OVC FY24 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking | O OVC 2024 172001

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The OVC FY24 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking grant is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). It is designed to help communities build, strengthen, and expand multidisciplinary task forces that use a collaborative model to combat human trafficking and better support victims. The solicitation anchors its definition of human trafficking to federal law (22 U.S.C. 7102(11)), which generally covers sex trafficking and labor trafficking as severe forms of trafficking in persons. The central idea behind the ECM approach is that trafficking cannot be addressed well by a single agency working alone; instead, effective responses require coordinated partnerships that bring together victim services, law enforcement, and other key systems so that identification, protection, service delivery, and accountability efforts reinforce each other rather than operate in silos.

Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, which typically means OVC expects to have a more active role than in a standard grant. In practice, cooperative agreements often involve substantial federal involvement such as ongoing collaboration, required participation in training and technical assistance, structured reporting, and alignment with OVC-supported strategies and frameworks. The program sits within the Funding Activity Category of Income Security and Social Services, reflecting a strong emphasis on victim-centered support and stabilization needs in addition to enforcement or investigation outcomes.

The opportunity number is O-OVC-2024-172001 and the applicable CFDA (now commonly referred to as ALN) number is 16.320. The solicitation was created on February 28, 2024, and the original application closing date was April 24, 2024. OVC anticipated making about 20 awards under this program, and the award ceiling is $1,000,000 per award. While the ceiling shows the maximum possible award size, actual award amounts typically vary depending on project scope, demonstrated need, geographic coverage, and the strength of the proposed collaboration and implementation plan.

Eligible applicants are broad and include state governments; county governments; city or township governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). This eligibility structure reflects the reality that trafficking task forces may be housed in different places depending on local governance and existing anti-trafficking infrastructure. A local government might lead a regional coordination effort, a state agency might manage a statewide model, a tribe might structure a response tailored to tribal jurisdiction and community needs, or a nonprofit might serve as the central convener of victim services and multidisciplinary coordination.

At a program level, the ECM task force concept typically focuses on building a formal partnership with shared goals, clear roles, and coordinated workflows across disciplines. A strong task force model usually includes victim service providers (including trauma-informed, culturally specific, and linguistically appropriate services), law enforcement partners, prosecutors, and other systems that trafficking victims commonly encounter such as healthcare, child welfare, labor agencies, housing providers, immigration legal services, and community-based organizations. The intent is to improve victim identification and referrals, reduce barriers to services, increase victim safety and stabilization, and support investigations and prosecutions in ways that do not retraumatize victims. The model generally emphasizes survivor-informed practices, confidentiality, and coordinated case response so that victims are not forced to repeat their story unnecessarily and so that services are not conditioned on participation in the criminal legal process.

In short, this OVC solicitation provides up to $1 million per award to support the development or expansion of collaborative anti-trafficking task forces that integrate victim services and system responses. By funding multidisciplinary partnerships under a cooperative agreement structure, OVC aims to strengthen coordinated community capacity to respond to both labor and sex trafficking, improve outcomes for victims, and enhance the effectiveness and consistency of local and regional anti-trafficking efforts.

• The Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY24 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat 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 2024-02-28.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-04-24. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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