Lighthouse: Services, Outreach, and Awareness for Labor Trafficking (Lighthouse) Demonstration Program

Background
The Lighthouse: Services, Outreach, and Awareness for Labor Trafficking (Lighthouse) Demonstration Program is announced by the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The program aims to fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain capacity to deliver services to adult foreign nationals who have experienced labor trafficking in the United States. The program is informed by a whole family approach that focuses on services and opportunities for clients and their immediate family members living within their households.

Grant Details
The Lighthouse Demonstration Program requires organizations to provide comprehensive, culturally and linguistically responsive case management to foreign national adults who have experienced labor trafficking; conduct outreach efforts to increase identification of foreign national adults who have experienced labor trafficking; and conduct public awareness activities for the local community and organizations that may encounter individuals who have experienced labor trafficking. The program also emphasizes the establishment of community partnerships, meaningful engagement of foreign nationals who have experienced trafficking, and hiring qualified professionals reflecting the communities being served. There is a 12-month project implementation period for prime recipients 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 this period.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility for services under the Lighthouse Demonstration Program is limited to foreign national adults who have experienced labor trafficking and are seeking or have received HHS certification. This includes adults over the age of 18, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. Prime recipients may receive funding from more than one federal agency, but clients may not be served through more than one federally funded human trafficking-related grant, contract, or subaward at a time.

Period of Performance
The Lighthouse Demonstration Program has a 12-month project implementation period for prime recipients 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 this period.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant is not explicitly provided in the document.

Place of Performance
The geographic area where the project will be implemented can include cities, counties, or specific areas. The prime recipient must be located in the geographic area to be served by the proposed project.