Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2018 ACF IOAS OTIP ZV 1370
The Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) - ACF Regions 5, 6, 7, and 8 is a discretionary cooperative agreement funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP). The goal of this program is to ensure foreign national victims (and potential victims) of severe forms of trafficking in persons can access timely, trauma-informed, person-centered, comprehensive case management while they seek or obtain HHS certification (or, for minors, an OTIP letter of eligibility). That certification/eligibility is important because it helps survivors qualify for certain benefits and services to the same extent as a refugee, supporting stabilization and longer-term independence.
Under this award, the selected organization is responsible for delivering comprehensive case management either directly or through a coordinated network of providers. In practice, this means the grantee must be able to assess survivor needs, create individualized service plans, coordinate referrals, and ensure follow-through across multiple systems (healthcare, behavioral health, housing, legal, workforce, and public benefits). The service model emphasized throughout the announcement is trauma-informed and person-centered, meaning services should prioritize safety, choice, confidentiality, cultural and linguistic responsiveness, and survivor autonomy, while recognizing the effects of trauma and avoiding practices that can retraumatize participants.
The required scope of case management is broad and is intended to cover both urgent stabilization and longer-term rebuilding. TVAP case management must include, but is not limited to, emergency assistance, safe and stable housing support, safety planning, basic needs assistance, mental health services, employability and job-readiness services, legal services, medical care, interpretation services, and support accessing public benefits and services available to certified trafficking victims in a manner comparable to refugee assistance. The design is meant to remove practical barriers that commonly prevent survivors from stabilizing (language access, lack of transportation, unfamiliarity with systems, fear of authorities, lack of documentation, or ongoing safety threats).
A central feature of this program is that funding is structured on a per capita basis with strict limits and cost allocation rules. There is a yearly cap on the total per-participant amount, and that cap includes both administrative case management costs and direct participant expenses. The maximum per-person amount is $6,000 per year for an individual participant, or $7,500 per year when the participant has eligible family member(s) living in the household. For organizations operating through subrecipients, additional guardrails apply: no more than 40 percent of the authorized per capita amount may be used for administrative costs associated with case management, and at least 60 percent must be spent on direct, actual participant expenses. These restrictions are designed to ensure most funds flow to concrete supports that directly affect survivor safety, stability, and recovery.
Eligibility for direct assistance is limited to specific populations tied to OTIP and HHS trafficking victim determinations. Individuals who may be served include: (1) foreign national victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons who are seeking or have received HHS certification; and (2) foreign national minor victims who are seeking or have received an OTIP letter of eligibility. In addition, certain family members living in the victim’s household may receive assistance as part of the household, but they cannot enroll independently. Family member assistance is limited to those who qualify, including family members who have received a derivative T visa issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and minor dependent children of a victim (or potential victim) of trafficking. This framing keeps the program focused on trafficking victims while acknowledging that household stability can be essential to a survivor’s recovery and independence.
Geographically, this specific Funding Opportunity Announcement covers the central states within ACF Regions 5, 6, 7, and 8. The service area includes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. OTIP issued this FOA as one of three parallel solicitations to ensure national coverage by region; the other two FOAs cover ACF Regions 1-4 and ACF Regions 9-10, respectively.
In terms of administrative details, the opportunity number is HHS-2018-ACF-IOAS-OTIP-ZV-1370, and it falls under CFDA 93.598 (Income Security and Social Services). The anticipated number of awards is one (1) for this regional coverage area, with an award ceiling of $2,500,000. The application due date listed was August 13, 2018 (with electronic submission due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time). OTIP allowed a wide range of applicant types, including state, county, and municipal governments; special districts; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits (including 501(c)(3) organizations); and for-profit organizations (including small businesses). This broad eligibility reflects OTIP’s focus on funding whichever entities can credibly coordinate high-quality survivor-centered case management and build strong service networks across a large multi-state region.Apply for HHS 2018 ACF IOAS OTIP ZV 1370
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families-IOAS-OTIP in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Trafficking Victim Assistance Program-ACF regions 5, 6, 7, and 8" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.598.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 29, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 13, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (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 $2,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, 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, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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