Closed · FOA-ILAB-17-04 · CFDA 17.401 · Discretionary

Combating Forced Labor and Human Trafficking on Fishing Vessels in the Asia-Pacific Region

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of International Labor Affairs, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$5M-$5M
Award range
Closed
Status
October 2, 2017
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

Combating Forced Labor and Human Trafficking on Fishing Vessels in the Asia-Pacific Region is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of International Labor Affairs that offered $5,000,000 -- $5,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 169 other opportunities from Bureau of International Labor Affairs.

$5M-$5M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
17.401
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Combating Forced Labor and Human Trafficking… is closed (last close October 2, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of International Labor Affairs still indexes 169 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed October 2, 2017

Posted Aug 25 Closes Oct 2

Est. Total Funding

$5,000,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announces the availability of approximately $5,000,000 total costs for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) to reduce forced labor and human trafficking on fishing vessels in Indonesia and in one of the following countries in the Asia-Pacific region to be named by the applicant: Burma, Cambodia, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The project outcomes include: 1) improved enforcement to combat labor exploitation, including forced labor and human trafficking, on fishing vessels; and 2) decreased presence of indicators of forced labor on fishing vessels. At least 80 percent of total direct costs must be evenly distributed between the two countries. Up to 20 percent of total direct costs could be distributed as justified by the applicant. This award must not be used to fund direct services to participants, but rather must include strategies for how to increase awareness of services, implement referrals or linkages to other direct service providers, and/or support the creation of systems where they do not exist. The duration of the project will be a maximum of 4 years (48 months) from the effective date of the award.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FOA-ILAB-17-04

Grants.gov marks Combating Forced Labor and Human Trafficking… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Employment, Labor and Training (ELT). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of International Labor Affairs book (169 peers, 99% of 170).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

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