defined by 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11).

Many states and Tribes face obstacles to comprehensively respond to human trafficking involving children and youth. Minor victims of human trafficking frequently interact with various systems, including child welfare, juvenile justice, and criminal justice systems, while also receiving victim services. As these systems and stakeholders have different goals and requirements, often minor victims of human trafficking go unidentified and services for, and responses to, these victims may be uncoordinated.

Through this program, outcomes for child and youth victims of human trafficking will be improved through the development and implementation of a statewide or Tribal jurisdiction-wide strategic plan. The plan should address challenges related to identifying and serving child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking, as well as identifying, investigating, and prosecuting traffickers. Grantees will conduct their project in two phases:

• Phase 1: Development or expansion of the jurisdiction-wide strategic plan.

• Phase 2: Implementation or expansion of identified strategies and ongoing refinement of the statewide or Tribal jurisdiction-wide strategic plan and its related strategies to improve services and outcomes for minor victims of human trafficking.

Jurisdiction-wide anti-trafficking approaches may include but are not limited to—

• developing policies, practices, and guidelines;

• carrying out resource or needs assessments;

• identifying and filling gaps in victim service delivery;

• aligning efforts across multidisciplinary teams, task forces, and steering committees;

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• providing training and public awareness outreach;

• developing, adopting, and implementing victim screening and identification tools;

and

• conducting assessments of program outcomes (including evaluations).

The selected strategies may inform state and Tribal policies; strengthen communication, collaboration, and coordination across youth-serving and other state agencies; or improve local awareness, knowledge, and understanding of child and youth trafficking identification and response.

Input From Survivors of Human Trafficking

OVC encourages applicants to propose and implement ongoing engagement with individuals who have survived human trafficking to inform their programming.

Program Requirements

Applicants that receive funding under this program will be required to—

1. Comply with 22 U.S.C. § 7115, requiring award recipients under this program to have or implement privacy and confidentiality policies and procedures that conform with the requirements of 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(2). Section 12291(b)(2) specifies the confidentiality and privacy condition applicable to awards under the

Violence Against Women Act of 1994, commonly referred to as the “VAWA

Confidentiality Provision.” For the purposes of this OVC program, the phrase

“under this subchapter” in the VAWA Confidentiality Provision shall be understood as referring to “this OVC program.” Applicants that do not already have policies and procedures that comply with the VAWA Confidentiality Provision may propose to use award funds to develop these.

2. Ensure that any staff, partner staff, or service providers working with trafficking victims are licensed and trained to work with such victims.

3. Ensure that the project coordinator/program director and other relevant staff participate in any grantee orientations.

Information on Managing Human Trafficking Awards

For more information on implementation of OVC Human Trafficking awards, please consult the OVC Human Trafficking Program FAQs.

See the Eligible Applicants section for eligibility details.

Funding Details

Announcement Type Initial

Assistance Listing Number 16.320

Statutory Authority 18 U.S.C. § 3014(h)(2) and 22 U.S.C. §

7105(b)(2)

Grants.gov Opportunity Number O-OVC-2026-172695 https://ovc.ojp.gov/program/human-trafficking/ovc-human-trafficking-program-faqs

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Expected Total Amount of Funding $6,811,032

Anticipated Number of Awards 4

Award Type(s) Grant

Anticipated Award Amount Up to $1,600,000

Expected Award Period(s) 48 months starting on January 1, 2027

Key Dates and Times

NOFO Release Date August 20, 2026

SAM.gov Registration/Renewal Begin the process by September 11, 2026, and no later than September 29, 2026

Step 1: Grants.gov Deadline 11:59 p.m. ET on October 14, 2026

Step 2: JustGrants Deadline 8:59 p.m. ET on October 21, 2026

See Questions? at the end of this NOFO for agency contact information.

2. ELIGIBILITY

Eligible Applicants

The types of entities that are eligible to apply are:

Government Entities

• State governments

• Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)

Cost Sharing (Match) Requirement: This NOFO requires cost sharing (match). See

Program Description: Cost Sharing (Match) Requirement for details on the cost sharing

(match) calculation and what types of contributions are acceptable. If your application does not include the required cost sharing, it will be deemed ineligible for funding.

Limit on Number of Applications: Applicant may submit only one application under this NOFO. 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.

https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide

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Additional Eligibility Factors

This funding opportunity will support state or Tribal jurisdictions that have never received funding under this program, Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking, as well as those that have previously received funding. To be considered for FY 2026 funding, all entities that have current OVC Improving Outcomes awards with project periods that will overlap with the proposed project must clearly describe how the proposed project would differ from, or expand, their existing OVC-funded projects, including a new scope, services, cost items, or a distinct geographic scope not included in the original application.

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.

3. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Statutory Authority

18 U.S.C. § 3014(h)(2) and 22 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(2)

Agency Funding Priorities

To help meet its mission, OJP may give priority consideration to applications proposing

(as applicable within the scope of this NOFO) projects designed to advance the goals listed below:

(a) Directly supporting law enforcement operations (including immigration law enforcement operations);

(b) Combatting violent crime;

(c) Supporting services to American citizens;

(d) Protecting American children; and

(e) Supporting American victims of trafficking and sexual assault.

Note: Addressing these priorities is one of many factors that OJP considers in making funding decisions. Receiving priority consideration does not guarantee funding.

Unallowable Activities: The following are certain unallowable costs and certain activities that are out of the program scope and will not be funded.

1. Out of program scope is any program or activity, at any tier that, directly or indirectly, violates (or promotes or facilitates the violation of) federal immigration law (including 8 U.S.C. § 1373) or impedes or hinders the enforcement of federal immigration law—including by failing to comply with 8 U.S.C. § 1373, give access to DHS agents, or honor DHS requests and provide requested notice to DHS agents.

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2. Out of program scope is any program or activity, at any tier that violates any applicable Federal civil rights or nondiscrimination law. This includes violations that (1) indirectly violate the law, including by promoting or facilitating violations; or (2) unlawfully favor individuals in any race or protected group, including on a majority or minority, or privileged or unprivileged, basis, within a given area, population, or sector.

3. As specified in the DOJ Grants Financial Guide, in Chapter 3.13

“Unallowable Costs” (“Legal Services for Aliens”), any obligations of funds, at any tier, under this award to provide (or to support the provision of) legal services to any removable alien or any alien otherwise unlawfully present in the United States shall be unallowable costs for purposes any award made under this notice, but the foregoing shall not be understood to apply:

(1) to legal services to obtain protection orders for victims of crime; or (2) to immigration-related legal services that may be expressly authorized or required by any law, or any judicial ruling, governing or applicable to the award.

Goals and Objectives of This Funding Opportunity

Goal 1: Improve responses for child and youth victims of trafficking with a focus on building collaboration at the statewide or Tribal jurisdiction-wide level to create improvements across systems.

• Objective 1: Develop and implement a jurisdiction-wide strategy to combat the greatest challenge areas in child and youth sex and labor trafficking within the state or Tribe.

• Objective 2: Develop or enhance protocols, procedures, and state- and Tribal-specific strategies to address child and youth sex and labor trafficking.

• Objective 3: Fill gaps in existing services and coordinate responses in existing anti-trafficking and youth-serving efforts, including those related to victim assistance, law enforcement, child welfare, runaway and homeless youth, and juvenile justice, among others.

For a description of how awards under this NOFO will contribute to achieving these goals and objectives, see the Performance Reports section below.

Expected Outcomes

OJP expects recipients to submit deliverables and performance reports, as described below. Read the Application Resource Guide for more information. OJP will measure success by reviewing a recipient’s submission of performance reports and data and the extent to which project implementation reflects progress toward the goals and objectives of this NOFO.

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Deliverables

Recipients will be expected to submit the following:

• Documentation demonstrating the establishment or expansion of a network of new and existing partners and stakeholders who will provide support in identifying the state or Tribal jurisdiction’s greatest barriers to identifying and serving child and youth victims.

• A collaboration and/or communication plan for new and existing partners throughout the program period. Plans should describe the strategies and products developed under this award.

• A written strategic plan. Updated strategic plans to be submitted to OVC upon request.

• Written reports to OVC, to include semi-annual reports and a final report to

OVC at the conclusion of the project period.

Performance Reports

OJP requires recipients to submit regular performance reports that communicate progress toward achieving Program Goals and Objectives. Read information on performance reporting. Award recipients will receive further guidance on post-award reporting requirements.

Cost Sharing (Match) Requirements

This funding opportunity requires cost sharing (match) from the award recipient. Read the DOJ Grants Financial Guide for additional definitions and requirements of cost sharing (match), including the allowable sources of both in-kind and cash cost sharing.

Recipients must satisfy this cost sharing (match) requirement with cash and/or in-kind contributions.

Explanation of the Calculation

This funding opportunity requires a 25-percent match based on the total project costs.

Federal funds awarded may not cover more than 75 percent, and you must cover at least 25 percent of the total project costs.

Read the Application Resource Guide for steps on calculating the amount of match based on your budget.

4. APPLICATION CONTENTS AND FORMAT

Application Contents List

OJP will only consider applications that contain all required parts, which are marked

*Required* below. Refer to the DOJ Grant Application Submission Checklist for application instructions.

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Application Item Submission Type

Step 1: Grants.gov

Application for Federal Assistance: SF-424 *Required* Online Form

Step 2: JustGrants

Standard Applicant Information *Required* Online Form

Proposal Abstract Text Box

Data Requested with Application

• Financial Management and System of Internal

Controls Questionnaire (including Applicant

Disclosure of High-Risk Status)

• Agency Funding Priorities Inventory

Online Form

Proposal Narrative *Required* Attachment

Budget *Required* Online Form

Other Budget/Financial Attachments

• Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (if applicable)

• Consultant Rate (if applicable)

• Limitation on Use of Award Funds for Employee

Compensation for Awards Over $250,000; Waiver (if applicable)

• Disclosure of Process Related to Executive

Compensation (if applicable)

Attachment

Letter of Intent and Memorandum of Understanding Attachment

Additional Application Components

• Tribal Authorizing Resolution (if applicable)

• Curriculum Vitae or Resumes

• Timeline

• Logic Model *Required*

Attachment

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In addition to the items marked *Required* in the table above, the following are considered basic minimum requirement elements that are considered in the responsiveness review:

• The application is submitted by an eligible applicant.

• The requested award amount does not exceed the award ceiling.

• The proposed budget includes in-kind or cash match.

• The application is responsive to the scope of the NOFO.

Standard Applicant Information *Required*

Review and edit as needed the information imported from the SF-424 submitted in

Grants.gov. Add ZIP codes for areas affected by the project.

Proposal Abstract

In JustGrants, enter a proposal abstract (limited to 2,000 characters) summarizing the proposed project. As abstracts for funded projects are public, do not include any personally identifying information (e.g., staff names). The abstract should include the following information:

• The name of the applicant’s proposed project.

• The purpose of the proposed project (i.e., what the project will do and why it is necessary).

• Where the project will take place (i.e., the service area, if applicable).

• Who will be served by the project (i.e., who will be helped or have their needs addressed by the project).

• What activities will be carried out to complete the project.

• The subrecipient(s)/partner organizations or entities, if known.

• Deliverables and expected outcomes (i.e., what the project will achieve).

View an example of a proposal abstract.

Data Requested with Application

Financial Management and System of Internal Controls Questionnaire

(including Applicant Disclosure of High-Risk Status)

Review information on this questionnaire.

Agency Funding Priorities Inventory

Applicants seeking priority consideration under the Agency Funding Priorities section should answer the inventory questions in their entirety in the web-based form in

JustGrants.

Proposal Narrative *Required*

Format of the Proposal Narrative

Submit the narrative as an attachment in JustGrants. The document should:

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• Have no less than 1-inch margins

• Have numbered pages

• Not exceed 8 pages

Tables, charts, and graphs may be included in the Proposal Narrative and can be created in a legible font smaller than 12-point. These items will count toward the page limit.

If the Proposal Narrative does not follow this format, OJP may reduce score/ranking of the application.

Sections of the Proposal Narrative

The Proposal Narrative must include the four sections listed below. If you want priority consideration, the Proposal Narrative must state which priority(ies) your project will advance and describe how it will do so.

1. Description of the Need (5% of application score): What critical issue or problem do you propose to address with this project? Please include:

• A brief explanation of the need, gap, or issue to be addressed by the proposed project. Describe any previous or current attempts, within the agency or across the jurisdiction, to implement jurisdiction-wide strategies to improve the outcomes for victims of child and youth trafficking. The applicant should provide information on the agencies involved, the status of these attempts, the applicant’s involvement in these plans, and whether these were federally funded by OVC or the Department of Health and

Human Services’ Office on Trafficking in Persons.

• Supporting information, data, or evidence to demonstrate the need’s existence, size, and impact on the target population and community.

• How the need relates to the purpose of the NOFO.

• A description of the applicant’s history of partnership with key stakeholders in their jurisdiction (who and what projects), and which agencies, systems, sectors, and communities they plan on engaging in this process.

2. Project Goals and Objectives (15% of application score): How will the proposed project address the need identified and address the purpose of the

NOFO? Please include:

• Project goals (goals are broad, visionary statements on what you hope to accomplish). Document how the project will support the development of a statewide or Tribal-wide strategic planning process and how the strategies implemented will be linked to identifying, investigating, or assisting child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking and ultimately improve outcomes for child and youth trafficking victims throughout the state or

Tribe.

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• Project objectives (objectives are specific outcomes you plan to achieve through project activities).

• How your project goals and objectives relate to the goals and objectives of the funding opportunity.

• How the proposed project will enhance the jurisdiction’s response to labor trafficking.

3. Project Design and Implementation (35% of application score): How will you implement project activities that meet the project goals and objectives?

Please include:

• What activities you will conduct to achieve the proposed goals and objectives.

• How you will deliver or complete those activities. Describe how the proposed program will coordinate with existing anti-trafficking efforts, including any anti-trafficking task forces or multidisciplinary response teams that may be operating within their jurisdiction.

• When the activities will take place. Be sure to describe the two phases of the project: Phase 1 and Phase 2.

• Who in your organization will staff the activities, including key staff. Identify a lead state or Tribal government agency and a main point of contact within the lead agency to coordinate the effort. At a minimum, one full-time employee (FTE) should serve as a coordinator/manager/director for the project. If the person designated as the one FTE is not staff of the lead agency, explain how they have the buy-in, support, and the ability to convene jurisdiction-wide stakeholders, and how the lead agency will support the sustainability of the process and the project.

• What are the roles and responsibilities of the lead agency and the partner agencies and/or entities committed to the effort. Note: The lead agency should have partners and letters of intent (LOIs) and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the necessary partners/agencies needed to do this work.

• Who will participate in and benefit from the activity. Describe how the perspective and input of human trafficking survivors have been or will be incorporated into the project design and implementation.

• What deliverables, reports, and other items will be produced as part of the project.

• If you plan to use subrecipients to help conduct the project, please name them (if they are known) or describe how you will identify them. Please describe their role in conducting project activities.

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4. Capabilities and Competencies (30% of application score): What administrative and technical capacity and expertise do you bring to successfully complete this project? Please include:

• A short description of your capacity to deliver the proposed project and meet the post-award requirements, if funded, including collecting and reporting the required performance measure data and managing the administrative and financial aspects of the award.

• A description of who will be responsible for these tasks, and how they will collect the data.

• A description of multiagency projects or activities you have conducted, or are currently conducting, that demonstrate your ability to undertake the proposed project activities. The lead agency must demonstrate that it has the expertise and organizational capacity to successfully undertake a jurisdiction-wide initiative that involves significant collaboration with other agencies and that it has partners supporting and committed to engage in the effort.

• A summary of relevant experience of team members with key responsibilities for implementing the project, including the capacity and expertise of lead and proposed project partners to respond to all types of human trafficking. Be sure to include the qualifications that enable them to facilitate a jurisdiction-wide strategic planning and convening at the state level. Indicate how the coordinator, manager, or director will be empowered to lead and manage the project.

Project Evaluations: An applicant that proposes to use award funds to conduct project evaluations must follow the guidance on project evaluations.

Budget and Associated Documentation

Budget (15% of application score) *Required*

Use the Budget Detail Worksheet (Web-Based Form) to submit the budget. Read information on budget preparation and JustGrants Application Submission Training.

• List each cost needed to implement the project under the appropriate cost category.

• Clearly name and describe each cost.

• Show the computation of each cost (e.g., cost per unit, number of units, and total cost).

• Enter narrative, as needed, to explain the cost calculations and connection to your project goals, objectives, and activities.

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• Include only costs that are reasonable, allocable, and necessary to implement the project. They must be allowable under the funding statute and agency requirements.1

The following information specific to this funding opportunity will help you develop your project budget:

• OVC permits applicants proposing to implement victim services programs to allot a portion of their budget for assessment or evaluations activities.

• All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

• Funding Restrictions: The following activities cannot be supported with grant funds.

o Holding Beds: Grantees may not “hold beds” in a housing facility by charging their cost to the grant and keeping them empty until a victim needs the bed when other victims need access to the beds, as this would be considered an unallowable contingency payment (see 2 C.F.R. §

200.433 (c)).

o Stipends/Incentives to Participate in Services: Neither cash nor non-cash stipends or incentives may be paid to victims to encourage their participation in services. Noncash stipends (e.g., taxi or ride share vouchers, public transportation tickets or tokens, childcare services, or gift cards for meals that are necessary when participants receive services) are allowable.

o Savings Accounts for Victims: Federal funds cannot be invested in savings accounts for victims.

o Cash Assistance: Grantees may not provide direct cash assistance to victims of human trafficking. Limited and controlled use of gift cards to meet the urgent and short-term needs of victims of human trafficking is allowable.

o Purchase of vehicles.

o Primary Prevention Activities: Per 22 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(2), the purpose of this funding is to support victim service programs; therefore, applicants should not propose primary prevention activities under this program.

o Promotion of Prostitution: Per 22 U.S.C. § 7110(g), the following statutory language applies to all awards under this NOFO:

▪ Restriction on programs: No funds made available to carry out this chapter, or any amendment made by this chapter, may be used to promote, support, or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to preclude assistance designed to promote the purposes of this

1 See 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Subpart E and the DOJ Grants Financial Guide. Read information on unallowable costs that apply to all funding opportunities.

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Act by ameliorating the suffering of, or health risks to, victims while they are being trafficked or after they are out of the situation that resulted from such victims being trafficked.

▪ Restriction on organizations: No funds made available to carry out this chapter, or any amendment made by this chapter, may be used to implement any program that targets victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons described in section 7102(11) of this title through any organization that has not stated in either a grant application, a grant agreement, or both that it does not promote, support, or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution. The preceding sentence shall not apply to organizations that provide services to individuals solely after they are no longer engaged in activities that resulted from such victims being trafficked.

Pursuant to the statute above, OVC requires grantees under this program to agree to the following award condition: Recipient certifies that it does not promote, support, or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution, nor will it use grant funds or program match funds to promote, support, or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution.

Budget/Financial Attachments

• Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (if applicable): If the budget includes indirect costs calculated using a current, federally approved indirect cost rate, upload your indirect cost rate agreement. Read information about indirect costs.

• Consultant Rate (if applicable): Read information on limits to consultant rates and whether you need to request approval to exceed those limits.

• Limitation on Use of Award Funds for Employee Compensation for Awards

Over $250,000; Waiver (if applicable): Read information on this limitation and to determine whether you need to submit a waiver.

• Disclosure of Process Related to Executive Compensation (if applicable):

An applicant that is a nonprofit organization may be required to make certain disclosures relating to the processes it uses to determine the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees. Read information about this disclosure and documentation to upload.

Letter of Intent (LOI) and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

For each named partner involved in the project (whether as a subrecipient that will receive federal funds to carry out part of the federal award, or otherwise), applicants should include a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or a letter of intent (LOI) that confirms the partner’s agreement to support the project through commitments of staff time, space, services, or other project needs. These documents demonstrate the commitment of partner organizations to participate in the project. An MOU is a https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#indirect-cost https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#consultant-rate-if-applicable https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#limitation-use-award https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#disclosure-process-executive

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Each MOU or LOI should include the following:

• Names of the organizations involved in the agreement.

• What service(s) and other work will be performed under the agreement and by what organization.

• Duration of the agreement.

MOUs and LOIs should be submitted as one separate attachment to the application.

Unsigned draft MOUs may be submitted with the application, but the applicant should describe in a cover page to the attachment why it is unsigned.

Additional Application Components

Attach these in JustGrants:

• Tribal Authorizing Resolution (if applicable): Read information on whether you may need to submit a Tribal Authorizing Resolution.

• Curriculum Vitae or Resumes: Provide resumes of key personnel who will work on the proposed project or a description of the experience and skills of key personnel necessary to implement the project.

• Timeline: Provide a timeline listing key activities and milestones, and the quarters during which they will take place.

• Logic Model *Required*: Applicants must include a logic model with the application as a separate attachment that graphically illustrates how the project’s goals, objectives, and activities will work together to develop a jurisdiction-wide strategic plan and then implement its approaches. The logic model must include anticipated short- and long-term outcomes.

Disclosures and Assurances

Read the disclosures and assurances and complete them in JustGrants:

• Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

• Disclosure of Duplication in Cost Items (if applicable)

• DOJ Certified Standard Assurances

• DOJ Certifications

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5. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINES

The DOJ Grant Application Submission Checklist provides instructions for how to submit your application by the deadlines. Executive Order (E.O.) 12372 (Intergovernmental

Review of Federal Programs) does not apply to this funding opportunity: read the

Application Resource Guide for details. Read OJP’s policy for applicants to request late submission due to technical difficulties, severe weather, or natural or manmade disasters.

6. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION

The Application Resource Guide explains the responsiveness review, review criteria, and review and selection process, including risk review, and deciding official. Refer to the Application Contents List for all required application components and other basic minimum requirement elements that are considered in the responsiveness review. The

Proposal Narrative and Budget sections of this NOFO indicates the weight of peer review criteria.

7. AWARD NOTICES

Read about the award notification process.

8. POST-AWARD REQUIREMENTS & ADMINISTRATION

Read the Application Resource Guide for more information about: standard award terms and conditions, administrative and national policy requirements, and post-award reporting requirements.

9. QUESTIONS?

NOFO Contact

Name: OJP Response Center

Phone: 800-851-3420 or 202-353-5556 (TTY for hearing-impaired callers only)

Email: OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

Hours: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET, Monday–Friday

SAM.gov Help Desk

Website: sam.gov/help

Hours: 8 a.m.–8 p.m. ET, Monday–Friday (closed federal holidays)

Grants.gov Help Desk

Phone: 800-518-4726

Email: support@grants.gov

Website: grants.gov/support

Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (closed federal holidays) https://justicegrants.usdoj.gov/training/checklist-application-submission https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12372.html https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#guidance-for-specific-sf-424-fields https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#experiencing-unforeseen-technical-issues https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#experiencing-unforeseen-technical-issues https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#application-review-for-competitive-funding https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#federal-award-notices https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#general-information mailto:OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov https://sam.gov/help mailto:support@grants.gov https://www.grants.gov/support

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JustGrants Help Desk

Phone: 833-872-5175

Email: JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov

Hours: 7:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. ET, Monday–Friday and 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays.

mailto:JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov

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Appendix A: Examples of Generally Statutorily Allowable Uses of Funds

Type of Service Service Provision Terms

Information and Referral ▪ Information about the criminal justice process

▪ Information about victims’ rights, how to obtain notifications, etc.

▪ Referral to other victim service programs

▪ Referral to other services, support, and resources

▪ Information about substance use disorder treatment and support

▪ Referral to substance use disorder treatment and support

Personal Advocacy/Accompaniment ▪ Victim advocacy/accompaniment to emergency medical care or forensic exam

▪ Law enforcement interview advocacy/accompaniment

▪ Individual advocacy (e.g., assistance in applying for public benefits or other low-cost alternatives)

▪ Performance of medical or nonmedical forensic exam or interview, or medical evidence collection

▪ Intervention with employer, creditor, landlord, or academic institution

▪ Child or dependent care assistance

▪ Transportation assistance

▪ Interpreter services

▪ Family reunification

Emotional Support, Safety, and

Health Services

▪ Crisis intervention

▪ Hotline/Crisis line counseling

▪ On-scene crisis response

▪ Individual therapy/mental health services

▪ Dental services

▪ Support groups

▪ Emergency financial assistance

▪ Provision of emergency medical care

▪ Provision of long-term, non-therapeutic medical care (with the prior approval of OVC)

▪ Substance use disorder services

▪ Protection/Safety planning

▪ Case management

Shelter/Housing Services ▪ Emergency shelter or placement

▪ Transitional housing

▪ Relocation assistance

▪ Rapid rehousing

▪ Rental assistance

▪ Host homes

▪ Other shelter/housing

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Criminal/Civil Justice

System Assistance

▪ Notification of criminal justice events

▪ Victim impact statement assistance

▪ Assistance with restitution

▪ Civil legal assistance

▪ Legal services (but only to the extent allowed under the

DOJ Grants Financial Guide, Section 3.13 “Unallowable

Costs” (“Legal Services for Aliens”))

▪ Law enforcement or prosecution interview advocacy/accompaniment

▪ Repatriation

▪ Public benefits law

▪ Criminal record relief (for a non-violent crime that is a direct result of being a trafficking victim)

▪ Victim’s rights representation

Education/Employment/Skill

Building

▪ Education

▪ Job/Vocational training

▪ Job readiness

▪ Skill building (i.e., life skills)

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