Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Program

The Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education Demonstration Program is a forecasted federal discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, IOAS, Office on Trafficking in Persons. The opportunity number is HHS-2027-ACF-IOAS-OTIP-TV-0004, and the Assistance Listing is 93.327, Demonstration Grants for Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking. Funding will be provided through cooperative agreements. The forecast was dated August 31, 2026, and identifies an estimated total program funding amount of $1,200,000 for approximately three awards. The purpose of the program is to fund local education agencies to establish, expand, and support programs that educate school staff to recognize and respond to signs of human trafficking and provide age-appropriate information to students about avoiding victimization. Local education agencies are expected to conduct this work with the support of a nonprofit or nongovernmental organization partner. Prevention education may address both labor trafficking and sex trafficking and is intended to strengthen awareness, identification, referral, reporting, and safety practices within educational settings. Providing human trafficking prevention education to caregivers is optional. Funded prevention education is expected to address avoiding becoming a victim of labor trafficking or sex trafficking; recognizing indicators that an individual is a victim or potential victim of labor trafficking or sex trafficking; and understanding options and procedures for referring such individuals, as appropriate, to trafficking information and services available to victims. The education must also address reporting requirements and procedures in accordance with applicable federal and state law. In addition, participating entities are expected to carry out a plan developed and implemented in consultation with local law enforcement agencies to ensure the safety of school staff and students who report trafficking. The forecast does not provide additional spending restrictions, indirect cost limitations, subaward limits, or a stated period of performance. Eligible applicants are local education agencies, schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education, or schools operated by tribes. All local education agencies must partner with a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization in order to be eligible. The source expressly states that individuals, including sole proprietorships, federal entities, and foreign entities are not eligible to apply. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies. The forecast does not identify a state-specific or other subnational geographic restriction on eligible applicants. This opportunity is still in the forecast stage. The estimated posting date is January 9, 2027, and the estimated application due date is March 10, 2027. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the listed due date. The forecast does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, notice of intent, pre-proposal, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not provide the complete application package, required application forms, narrative questions, attachments, or formal evaluation criteria. Applicants should therefore rely on the subsequently posted funding announcement and application package for the complete submission requirements. The estimated award date is June 1, 2027, with an estimated project start date of July 1, 2027. The forecast lists an award ceiling of $400,000 and an award floor of $350,000, with approximately three awards expected from the $1,200,000 estimated total program funding. The archive date is April 9, 2027. No language in the supplied forecast establishes an annual, biennial, quarterly, or other recurring application cycle, so recurrence and a future cycle beyond this forecast cannot be established from the available information. The listed grantor contact is Lauren Purnell, who may be reached at lauren.purnell@acf.hhs.gov or 202-205-0242.

Ensure the proposed program addresses labor and sex trafficking prevention, victim indicators, referral options and procedures, applicable reporting requirements, and a safety plan developed and implemented in consultation with local law enforcement. LEA applicants must have the required nonprofit or nongovernmental organization partner. Caregiver prevention education is optional.