BJA FY 19 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking: Supporting Law Enforcement's Role | BJA 2019 15230

Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2019 15230

The BJA FY 19 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking: Supporting Law Enforcement's Role (Funding Opportunity Number BJA 2019 15230) is a discretionary Department of Justice grant administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the federal government expects to have substantial involvement during the project period through coordination, guidance, and ongoing collaboration rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The overarching goal is to strengthen law enforcement's capacity and day-to-day operational effectiveness as a central partner within a collaborative, multidisciplinary human trafficking task force.

At its core, the solicitation is designed around the idea that trafficking investigations and victim identification are most effective when law enforcement is tightly integrated with other key partners, especially victim service providers. To be eligible, applicants must already be operating as part of a multidisciplinary human trafficking task force and must identify and partner with victim service providers capable of delivering comprehensive services to all victims of human trafficking. In practice, this places a clear emphasis on coordinated victim-centered responses alongside enforcement actions, so that trafficking victims are not only identified and protected but also connected to services that support stabilization and longer-term recovery.

Eligible applicants include a wide range of governmental entities: state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. This eligibility scope reflects the reality that trafficking cases can be local, regional, and multi-jurisdictional, and that task forces are often built across multiple agencies and levels of government. The funding activity categories associated with the opportunity span law, justice, and legal services, along with related areas such as employment/labor and training and information/statistics, signaling that projects may involve operational enforcement work, training and capacity building, and improved data or intelligence practices that help identify trafficking patterns and support investigations.

The opportunity was created on April 11, 2019, with an original application deadline of June 11, 2019. BJA anticipated making approximately 10 awards, with an award ceiling of up to $900,000 per award. While the solicitation summary does not list the required match, project length, or specific allowable cost categories, the funding level and cooperative agreement format indicate support for substantial, multi-partner efforts that can include staffing, training, investigative and operational enhancements, formalized protocols, and structured collaboration mechanisms that improve coordination between law enforcement and victim service organizations.

Overall, this grant opportunity targets law enforcement agencies that are ready to function as part of a mature, multidisciplinary anti-trafficking task force model and that can demonstrate real partnership with service providers. The central theme is building stronger task force infrastructure and operational capability so investigations are more effective, victims are identified and served consistently, and the full response to trafficking is coordinated across systems rather than handled in isolated silos.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the employment, labor and training, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), information and statistics, law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 19 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking: Supporting Law Enforcement's Role" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.320.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 11, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 11, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $900,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).

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