Per SSB 5114 OCVA seeks proposals from qualified non-profit organizations, Tribes and tribal organizations, located in underserved areas of the state, to provide healing, support and transition services. Services will be available to adults 18 and older who have experienced sex trafficking. As defined in SSB 5114: Healing, support, and transition service provider means an entity or person that provides healing and transition services that meet the self-determined needs of adults with lived experience of sex trafficking ages 18 and older. Healing, support, and transition services means safe and trauma-informed services that are tailored to the self-determined needs of each individual. Providers must provide culturally, developmentally and linguistically informed and responsive services with priority given to underserved populations in the region, which are most impacted by sex trafficking. Depending on the region, underserved populations may include people who are African American, Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, Alaska Native, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, two-spirit, intersex, asexual, other identities that fall outside of cisgender and heterosexual paradigms +, or Latine.
