MICHIGAN – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on Friday that a Grant Funding Opportunity (GFO) was issued for anti-trafficking organizations to expand or enhance direct support and specialized services to victims of human trafficking.

The focus of the initiative is to strengthen and expand anti-trafficking services provided by established victim service organizations, according to the release on Friday. Funding will support a broad range of critical services that support survivors of labor and sex trafficking; ensuring survivors have access to holistic, trauma-informed care that promotes long-term safety, healing, and overall well-being.

Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, private and public entities, local health departments, federally recognized tribes, a group of federally recognized Michigan tribes or Urban Indian Health Clinic programs and universities.