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Tuesday, June 18, 2002??????????????????????????????????????? ?? 202/307-0703
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY
Funds Available to Help Trafficking Victims
Applications are now being accepted for
grants under the new Trafficking Victims Protection Act Grant Program.? The new program will support efforts to
develop, expand, or strengthen service programs for trafficking victims.? A total of $10 million is available from the
Justice Department?s Office of Justice Programs? (OJP) Office for Victims of
Crime (OVC) for this initiative.
States, Indian tribes, units of local government, and nonprofit,
nongovernmental victims? service organizations are eligible to apply.? The application deadline is July 29,
2002.
?????????? ?The program will support two types of victim
services projects and a training and technical assistance component:
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Comprehensive
services for trafficking victims within a given community or region.
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Specialized
rapid-response services to trafficking victims nationwide.
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Training and
technical assistance to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act Grant Program
grantees.
OVC will later issue a solicitation for an
evaluation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act Grant Program.
To obtain an application for the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act Grant Program, see the OJP Website at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc
or contact the OVC Resource Center at
1-800/627-6872.
Media and Congressional staff should contact
the OJP Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at 202/307-0703.
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