MONSE Issues RFP for FY ‘25 Anti-Human Trafficking Grant
Organizations involved in anti-human trafficking work encouraged to apply by September 9
Baltimore, MD (Friday, August 16, 2024) – The Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for organizations to apply for Fiscal Year 2025 Anti-Human Trafficking Grant. Funding for these opportunities is made available through the agency's General Funds allocation for FY ‘25 for a funding term through June 30, 2025.
MONSE is making $325,000 for its FY ‘25 Anti-Human Trafficking Grant program, available in $50,000 or $25,000 awards, for selected organizations to support trauma-informed comprehensive services and programs that promote anti-human trafficking efforts and benefit survivors of both sex and labor trafficking in partnership with the Baltimore City Human Trafficking Collaborative. Proposals should demonstrate a real need and highlight the impact of the organization’s current programming. The proposal should clearly serve individuals who are sex trafficked and/or labor trafficked in Baltimore City. Three letters of community support are required.
“Baltimore’s comprehensive approach to public safety relies on strong relationships and community collaborators,” said MONSE Director Stefanie Mavronis. “MONSE is proud to again make these grants available in Fiscal Year ‘25 for organizations working to combat human trafficking. We are encouraging anti-human trafficking organizations across the city to apply for this opportunity and serve as a co-producer of public safety.”
Grantees will be required to submit monthly invoices with supporting documentation and performance reports on results, outcomes, and impacts. Organizations should demonstrate a willingness to partner with the City of Baltimore as part of Baltimore’s comprehensive violence prevention and intervention strategies.
Organizations should highlight the following in their applications:
- the impact of the organization’s current programming
- specifics about who is served, such as age, gender, sexual identity, and background.
- how they are prepared to begin accepting referrals and assisting people impacted by human trafficking in Baltimore City
Interested organizations should apply by 6:00 p.m. on September 9, 2024, through MONSE’s Grant Portal. MONSE plans to publicly announce grantees by early October 2024.
Please email all questions about this opportunity or MONSE's grant process to monse.grants@baltimorecity.gov.
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About MONSE’s Anti-Human Trafficking Work
Understanding that it takes a unified, inter-agency, and cross-state approach to build a strong network of individuals and organizations who work together to bring the perpetrators of trafficking to light and to ensure that all identified survivors receive the essential services they need to recover and heal, as part of MONSE’s Victim Services lane, the agency works hand-in-hand with the Baltimore City Human Trafficking Collaborative to combat both Sex and Labor Trafficking in the City of Baltimore by:
- Raising awareness through education, law enforcement training, and media campaigns
- Supporting both State and Federal investigations and prosecutions of Traffickers
- Supporting human trafficking survivors by providing them access to quality services through a victim-centered, trauma-informed approach
Through this work, MONSE has partnered with Mercy Medical Center to implement Baltimore’s Blue Dot Human Trafficking Initiative, designed to ensure that no survivors of trafficking fall through the cracks, and that all identified survivors receive services. In 2023, the Blue Dot Human Trafficking Initiative won the “Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts To Combat Trafficking in Persons”.
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