Human Trafficking Prevention and Response Program: Navigators Request for Proposals
Human Trafficking Prevention and Response Program: Navigators Request for Proposals supports agencies' navigator work to strengthen prevention, referrals, and coordinated responses to trafficking in Minnesota.
Funder: Minnesota Department of Health
Due Dates: November 23, 2026, 4:30 p.m. Central Time (Questions) | November 30, 2026, 4:30 p.m. Central Time (Application)
Funding Amounts: Labor navigator: $698,815–$829,113 through November 30, 2030 | Regional navigator: $470,000–$535,000 through December 31, 2031
Summary: Supports statewide labor trafficking and Lower Central Minnesota sexual exploitation navigator programs providing trauma-informed coordination, referrals, and prevention.
Key Information: Navigator agencies must provide 24/7 phone access for initial screening or referrals, not long-term case management.
Description
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Human Trafficking Prevention and Response Program supports a statewide network providing services, housing, outreach, and support to victims and survivors of trafficking and exploitation. This RFP funds two navigator roles: a statewide labor trafficking navigator serving all ages and a Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door regional navigator serving sexually exploited youth through age 24 in Lower Central Minnesota.
Both programs emphasize trauma-informed, multidisciplinary responses, prevention, referrals, training, and stronger connections between community providers and public systems. Navigators primarily build response capacity rather than carry long-term caseloads. The statewide labor navigator also administers emergency rapid response funding and participates in statewide protocol development. MDH prioritizes health equity and community needs not currently well represented in the trafficking response network.
