Office for Victims of Crime · Department of Justice
OVC FY 2026 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking
Key facts
- Deadline
- Due Oct 14, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award size
- Up to $1.6M
- Total available
- $6.8M · about 4 awards
- Match ?
- Required · Work out your budget and match
- Who can apply
- State government, Tribal government
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
Before you apply: federal grants require an active SAM.gov registration (Unique Entity ID) and a Grants.gov account. The deadline is in 7 days. If your registration isn't already active, it may not be ready in time, so check it today. Get-ready checklist
How this fits you
- Available in Blount County (nationwide program)
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- Only 7 days left to apply
- Past Tennessee awards on file: 15 — including your county
Tell us who you are to see whether you're eligible.
Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/03052309-ec46-4d48-bb76-27f723bd5e9b · Printed from grantme.click/grants/c361f2ee-25ed-440f-bd3a-e84b305366cc
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More from Office for Victims of Crime
- OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking · Due Oct 14, 2026 · 7 days left
- OVC FY 2026 Specialized Human Trafficking Assistance: Task Forces and Legal Services · Due Dec 1, 2026 · 55 days left
- OVC FY 2026 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Compensation Formula Grant · Next round: about May 29 – Jul 8, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- OVC FY 2026 Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance Formula Grant · Next round: about May 29 – Jul 8, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- OVC FY 2026 National Mass Violence Center · Next round: about Jun 24 – Jul 22, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- OVC FY 2026 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program · Next round: about May 29 – Aug 13, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
About this grant
Your schedule, working back from the deadline
- Oct7
Check that your SAM.gov registration is active (or start it now)
Grants.gov: allow up to 10 business days for SAM registration, weeks or months if information isn't verified. It must be renewed every year. Grants.gov - Sep23
Ask partners for letters of support or commitment (already past: do it now)
Suggested: partners need about three weeks to write and sign letters. - Oct7
Finish a complete draft for a final review
Suggested: leave about a week for someone else to read the draft. - Oct12
Submit
Grants.gov: submit at least 24–48 hours before the deadline: uploads fail, systems slow down, errors need fixing. Grants.gov blog - Oct14
Deadline
From the funder.
Save this grant to put these dates in My grants and your private calendar.
Writing the need statement? Blount County facts with citations.
See how others wrote it
The agency posted this example. Read them for structure and level of detail. Don't copy their words: funders treat copied text as plagiarism, and requirements change from year to year, so follow the current notice.
- Any OJP grant (sample for a rural police department)
Sample budgets
A sample budget summary and budget narrative. Not a full application · Link checked Oct 7, 2026
Who in Tennessee has won this program
7 awards to Tennessee groups in 4 counties since 2019 · 1 in Blount County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $1M | 2025 |
| Tennessee Bureau of Investigation | Nashville, Davidson County | $1M | 2025 |
| Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking | Knoxville, Blount County | $950K | 2024 |
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $947K | 2023 |
| Tennessee Bureau of Investigation | Nashville, Davidson County | $800K | 2020 |
| Rest Stop Ministries, Inc. | Lebanon, Wilson County | $637K | 2020 |
| Hope for Justice, Inc. | Knoxville, Knox County | $440K | 2024 |
Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.
Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 8 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Blount County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking | Knoxville | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $450K | 2025 |
| Thistle Farms, Inc. | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $450K | 2025 |
| Ancoratn | Goodlettsville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $432K | 2025 |
| Memphis Leadership Foundation Inc | Memphis, Shelby County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $300K | 2023 |
| Freed Life Inc | Memphis, Shelby County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $299K | 2024 |
| Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking | Knoxville | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $289K | 2025 |
| Freed Life Inc | Memphis, Shelby County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $195K | 2026 |
| Freed Life Inc | Memphis, Shelby County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $195K | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).
About the federal program
Services for Trafficking Victims
Program number 16.320 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs · Project grant, direct payment for a set purpose
How applications are judged
In each year's official notice: read this year's.
Match
None required (federal program listing).