Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVC 2023 171709

The OVC FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), under the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). It is designed to strengthen the national response to human trafficking by funding a single organization to deliver training and technical assistance that helps communities build, improve, and expand multidisciplinary task forces. The central idea is to increase a community's capacity to identify trafficking, engage victims safely, connect them to services, and support outcomes rooted in justice, access, and long-term empowerment, while operating in a victim-centered and trauma-informed manner.

This program is framed within OJP's broader priorities of advancing civil rights and racial equity, increasing access to justice, supporting crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, strengthening public safety, and building trust between law enforcement and communities. In practice, that means the TTA provider is expected to help task forces and partner agencies adopt approaches that are equitable, culturally responsive, and designed to reduce barriers to services. It also signals an expectation that the support provided will help collaborations operate in ways that protect victims, minimize retraumatization, and meaningfully include community-based expertise alongside criminal justice partners.

The award is offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement in the project. Rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back, OVC generally plays an active role in shaping deliverables, monitoring progress, and coordinating on implementation. The funding activity category is listed as Income Security and Social Services, and the relevant CFDA (now often referred to as ALN) number is 16.320, which aligns with OVC victim services programming.

The solicitation anticipates one award, with an award ceiling of $3,000,000. This structure strongly suggests the intent is to select one national or near-national TTA provider (or a lead applicant with partners) capable of supporting many jurisdictions, building standardized tools and guidance, and offering scalable training and consultation. Because the goal is to develop and expand collaborative task forces, the funded organization would generally be expected to provide practical, field-tested assistance that helps communities formalize partnerships, strengthen protocols, clarify roles, improve victim identification and referral pathways, and align investigative and service responses around victim safety and choice.

Eligible applicants are broad and include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and small businesses. This wide eligibility reflects the reality that high-quality TTA can come from universities, specialized nonprofits, technical assistance firms, or other organizations with strong subject matter expertise in trafficking response, victim services, and multidisciplinary coordination.

Key dates included in the opportunity record show a creation date of April 5, 2023, and an original closing date of May 31, 2023. The funding opportunity number is O-OVC-2023-171709, and the title indicates a specific focus on the Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM), which emphasizes structured coordination among victim service providers, law enforcement, prosecutors, and other stakeholders. The TTA component is meant to help task forces function as real operational partnerships rather than informal networks, with consistent training, shared procedures, and coordinated decision-making that centers victim needs and reduces gaps between systems.

Overall, this grant opportunity funds a single entity to serve as a backbone for national capacity-building around anti-trafficking task forces. It prioritizes trauma-informed, victim-centered, equity-focused collaboration and aims to improve how communities identify trafficking, respond to victims, and deliver services through stronger multidisciplinary task force models.

  • The Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY 2023 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program" 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 Apr 05, 2023.
  • Applicants must submit their applications by May 31, 2023. (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 $3,000,000.00 in funding.
  • The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
  • Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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