Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, today announced that communities across northern Florida are eligible to apply for a portion of more than $65 million in Department of Justice grants nationwide to help communities combat human trafficking and serve adults and children who are victimized in trafficking operations.
“Our nation is facing difficult challenges, none more pressing than the scourge of human trafficking. Human traffickers pose a dire threat to public safety and countering this threat remains one of the Administration’s top domestic priorities,” said Katharine T. Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). “The Department of Justice is front and center in the fight against this insidious crime. OJP is making historic amounts of grant funding available to ensure that our communities have access to innovative and diverse solutions.”Added U.S. Attorney Keefe: “Human trafficking is exploitation of the worst kind, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our law enforcement partners are committed to doing all we can to stop it in Northern Florida. With a share of these grants, communities across the district can help put a stop to these terrible activities.”
The funding is available through OJP, the federal government’s leading source of public safety funding and crime victim assistance in state, local, and tribal jurisdictions. OJP’s programs support a wide array of activities and services, including programs that support human trafficking task forces and services for human trafficking survivors.
A number of funding opportunities are currently open, with several more opening in the near future:
- Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program. Total Available $1.8 million Deadline 4/6/2020 (Extended).
- Multidisciplinary Task Force Program to Combat Human Trafficking. Total Available $22 million Opens week of 3/16/2020.
- Preventing Trafficking of Girls. Total Available $1.7 million Opens week of 3/16/2020.
- Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons. Total Available $2.5 million Deadline 4/20/2020.
- Services for Victims of Human Trafficking. Total Available $16.5 million Opens week of 3/16/2020.
- Specialized Training and Technical Assistance on Housing for Victims of Human
Trafficking. Total Available $2 million Opens week of 3/16/2020. - Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Program. Total Available $5 million Opens week of 3/16/2020.
- Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking. Total Available $6 million Opens week of 3/16/2020.
- Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Labor Trafficking. Total Available $8 million Opens week of 3/16/2020.
For more information regarding all OJP funding opportunities, visit
https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as the nation’s principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General. To access available public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida website. For more information about the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/index.html.
