Now Accepting Applications for the 2025 ATLIS Project
The Office on Trafficking in Persons’ (OTIP) National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) is delighted to announce the second iteration of the Anti-Trafficking Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability (ATLIS) Project. By providing tailored support and tools to build capacity, this opportunity will help survivor-led organizations fulfill their anti-trafficking missions and amplify their impact among the populations they serve.
“The ATLIS Project 1.0 highlighted so many unknown or underrecognized projects that are being led by those with lived experience in the anti-trafficking field. It was an honor to be able to walk alongside these individuals and center their expertise while providing customized training and technical assistance [T/TA] to enhance their capacity,” says NHTTAC Deputy Director Crystal Bennett, who oversees the project. “The second iteration aims to build on the foundation that was established and apply lessons learned to improve our practices of centering and supporting survivor-led projects.”
As with its inaugural iteration in 2023–2024, the ATLIS Project’s goal is to mitigate the challenges often experienced by newer, smaller survivor-led entities when they lack the financial or human resources needed to achieve their objectives. By supporting entities that are innovating approaches to anti-trafficking with up to $25,000, OTIP and NHTTAC hope to bolster these organizations as they develop and implement support and services for individuals who have experienced or at risk for trafficking.
In addition to financial support, the ATLIS Project includes opportunities for participants to receive personalized coaching from NHTTAC consultants who are experts in the field. Staff and leaders will get to learn about topics that will most elevate their operations in the short and long term, such as partnership building, outreach, grant writing and management, and program evaluation. ATLIS Project entities will also benefit from connecting with fellow participants through a peer learning community. The funding and specialized T/TA will further help participating ATLIS Project participants achieve sustainability and broaden their ability to drive social change.
Applications for the ATLIS Project open on September 10, 2024; the deadline is November 8, 2024. Whereas participants completed their work during the first ATLIS Project in 5 months, OTIP’s NHTTAC has extended this iteration’s project period to a full year, taking place March 1, 2025–February 28, 2026. “This extended timeline,” Bennett explains, will allow “more in-depth T/TA to practice the application of the T/TA provided.”
For more information about the ATLIS Project or to apply, please visit https://nhttac.acf.hhs.gov/survivor-involvement/atlis.
The ATLIS Project is funded by OTIP at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families and is coordinated by OTIP’s NHTTAC.
