Oct. 09, 2007

Gov. Perry Awards $6.2 Million in S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Act Programs

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry awarded $6.2 million in grants to 80 programs across the state that are dedicated to combating violent crimes against women and offering services to victims of these crimes. The grants are awarded under the federal S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and are distributed by the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division (CJD).

“Deterring violence against women is only part of our mission; we must also take every stride we can in offering hope and support to victims of abuse,” Perry said. “Through additional education and assistance, we will reinforce the message that despicable acts of violence against women will not be tolerated.”

Each year, CJD awards more than $113 million in grants for a variety of juvenile justice, criminal justice and victim services programs.

The awards include:

Award Amount	Recipient	Project Title
$79,803	Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse Inc.	Legal Advocacy Program
$63,548	Arte Sana	Latina Victim Outreach
$77,613	Atascosa Family Crisis Center Inc.	Atascosa Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocacy Program
$84,444	Bastrop County Women's Shelter	Violence Against Women Project
$56,907	Brazos County Rape Crisis Center Inc.	Sexual Assault Victim Assistance
$93,824	Cameron County	Domestic Violence Unit
$21,319	Central Texas Council of Governments	Training on Violence Against Women Issues
$69,703	City of Austin	Assistance to Female Victims of Domestic Violence
$25,000	City of Cedar Hill	Family, Youth, and Victim Services Civilian Investigator
$92,921	City of Corpus Christi	Victim Assistance Program
$26,000	City of Dallas	Sexual Assault/Stalking Law Enforcement Training
$75,860	City of El Paso	Domestic Abuse Response Team
$75,544	City of Fort Worth	Domestic Assault Response Team
$77,520	City of Fort Worth	Enhanced Domestic Assault Response Team
$72,822	City of Grand Prairie	Domestic Violence Task Force
$59,586	City of Lewisville	Family Violence Investigation and Prevention Investigator
$71,820	City of McKinney	Investigating and Educating Grant
$187,726	City of San Antonio	Early Intervention For Women Living In Domestic Violence
$35,331	City of San Saba	Dove Project-Intervention through Counseling and Assessment of Need
$76,420	City of Waco	Waco Family Violence Unit Detectives and Coordinator
$62,000	Conference on Crimes Against Women Inc.	The Third Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women
$80,000	Dallas County	Regional Training Coordinator
$80,000	Dallas County	Protective Order Prosecutor
$227,000	Dallas County	Collaborative Domestic Violence Project
$40,000	Denton County	Prosecution Enhancement Grant
$80,000	Denton County	Family Violence Expansion Grant
$74,100	East Texas Crisis Center	Rural Family Justice Project
$92,310	El Paso County	Domestic Violence Unit
$32,500	Family Service Association of San Antonio Inc.	Kidshare Domestic Violence Intervention Services
$80,000	FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center	Victim Assistance Program
$44,789	First Step of Wichita Falls Inc.	Domestic Violence Shelter and Sexual Assault Crisis Program
$52,304	Focusing Families	Victim's Legal Support Services
$79,020	Fort Bend County	Violence Against Women Prosecutor
$40,000	Fort Bend County	Violence Against Women Investigator
$35,093	Fort Bend County Women's Center Inc.	Crisis Hotline
$38,014	Friends for Hope Inc.	Evidence Collection, Training and Victim Empowerment
$52,000	Friendship of Women Inc.	Outreach Intervention Project
$38,226	Grayson County	Domestic Violence Investigator Program
$72,511	Gregg County	Violence Against Women - Prosecution Project
$30,551	Hale County Crisis Center Inc.	Violence Against Women Support and Outreach
$80,000	Harris County	Caseworker Intervention Expansion Project-District Attorney
$76,353	Harris County	Police Training for Violence Against Women
$41,017	Harris County	Domestic Violence Enhancement/Victims Assistance
$80,000	Harris County	Protective Order Prosecutor Project-District Attorney
$56,193	Harris County	Felony Family Violence Caseworker Project
$61,249	Harris County	Crime Victims' Assistance Unit-Precinct 5
$83,587	Hill Country Crisis Council Inc.	VAWA Victim Assistance Project
$40,000	Hope of South Texas Inc.	Sexual Assault Crisis Program
$80,000	Houston Area Women's Center	Family Violence Hispanic Outreach
$80,000	Jefferson County	Family Violence/Crimes Against Women Unit
$206,065	Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas	Rural Safe at Home Project - S.T.O.P. VAWA
$70,199	Lubbock County	Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit
$80,000	Montgomery County Women's Center	Protective Order Project
$76,019	New Beginning Center Inc.	Shelter Advocacy Project
$26,000	Newton County	VAWA Special Prosecutor Project
$34,782	Pecan Valley Regional Domestic Violence Shelter	Victim's Service and Legal Advocacy Project
$27,732	Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission	Victims of Violent Crime Training for Law Enforcement
$34,768	Political Asylum Project of Austin	Program Representing Immigrant Survivors of Abuse
$65,286	Potter County	Potter County Domestic Violence Task Force
$80,000	Resource and Crisis Center of Galveston County	RCC Legal Advocacy Program
$67,413	SAFE PLACE of the Permian Basin Inc.	Family Violence Reduction/Prevention Program
$62,195	Shelter Agencies for Families in East Texas Inc.	Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault Project
$47,320	Starr County	Victims of Domestic Violence Assistance Program
$250,000	Tarrant County	Domestic Violence Diversion Program
$174,271	Texas Association Against Sexual Assault	Community Multicultural Victim Education Project
$288,574	Texas Council on Family Violence	Training/Technical Assistance: Statewide Response to Family Violence
$449,345	Texas Municipal Police Association	Sexual Assault and Family Violence Investigators Course
$105,000	Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Inc.	Rural Protective Order Project
$80,000	The Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc.	The Bridge Crisis Intervention and Training Services
$18,636	Tralee Crisis Center for Women Inc.	Victim Assistance Project
$90,837	Travis County	Family Violence Accelerated Prosecution Program
$44,639	Tyler County	Violence Against Women Special Prosecutor
$80,000	Victim Assistance Centre Inc.	Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE) Domestic Violence Programs
$31,864	W.A.V. Project	Women Against Violence
$7,966	Webb County	Webb County Crime Victims Community Outreach Services Program
$35,766	Williamson County Crisis Center	Law Enforcement Orientation and Rural Community Outreach
$47,556	Wilson County	Violence Against Women Prevention Program
$40,000	Wintergarden Women's Shelter Inc.	Victims' Direct Services Project
$99,922	Women Together Foundation Inc.	Hidalgo County Outreach Project/Un Nuevo Amanecer
$55,029	Women's Shelter of South Texas	Therapeutic Services for Sexual Assault Survivors