Women and girls experience substantially increased risk of being impacted by human trafficking, which in turn undermines their safety, health, and well-being.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Office on Women’s Health (OWH), launched a new challenge worth up to $1.8 million to organizations with successful innovative and life-changing approaches to address human trafficking prevention among women and girls in the United States.
Phase 1 of the national competition will award existing, innovative programs with demonstrated outcomes in successfully preventing human trafficking and/or improving related health outcomes among women and girls. Phase 2 will award programs that have successfully expanded and/or replicated to increase the impact of their program.
The Phase 1 grant submission period is open through February 1, 2023. Informational webinars on the Challenge Grant program are scheduled monthly from August 2023 through January 2024.