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# Federal Funding

Agencies of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) provide a range of funding to support victim services, training and technical assistance, capacity building, and research throughout the United States and around the world.

### Current Federal Funding Opportunities

Grants.gov  is a centralized location for grant seekers to find and apply for federal funding opportunities and also provides a learning center to help users apply for grant opportunities.  Additionally, please select the following links below to learn more about available grant opportunities by agency:
        - HHS Funding Opportunity Announcements 
        - DOJ Funding Opportunity Announcements 
        - State Funding Opportunity Announcements
        - DOL Funding Opportunity Announcements 
        - USAID Funding Opportunity Announcements 

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### Maps of DOJ and HHS Grantees ****

Please select the following DOJ and HHS grantee maps to learn more about available victim services in the United States:
        - Map of DOJ OVC/BJA-Funded Human Trafficking Services and Task Forces 
        - Map of HHS Victim Assistance Grants 

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### Federal Grantmaking Agencies  ****

##### **Department of Justice**

The Department of Justice (DOJ) provides grant funding to develop, expand, and strengthen programs for victims of human trafficking throughout the United States.  Funds support comprehensive and specialized victim services, human trafficking task forces, training and technical assistance, and research.  For more information, please see the following DOJ offices:
        - Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) 
        - Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) 
        - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) 
        - Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) 
        - National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 

##### **Department of Health and Human Services**

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides grant funding to strengthen prevention, assist with victim identification, and provide services to survivors of human trafficking throughout the United States.  Funds support comprehensive victim services, prevention education and identification efforts, training and technical assistance, research, and the national human trafficking hotline.  For more information, please see the following HHS offices:
        - Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) 
        - Children’s Bureau (CB) 
        - Family Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) 
        - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
        - Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) 

##### **Department of State**

The Department of State (State) awards grants to combat human trafficking around the world.  Funds support comprehensive victim services, training and technical assistance, capacity building, and research.  For more information, please see the following State offices:
        - Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office)
        - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL)
        - Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
        - Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM)

##### **Department of Labor**

The Department of Labor (DOL) awards funding to combat human trafficking around the world.  Funds support projects to advance workers’ rights and livelihoods through technical assistance, research, and project evaluations. For more information, please see the following DOL office:
        - Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) 

##### **USAID**

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awards funding via contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants to combat human trafficking around the world. USAID’s approach follows the 4 Ps: prevention of trafficking through awareness-raising and addressing root causes; protection of victims and survivors; prosecution of traffickers by building government law enforcement capacity; and partnership building for a strengthened response.  USAID also funds training, technical assistance, and research.  For more information, please see the USAID website:
        - Countering-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) 

##### **Department of Transportation**

The Department of Transportation  (DOT) holds an annual Combating Human Trafficking in Transportation Impact Award that aims to incentivize individuals and entities to think creatively in developing innovative solutions to combat human trafficking in the transportation industry, and to share those innovations with the broader community.  DOT also awards funding to support state counter-trafficking efforts through driver’s license standards and programs, and to support transit efforts through public safety.

##### Promising Practices

The SPOG Grantmaking Committee developed **Promising Practices:  A Review of U.S. Government-Funded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Programs** to identify promising practices along the “3P” – prevention, protection, and prosecution – model that may include survivor-informed, trauma-informed, and culturally competent approaches.  In addition, a fourth “P” – for partnership – is highlighted as a complementary means to achieve progress across the 3Ps.  The Promising Practices document is a resource for federal grantmaking agencies, practitioners, and other key stakeholders to identify areas and approaches for combating trafficking that are worth testing in their own countries and communities.

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