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Preventing Trafficking of Girls

Program Information

Popular name

Preventing Trafficking of Girls

Program Number

16.035

Program objective

The purpose of this program is to support the prevention and early intervention services, including mentoring and other direct support services, for girls who are at risk of or are victims of sex trafficking. The goal of this program is to prevent/reduce victimization of girls who are vulnerable to sex trafficking. Objectives include: • To replicate and scale-up prevention and early intervention programs (including mentoring programs) for girls who are at risk of or are victims of sex trafficking that have undergone rigorous evaluation and/or have a track record of success. Program models should include a plan to develop effective services and interventions for high-risk girls, including those with a history of trauma caused by physical and sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation, and domestic minor sex trafficking. • To Implement or enhance efforts to identify and provide services to girls who are at risk of or are victims of sexual exploitation or sex trafficking. This may include street outreach efforts, partnerships with organizations that serve the youth community, and/or collaboration with key stakeholders in the community. Programs should be based upon best practices, and may include a variety of services (i.e., mentoring, educational, counseling, etc.). OJJDP expects successful applicants to work closely with the selected training and technical assistance provider. The performance measures for this assistance listing are: 1.Number of victims served though the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program 2.Number of types of victimizations (sex, labor, sex and labor, or unknown) for all trafficking victims identified through the Preventing Trafficking of Girls program

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

See the current fiscal years’ program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. For additional guidance, please reference the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/index.htm) and Post award Instructions (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/index.htm). Applicable administrative requirements and Department of Justice regulations applicable to specific types of grantees can be found in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 C.F.R.).

  1. Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. No. 117-328).