Opportunity Information: Apply for SCA SCAAQM 16 006
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA), announced a discretionary grant competition titled "Countering Trafficking in Persons in Sri Lanka" (Funding Opportunity Number: SCA-SCAAQM-16-006). The opportunity was created on April 26, 2017, with an original application closing date of June 12, 2017. It falls under the funding activity category of Employment, Labor, and Training (CFDA 19.700) and is structured as a grant.
The purpose of the program is to support practical, on-the-ground efforts in Sri Lanka aimed at reducing trafficking in persons, with a particular emphasis on labor trafficking risks connected to migrant work and recruitment practices. The solicitation highlights several priority areas where applicants can propose programming. One major focus is eliminating worker-paid recruitment fees, a practice that can trap workers in debt and create conditions that make exploitation and trafficking more likely. Projects may also concentrate on strengthening victim identification and referral systems so that potential trafficking victims are recognized earlier and more consistently, and then connected to appropriate services without delay.
Another core area of interest is improving victim assistance, including psychosocial services. This signals an interest in programming that goes beyond immediate rescue or short-term shelter and instead supports longer-term recovery, stabilization, and reintegration. Proposals may include strengthening service delivery capacity, improving coordination among service providers, or expanding access to trauma-informed mental health and social support. In addition, the opportunity invites work with key government and institutional actors on regulatory reform. This includes efforts designed to better protect migrant workers, address policy gaps that enable abusive recruitment or employment practices, and reduce vulnerabilities that traffickers exploit.
Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the non-501(c)(3) category). The notice anticipates an award ceiling of $1,185,000. While the listing indicates "Expected Awards:" without a specified number, the presence of a single award ceiling suggests the program may fund one or a small number of sizable projects, depending on the quality and scope of submissions and the government’s funding decisions.
Overall, the grant opportunity is designed to fund targeted anti-trafficking interventions in Sri Lanka that address recruitment-related vulnerabilities, improve how victims are identified and routed to help, strengthen the quality and availability of victim services (including psychosocial care), and support regulatory or systems-level reforms that reduce trafficking risks for migrant workers.Apply for SCA SCAAQM 16 006
- The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Countering Trafficking in Persons in Sri Lanka" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.700.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2017-04-26.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-06-12. (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 $1,185,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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