Lighthouse: Services, Outreach, and Awareness for Labor Trafficking (Lighthouse) Demonstration Program
The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is announcing funds for the Lighthouse:
Services, Outreach, and Awareness for Labor Trafficking (Lighthouse) Demonstration Program.
The Lighthouse Demonstration Program’s goal is to fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and community capacity to deliver services to adult foreign nationals who have experienced labor trafficking, as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended, through the provision of direct services, assistance, and referrals.
A foreign national includes individuals who are not U. S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (LPR).
Under the Lighthouse Demonstration Program, the following activities are required:
1) provide of comprehensive, culturally and linguistically responsive case management to foreign national adults who have experienced labor trafficking; 2) conduct outreach efforts to increase identification foreign national adults who have experienced labor trafficking; and 3) conduct public awareness activities for the local community and organizations that may encounter victims of labor trafficking.
The Lighthouse Demonstration Program is informed by a whole family approach that focuses equally and intentionally on services and opportunities for clients and their immediate family members living within their households.
OTIP encourages the establishment of community partnerships, meaningful engagement of foreign nationals who have experienced trafficking, and the hiring of qualified professionals that reflect the communities being served in all project implementation strategies under the Lighthouse Demonstration Program.
Under the Lighthouse Demonstration Program, there is a 12-month project implementation period for the prime recipient to facilitate optional partnerships, on-board new staff, develop a service protocol specific to foreign nationals who have experienced human trafficking, and develop a sustainability plan.
Clients must be served during the 12-month project implementation period.
Services, Outreach, and Awareness for Labor Trafficking (Lighthouse) Demonstration Program.
The Lighthouse Demonstration Program’s goal is to fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and community capacity to deliver services to adult foreign nationals who have experienced labor trafficking, as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended, through the provision of direct services, assistance, and referrals.
A foreign national includes individuals who are not U. S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (LPR).
Under the Lighthouse Demonstration Program, the following activities are required:
1) provide of comprehensive, culturally and linguistically responsive case management to foreign national adults who have experienced labor trafficking; 2) conduct outreach efforts to increase identification foreign national adults who have experienced labor trafficking; and 3) conduct public awareness activities for the local community and organizations that may encounter victims of labor trafficking.
The Lighthouse Demonstration Program is informed by a whole family approach that focuses equally and intentionally on services and opportunities for clients and their immediate family members living within their households.
OTIP encourages the establishment of community partnerships, meaningful engagement of foreign nationals who have experienced trafficking, and the hiring of qualified professionals that reflect the communities being served in all project implementation strategies under the Lighthouse Demonstration Program.
Under the Lighthouse Demonstration Program, there is a 12-month project implementation period for the prime recipient to facilitate optional partnerships, on-board new staff, develop a service protocol specific to foreign nationals who have experienced human trafficking, and develop a sustainability plan.
Clients must be served during the 12-month project implementation period.
Related Programs
Services to Victims of a Severe Form of Trafficking
Department of Health and Human Services
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Administration for Children and Families-IOAS-OTIP
Estimated Funding: $1,000,000
Office: Administration for Children and Families-IOAS-OTIP
Estimated Funding: $1,000,000
Who's Eligible
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-22-009.html
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity.
Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity.
Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C.
2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization's religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-22-009.html
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
shannon.sigamoni@acf.hhs.gov
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2022-05-16
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2022-07-31
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