Opportunity Information: Apply for OVC 2020 18292
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) at the U.S. Department of Justice released a FY 2020 discretionary funding opportunity focused on strengthening housing support for survivors of human trafficking through specialized training and technical assistance. The goal is not to directly fund housing units, but to build the capacity of victim service providers nationwide to understand, access, and effectively use the full range of housing options that trafficking survivors may be eligible for. This includes helping programs navigate real-world barriers survivors face and identifying practical opportunities to expand safe, stable, and appropriate housing pathways.
Under this opportunity, OVC planned to make a single cooperative agreement award, with funding up to $2,000,000 for a 36-month period of performance beginning October 1, 2020. Because the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, the award recipient would be expected to work closely with OVC, typically involving ongoing coordination, shared planning, and regular communication about deliverables and outcomes. The funding activity category aligns with income security and social services, as well as law, justice, and legal services, reflecting the cross-cutting nature of trafficking survivor support, where housing stability often intersects with safety planning, legal needs, and long-term recovery.
The selected applicant would be responsible for working directly with victim service providers that assist trafficking victims, with priority given to supporting OVC-funded human trafficking grantees. A major emphasis is helping these providers identify both challenges and solutions related to meeting survivors housing needs across the continuum, such as emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing options, and longer-term stable housing. The work is expected to address the complexities that can make housing access difficult for trafficking survivors, including safety risks, confidentiality needs, credit and rental history problems, lack of documentation, prior criminal records related to trafficking, immigration-related issues, and the need for trauma-informed and survivor-centered approaches.
A key requirement is the ability to provide assistance at a national scale and to help local programs leverage existing resources rather than reinventing them. This means guiding providers in how to connect survivors to federal, state, local, and private housing programs and initiatives they may qualify for, and helping agencies build workable partnerships that actually translate into housing placements. Applicants were expected to show credible relationships or formal partnerships with relevant housing stakeholders, which could include public housing authorities, homeless services systems, housing continuum of care networks, domestic violence and sexual assault housing providers, legal aid organizations, and other community housing partners, depending on the model proposed.
The opportunity was issued under CFDA 16.320, with the funding opportunity number OVC-2020-18292. Eligibility was listed broadly as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full solicitation. OVC scheduled a pre-application webinar for March 30, 2020, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time to walk potential applicants through the solicitation and submission expectations, with registration posted at www.ovc.gov/grants/webinars.html. Applications were due by Thursday, May 14, 2020.Apply for OVC 2020 18292
- The Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services, law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY 2020 Specialized Training and Technical Assistance on Housing for Victims of Human Trafficking" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.320.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 16, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 14, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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