2024 TIP Office International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking Technical Assistance for Survivor Leadership Programming

Background
The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) is inviting organizations to submit proposals to provide technical assistance focused on establishing survivor leadership and partnership structures in support of its global Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) Program. The TIP Office manages foreign assistance programs dedicated to combating human trafficking outside of the United States, aiming to increase government and/or civil society capacity to combat human trafficking.

Grant Details
The TIP Office is seeking proposals for technical assistance focused on establishing survivor leadership and partnership structures, processes, and/or components thereof. The technical assistance should be global, on-demand anti-trafficking technical assistance to governments, civil society organizations, and/or Public International Organizations (PIOs). The selected implementer should be able to create an intervention concept note and budget in response to the specific T&TA request before the intervention is approved for implementation.

T&TA interventions can be standalone or they can lay the groundwork for or complement other programming. The activities may be conducted in countries across all regions of the world, with examples including review of draft legislation, development and adoption of Foreign Government National Action Plan, targeted technical assistance on the process to accede to United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and the Palermo Protocol, rapid diagnostic needs assessment on anti-trafficking capacity gaps, tailored trainings delivered to law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, shelter staff, psychological and legal service providers, regional training for law enforcement and prosecutors.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include U.S.-based and foreign non-profits, non-governmental organizations (including faith-based organizations), public international organizations (PIOs), institutions of higher education, and for-profit entities. For-profit organizations are not permitted to generate profits from grant-funded activities. U.S. government agencies may respond with applications for projects that would be funded through an Interagency Acquisition Agreement. Foreign governments are not eligible to apply but may be beneficiaries of projects provided that funding does not pay salaries of government agency personnel.

Period of Performance
The deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Monday May 6, 2024. The period of performance is up to 5 years with a total funding ceiling of $750,000.

Grant Value
$750,000 is the total funding ceiling for the project with a maximum award amount permitted set at $750,000 (USD) up to 5 years.

Place of Performance
The T&TA activities may be conducted in countries across all regions of the world.