Demonstration Grants for Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (93.327)
Demonstration Grants for Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (Assistance Listing 93.327) is run by the Administration for Children and Families, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $30.7 million in 46 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $667,069 per award on average. 1 funding opportunity is open or forecast now.
The typical award was $664,808. Half of the 46 awards fell between $501,449 and $869,238, and they ranged from $67,336 to $1.4 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$30.7 million
- Grant awards46
- Typical award$664,808
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.5 million
- Size rank1179 of 1824
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements, project grants
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $9.4 million in fiscal 2021 to $1.5 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1179th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 73% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 21 states and territories.
What the program funds
The Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (DVHT) Program is a comprehensive federal initiative administered by the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) to support the identification, assistance, and prevention of human trafficking among domestic populations within the United States. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, OTIP funded three priority areas under the DVHT Program model: Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking – Services and Outreach (DVHT-SO) Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Together, the DVHT program aim to strengthen community responses to human trafficking through direct services, outreach, and prevention education.
Open opportunities
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
For DVHT Programs, which includes DVHT-SO and VHT-NC, eligible organizations include: state governments, tribes, units of local government, and non-profit, non-governmental victim service organizations. OTIP defines victim service organizations as those that by nature of their current operations serve victims of sexual assault, sexual violence, domestic violence, human trafficking, and youth homelessness. Victim service organizations may also include faith-based organizations, non-profit federally qualified health centers, and other non-profit health care facilities that serve or plan to serve victims of human trafficking. Individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible. Institutions of higher education and for-profit organizations are not eligible. For the HTYPE Demonstration Program, in accordance with the authorizing statute, eligible applicants for funding will include local education agencies (LEAs). A LEA is a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a state for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a state, or for a combination of school districts or counties that is recognized in a state as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools or secondary schools.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Programs funded under the DVHT Program, including DVHT-SO and VHT-NC, fund comprehensive case management services to domestic victims of trafficking. Eligible recipients for DVHT Program services include United States citizens and lawful permanent residents in select states. DVHT Programs leverage existing systems, fill in service gaps, and build capacity of direct service providers. Under the DVHT, OTIP requires providers to use a comprehensive case management approach that is trauma-informed and person-centered approaches in all project activities. Comprehensive case management services for the program include, but are not limited to referrals, emergency assistance (such as food and clothing), and support to gain access to housing, employability services, mental health assistance, substance use assistance, medical care, and some legal services. The HTYPE Demonstration Program funds LEAs as prime recipients to partner with a nonprofit or NGO to build the capacity of selected schools to provide skills-based human trafficking prevention education for educators, other staff, and students, and establish a human trafficking specific school protocol that addresses the safety, security, and well-being of staff and students. The HTYPE Demonstration Program is informed by the public health approach, which focuses on defining and monitoring the problem, identifying risk and protective factors, developing and testing prevention strategies, and assuring widespread dissemination.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
In FY 2025, DVHT-SO Program awards ranged from $277,696 per budget period to $500,000 per budget period. The average award per budget period was $316,030. In FY 2025, VHT-NC Demonstration Program awards ranged from $300,000 per budget period to $333,333 per budget period. The average award per budget period was $321,602 per budget period. In FY 2025, HTYPE Demonstration Program awards ranged from $450,000 to $500,000. The average award per budget period was $489,185.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2016: 3,600,000 $3,423,912Fiscal Year2017: $3,423,912Fiscal Year2018: $3,423,912Fiscal Year2019: $3,198,525Fiscal Year2025: Awards support the work of local organizations supporting domestic survivors of human trafficking in states such as?Oregon, California, New Jersey, Washington State, Alaska, Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Texas. Funding supports organizations to build, expand, and sustain organizational and community capacity to deliver services, assistance, and referrals to adults and minors. These funds will also support outreach efforts. Recipients join a national network of organizations funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responding to human trafficking, contributing to a growing base of information on approaches, strategies, and service delivery models to improve services for survivors.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Demonstration Grants for Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (93.327) awarded$30.7 million across 46 grant awards, an average of $667,069 per award.
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 53% of the money, state and local governments 24% and colleges and universities 4.5%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 29 | $16.3 million | 53% |
| State and local governments | 8 | $7.3 million | 24% |
| Other | 6 | $5.4 million | 17% |
| Colleges and universities | 1 | $1.4 million | 4.5% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 2 | $282,269 | 0.9% |
By state
11 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 9 | $5.9 million |
| Texas | 4 | $4.1 million |
| New York | 3 | $2.4 million |
| Alaska | 3 | $2.1 million |
| Minnesota | 3 | $2.0 million |
| Michigan | 2 | $1.5 million |
| Colorado | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Washington | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Nebraska | 1 | $1.4 million |
| New Jersey | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Oregon | 2 | $1.1 million |
| Wisconsin | 2 | $992,700 |
| Tennessee | 1 | $943,119 |
| Georgia | 1 | $851,897 |
| Hawaii | 2 | $813,357 |
| Florida | 1 | $650,548 |
| Utah | 1 | $645,853 |
| Connecticut | 1 | $585,426 |
| Arizona | 1 | $495,265 |
| New Mexico | 1 | $435,518 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $67,336 |