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Search OJP Funding Opportunities & Awards

The Explore section of the Funding Resource Center will help you find solicitations to apply to and requirements you should review before applying. For a helpful search filter for all of OJP's funding opportunities, use the DOJ Program Plan. Once you find an opportunity that may fit your organization, refer to the list of Open OJP Solicitations for the full text of the funding opportunity.

Human Trafficking: 'Hidden in Plain Sight'

By Matt Dummermuth, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs

Blog Human Trafficking Matt Dummermuth

People may tend to think of my home state of Iowa as a place of endless cornfields, where honest and hardworking people live. Which it is. But like all of the U.S., Iowa faces human trafficking, an evil, brutal and pervasive crime that degrades and dehumanizes every person it touches...

Addressing Religious Hate Crimes

by Matt Dummermuth

Religious Hate Crimes

In seconds, a peaceful morning turned into a national tragedy. A man rushed into Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue and began shooting, killing 11 and injuring six more, including four police officers. The suspect faces multiple federal hate crime and state charges for the attack last September, which The Washington Post called "the deadliest on Jews in U.S. history."

With depressing frequency...

Law Enforcement Resources

OJP, along with DOJ partners, are committed to supporting and protecting America's law enforcement. Featured resources include officer safety & wellness, DOJ resources, VALOR, tribal law enforcement, and helping law enforcement combat opioids.

Human Trafficking

Training and Technical Assistance

Following are training and technical assistance resources that have been created by and are available from OJP bureaus and offices related to human trafficking:

Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Strategy and Operations e-Guide
This Office for Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Assistance e-Guide provides direction and promising practices on anti-human trafficking Task Force creation, structure, and enhancement and includes links...

Employment Practices

A faith-based organization receiving funding directly or indirectly does not forfeit its exemption from the federal prohibition on employment discrimination based on religion. This prohibition is set forth in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (See, 28 C.F.R. Part 38.1(f) and 38.2(f)). However, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, Victims of Crime Act, and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...