OVC FY 2026 Increasing Services for American Indian and Alaska Native Victims of Human Trafficking in Urban Centers Program
Funds urban Indian organizations and certain Alaska Tribal Health Compact entities to expand victim services and organizational capacity for American Indian and Alaska Native victims of human trafficking in urban centers.
RESTRICTED TO: TRIBAL ENTITIES
⚑ Applicants are narrowly limited to specified AI/AN-serving organizations; public universities are not eligible to apply directly. · Cooperative agreement instrument. · Focus is victim services and organizational capacity, not research. · Human trafficking victim services in urban centers.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 15 none | university cannot apply directly (ineligible) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
This program is intended to Increase the availability of victim services for AI/AN victims of human trafficking in urban centers and improve the organizational capacity of funded organizations to provide victim services.
Eligibility
• Urban Indian Organizations as defined by 25 U.S.C. § 1603(29) • Entities that are co-signers of the Alaska Tribal Health Compact as authorized under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. § 5301, et. seq.), including the Tribal Self-Governance provisions at 25 U.S.C. §§ 5381–5389, and that provide health services to American Indian and Alaska Natives residing in urban centers, as defined at 25 U.S.C. § 1603.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Office for Victims of Crime <OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov>
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