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Services for Trafficking Victims

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

16.320

Program objective

Specific goals vary by solicitation, but the overarching goal of the Services for Victims of Trafficking program is to develop, expand, or strengthen victim service programs for victims of trafficking. Specific objectives vary by solicitation, but include the following: 1. Providing comprehensive and specialized services to victims of human trafficking; 2. Developing multidisciplinary task forces with federal, state, and local law enforcement, service providers, and community- and faith-based organizations to ensure that trafficking victims are identified and referred for appropriate services, and that these cases are investigated and prosecuted; 3. Conducting training, technical assistance and public awareness activities for professionals and community members in order to improve their knowledge of human trafficking and their ability to identify and respond to victims; and 4. Conducting data collection and evaluation activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives. Performance measures for this assistance listing are: 1.Number of victims served though human trafficking grant programs 2.Number of types of victimizations (sex, labor, sex and labor, or unknown) for all trafficking victims identified through the human trafficking grant programs

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

  1. 2016

    Not Applicable.Vary by grant program, but key grantee accomplishments include:

    1. Providing comprehensive and specialized services to victims of human trafficking;
    2. Developing multidisciplinary task forces with federal, state, and local law enforcement, service providers, and community- and faith-based organizations to ensure that trafficking victims are identified and referred for appropriate services, and that these cases are investigated and prosecuted;
    3. Conducting training, technical assistance and public awareness activities for professionals and community members in order to improve their knowledge of human trafficking and their ability to identify and respond to victims; and
    4. Conducting data collection and evaluation activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives.

  2. 2017

    Vary by grant program, but key grantee accomplishments include:

    1. Providing comprehensive and specialized services to victims of human trafficking;
    2. Developing multidisciplinary task forces with federal, state, and local law enforcement, service providers, and community- and faith-based organizations to ensure that trafficking victims are identified and referred for appropriate services, and that these cases are investigated and prosecuted;
    3. Conducting training, technical assistance and public awareness activities for professionals and community members in order to improve their knowledge of human trafficking and their ability to identify and respond to victims; and
    4. Conducting data collection and evaluation activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives.

  3. 2018

    Vary by grant program, but key grantee accomplishments include:

    1. Providing comprehensive and specialized services to victims of human trafficking;
    2. Developing multidisciplinary task forces with federal, state, and local law enforcement, service providers, and community- and faith-based organizations to ensure that trafficking victims are identified and referred for appropriate services, and that these cases are investigated and prosecuted;
    3. Conducting training, technical assistance and public awareness activities for professionals and community members in order to improve their knowledge of human trafficking and their ability to identify and respond to victims; and
    4. Conducting data collection and evaluation activities to determine if the program is meeting stated goals and objectives.

  4. 2019

    OVC trafficking grantees reported a total of 8,913 clients assisted. This reflects significant growth in the number of trafficking victims receiving a wide range of victim services, as 5,756 were served during the entire first ten years of OVC’s anti-trafficking program. This is due, in large part, to the OVC expanded direct services program.

  5. 2020

    Through funding, services were provided to 9,854 clients.

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.

OVC discretionary grant solicitations, application guidelines, and the current edition of the OJP Financial Guide are available on-line at the OVC webpage: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc. BJA grant solicitations and application guidelines are available on the BJA webpage: https://www.bja.gov/funding.aspx The Financial Guide : https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/overview for additional information

  1. 22 USC 7105(b2)(A).