OVC FY25 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking | O OVC 2025 172523

Opportunity Information: Apply for O OVC 2025 172523

The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) FY25 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking grant is a discretionary federal funding opportunity designed to help state and federally recognized Tribal governments strengthen how they identify, support, and achieve better outcomes for children and youth who have experienced sex trafficking or labor trafficking. The core purpose is to build more effective, better coordinated, and more consistent jurisdiction-wide responses so that young victims are found earlier, served more appropriately, and supported through recovery while systems also improve their capacity to investigate trafficking and hold traffickers accountable.

A central expectation of the program is the development and implementation of a statewide or Tribal jurisdiction-wide strategic plan. That plan is meant to address practical, on-the-ground challenges that commonly prevent strong outcomes, such as gaps in victim identification, inconsistent screening practices across agencies, limited specialized services for trafficking survivors, barriers to access in rural or underserved areas, and breakdowns in coordination between child welfare, law enforcement, prosecutors, schools, medical providers, and community-based victim service organizations. The strategic plan is also expected to cover system-side improvements related to identifying trafficking networks, investigating cases effectively, and supporting prosecution efforts in ways that remain victim-centered and trauma-informed.

The funding is structured to support jurisdictions at different starting points. States and Tribal jurisdictions that have never received OVC Improving Outcomes funding are eligible and encouraged to apply, but prior recipients are also eligible. For jurisdictions that already have an active OVC Improving Outcomes award whose project period would overlap with the proposed FY25 project, OVC is clear that the new application must not simply duplicate the existing project. Applicants in that situation need to explain specifically how the proposed work differs from or expands the current OVC-funded work, such as by proposing a new scope of work, adding distinct services, introducing new cost items, or covering a geographic area that was not included in the original application. In practical terms, OVC wants to see that the new request fills additional needs, reaches new populations, or materially advances the jurisdiction-wide strategy rather than paying twice for the same activities.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, this opportunity is offered as a grant under the Income Security and Social Services funding activity category and is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing number 16.834. The opportunity number is O-OVC-2025-172523. The application closing date is March 11, 2026. OVC anticipates making around three awards, and the maximum award amount (ceiling) is $1,600,000 per award. Eligible applicants are state governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, and other eligible entities as specified by the program, though the emphasis of the solicitation is on state or Tribal jurisdiction-wide planning and implementation.

Overall, this NOFO is aimed at helping jurisdictions move beyond isolated programs toward a coordinated, strategic, and measurable response to child and youth trafficking. The emphasis on a jurisdiction-wide plan signals that OVC is looking for applicants to align multiple systems, standardize approaches where appropriate, close service gaps, and create sustainable improvements that lead to better safety, stability, and long-term outcomes for young survivors while also strengthening trafficking investigations and prosecutions.

• The Office for Victims of Crime in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OVC FY25 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.834.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-12-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-03-11. (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 $1,600,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others.

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