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U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

Services for Trafficking Victims

Federal program · program number 16.320 (the federal Assistance Listing number)

Key facts

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3 grants
Type of help
Project grant, direct payment for a set purpose
Typical award
OJP anticipates awarding grants of up to $925,000 (depending on the program) for 3 years to support enhanced services to trafficking victims, training and technical assistance, and research and evaluation.

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What it pays for

Goal: Improve identification of and support for victims of human trafficking. Develop, expand, and improve the quality and availability of services for victims of human trafficking. Expand services and programs, provide response training, build field capacity to provide services, and increase task force engagement to improve referrals, investigations, and prosecutions. Increase the types of services and programs available to serve various types of human trafficking victims; Train individuals to respond to human trafficking; Develop protocols and procedures to address sex and labor trafficking; Enhance the capacity of the field to provide quality victim services; and Increase multidisciplinary partners engaged in task force activities to ensure that trafficking victims are identified and referred for appropriate services, and that these cases are investigated and prosecuted.

How applications are judged

In each year's official notice: OVC FY 2026 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking

Match

None required (federal program listing).

Who in Tennessee has won this program

9 awards to Tennessee groups since 2019 · 0 in Rhea County. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Tennessee Department of Finance and AdministrationNashville, Davidson County$1M2025
Tennessee Bureau of InvestigationNashville, Davidson County$1M2025
Community Coalition Against Human TraffickingKnoxville, Blount County$950K2024
Tennessee Department of Finance and AdministrationNashville, Davidson County$947K2023
Tennessee Bureau of InvestigationNashville, Davidson County$800K2020
Rest Stop Ministries, Inc.Lebanon, Wilson County$637K2020
Hope for Justice, Inc.Knoxville, Knox County$440K2024
State of TennesseeNashville$249K spent that year2025
Community Coalition Against Human TraffickingKnoxville, Knox County$157K spent that year2024

Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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. 9 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Rhea County. Largest shown:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Community Coalition Against Human TraffickingKnoxvilleTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$450K2025
Thistle Farms, Inc.Nashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$450K2025
AncoratnGoodlettsville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$432K2025
Memphis Leadership Foundation IncMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$300K2023
Freed Life IncMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$299K2024
Community Coalition Against Human TraffickingKnoxvilleTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$289K2025
Freed Life IncMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$195K2026
Freed Life IncMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$195K2025
Community Coalition Against Human TraffickingKnoxville, Knox CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$68K spent that year2024

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

Official program listing (SAM.gov) Program website