Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Program

The purpose of the HTYPE Demonstration Program is to fund local education agencies (LEAs) to establish, expand, and support programs to educate school staff to recognize and respond to signs of human trafficking and to provide age-appropriate information to students on how to avoid becoming victims of human trafficking. LEAs, with the support of a nonprofit or nongovernmental organization (NGO) partner, will provide human trafficking prevention education regarding: • Avoiding becoming victims of labor trafficking and sex trafficking; • Indicators that an individual is a victim or potential victim of labor trafficking or sex trafficking; • Options and procedures for referring such an individual, as appropriate, to information on trafficking and services available for victims of such trafficking; • Reporting requirements and procedures in accordance with applicable Federal and State law; and • Carrying out a plan, developed and implemented in consultation with local law enforcement agencies, to ensure the safety of school staff and students reporting such trafficking. Delivering human trafficking prevention education to caregivers is optional.

Local education agencies (LEAs), schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education or tribes. All LEAs must partner with a nonprofit, non-governmental organization to be eligible. Individuals (including sole proprietorships), federal entities, and foreign entities are not eligible to apply.

Information on evaluation criteria for awarding funds can be found in the NOFO.

Fiscal year 2016: 3,600,000 $3,423,912 Fiscal year 2017: $3,423,912 Fiscal year 2018: $3,423,912 Fiscal year 2019: $3,198,525 Fiscal year 2025: Awards support the work of local organizations supporting domestic survivors of human trafficking in states such as?Oregon, California, New Jersey, Washington State, Alaska, Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Texas. Funding supports organizations to build, expand, and sustain organizational and community capacity to deliver services, assistance, and referrals to adults and minors. These funds will also support outreach efforts. Recipients join a national network of organizations funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responding to human trafficking, contributing to a growing base of information on approaches, strategies, and service delivery models to improve services for survivors.